Short biography of Decl (Kirill Tolmatsky)

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Kirill Tolmatsky, better known to the general public as Decl, is considered the first rapper of the Russian show business. Today, Decl's biography attracts not only his former fans. A bright, talented personality has gone into the shadows. Glory, millions of fans, concerts, tours - all this disappeared from Cyril's life. What's left? What happened to the man who blew up the youth of the 90s?

Career start

So where did the same Decl come from, whose biography is still hidden from a wide audience? It should start with the fact that Cyril was initially lucky with his parents. Father - Alexander Tolmatsky - a famous music producer, gave an excellent education to his son. Decl studied in Switzerland, and then at the prestigious British International School in Moscow, where he received his nickname for his short stature.

Decl's stage biography begins with a bright performance at the capital's Adidas StreetBall Challenge festival with the composition "Friday". The audience was delighted withyoung non-standard performer.

The resounding success gave impetus to further creativity. Almost immediately, in 2000, Kirill Tolmatsky's first album "Who, are you?" was released, an incredible circulation of a million discs sold out completely. Hits from this album have been played on many music channels for a long time.

Instant popularity

This is how Decl's biography began on the Russian stage. Many critics considered it "bloated", "bought with daddy's money". However, there is some truth in these words. Strong support in the form of authors, producers, mentors, advertising companies played a role. Decl himself, whose age at that time had just left school, participated in Pepsi promotions. This made him recognizable in every family where there is a teenager.

Huge advertising posters with images of the young rapper flaunted on the streets of cities and towns. The artist himself later admitted that his father intensively "promoted" him to every concert and from such PR "one could go crazy." It is not surprising that with such popularity, the second album was released, with a circulation larger than the first, after which a pause followed, which lasted for three whole years. Not only did the emerging competitors begin to cross the road, but the alliance of Tolmatsky Sr. and the author of the lyrics Vlad Valov broke up.

New life

Decl's biography has gained a new round after the artist decided to become independent. Leaving we althy parents, Cyril turned into a "party-goer". Moscow rastamans, marijuana, closedclubs.

As a result, "Le Truck" appeared - a new stage name, under which Decl's music album was released in 2008. As it turned out, the old image was closer to the public. Therefore, the next album "Here and Now", recorded in 2010, was from the artist's former name.

Currently, the performer is working on several projects at once. Texts are written in English. In addition to this, Decl is working on sound, involving Jamaican and African performers in cooperation. The old style and manner of performance have changed markedly. In fact, Decl plays jazz. Now Cyril has a family. He is married and has a son Anthony.