Biography
Only a recently Ukrainian schoolboy Ilya Lapidus left the school bench, and now he is among the twenty of the most popular hip-hop performers according to Hiprap rating. 90 thousand subscribers are interested in his life and creativity in the social network "Vkontakte" and 41 thousand fans in "Instagram".Childhood and youth
Ilya was born on the eve of the International Women's Holiday - March 7, 1998 in the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev. After the family moved to Kiev, where the young man still lives. Ilya began to engage in creativity since childhood. He wrote the first song at 10 years old. The track "Winter" was called.
Later, the teenager was composed of other texts, and when the next holiday received 400 hryvnias as a gift, instead of buying games or equipment Ilya ordered a record of 4 minutes to his rows. At the age of 14, still, as a schoolboy, he takes the pseudonym Zippo (by the name of the famous lighter brand) and releases a song, similar to the new name - "smoke often". A little later, a video clip is removed on the song.
Music
In 2013, when Ilya turned 15 years old, he produces the first album called "Unforgettable". It includes 16 tracks, among which: "became other people's", "Breath", "wanted another life", "Divine Comedy", debut "smoke often" and other hits. Although Ilya comes from Ukraine, but he produces songs in Russian and himself counts himself to the Russian caste hip-hop performers.By graduation in 2014, Zippo makes a big jerk in a musical career. On October 4, the first concert of the artist was held at the Studio Club Platform. Since then, the musician has become touring in Russia. A month later, fans gathered on his speech in Chelyabinsk on the stage "Mega person". Supporters of Creativity Ilya Lapidus began to call him the "voice of the younger generation", his tracks were in the middle of the hits.
In the same year 2014, Zippo produces a collection of "Collection of Creativity", which includes the most popular songs. And in November 2014 the author presents a new album called "Fitil". It includes 12 compositions. Here are some of them: "Lace", "stayed alone", "Wizard", "Not Until Sleep", "Fitil". The tracks "Ryuch" and "icons" Zippo recorded together with his friend and a colleague on stage, known under the nickname Cuba.
Also Ilya made a gift to his fan and included an updated version of the first song "smoke often" in the collection. After a time on the songs of the Doll and Icons, video clips were removed. In support of the next album, the performer in Tandem with a friend and Rapper NaCl will be sent to a concert tour of Russian cities.
All 2015, Ilya Lapidus spent in tour and writing new songs. The result of the work was the exit of the next album in September 2016. In the collection "The remainder of words" included 10 compositions. Most of them immediately gained popularity, for example, the "daughter" tracks, "unforgettable", "hold her hand", "burn", "kilometers" and the same name with the album "the remainder of words". On the song "Gorim" and "Sleep" clips were released.
Personal life
Although Ilya chose a path for himself, at which the attention of fans is riveted, nothing is known about his personal life. There are crowds of peers come to his concerts, but there is no information about Zippo information. Also, the singer does not like to give an interview, so information about his childhood and parents is also hidden.
Zippo now
In 2017, Ilya was completely immersed in work. In the first half of the year he drove with tour of 46 cities in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Thousands of fans gather on his autograph session, and the VIP tickets for concerts, which include a joint photo with a singer and autograph, are bought up in the first days.
Also in 2017, Zippo has released a joint track (and the clip) with their buddies - the Kavabanga Depo Kolibri group called "Nevsky".
Discography
- "Steel strangers"
- "Poles of Days"
- "Those times"
- "Give me your hand"
- "I wanted another life"
- "Stayed alone"
- "Smoke often"
- "City of Roads"
- "Deep breath"
- "Breath"
- "The remainder of words"
- "Malvina"
- "Keep her hand"