Jacques Anthony is a prominent figure in Russian rap, if only because the guy is dark-skinned. In addition, the musician is not shy before the authorities in this genre and has developed his own style, and in interviews strikes with deep, philosophical reflections. True, the rapper does not bother with the selection of means of expression, he has a good command of both pompous syllable and obscene vocabulary.
The label Reigun Records, which once took up the promotion of Jacques, liked the guy because he spoke not only about girls and cars in his songs, but raised questions of morality. And Reigun itself raised its status from studio to label when Anthony joined its ranks.
Childhood and youth
According to Anthony's passport - Jacques Menshikov. The guy's relatives live on 2 continents - in Africa and in Russia. Simon Yori's mother, a native of Congo, was a member of the first Russian hip-hop community D.O.B. Community. Subsequently, considering that "the talent of a woman among men is doomed to loneliness," Simona left the group, began to write scripts and became interested in directing.
The musician bears the surname of his stepfather Andrei Menshikov, the very famous rapper and winner of the MTV Russia award. When Jacques turned 21, his biological father contacted him. The man lives in the Congo, works as an oil worker and, according to Anthony, “annoys” with the fact that he makes you quit rap and teaches you how to break through in life. Whereas the performer, by his own admission, does not need advice.
Jacques' childhood, according to his stories, was exuberant and colorful. In 1996, the whole family ended up in the Congo. When the war broke out in the country, Legalize returned to his homeland with his stepson, and Simona remained. Anthony later recalled that the period of his life with his father became the freest in his biography, although it differed little from the existence of blacks in the Brooklyn ghetto, except that they did not shoot at each other.
Jacques Anthony with his mother and Legalize The boy went to the school of the Honored Teacher of Russia Sergei Kazarnovsky, where the children of the elite studied - actors, bankers, musicians. This is an educational institution with a creative bias, students were allowed to express themselves, as their imagination prompts. The main thing is to be able to explain what you are doing and what you want to say.
"The buzz ended" at the age of 9 - Simona divorced Legalize and took her son to St. Petersburg. There Jacques, in addition to studying at school, was engaged in dancing and karate. However, the awakened interest in rap, according to the mother, threatened Anthony's future prospects. The boy increasingly began to disappear at various parties. Nor did Yori's promise to give him a car if Jacques successfully graduated from school.
For a period, the rapper studied in the Congo under the supervision of a wealthy uncle. Simone sent him to Africa when Anthony first appeared at the police station for consuming hashish.
Returning to Moscow, the guy entered a political scientist at RUDN University, but his studies did not work out. Jacques said that at that time he risked "getting caught" or even perishing, "there were a lot of jambs." Saved by the service in the ranks of the Strategic Missile Forces, where the musician deserved the corporal's shoulder straps. Channel One was filming about a black guy from the Ivanovo division. And even there, the rapper managed to run some kind of underground business. But the army, as they say, made Anthony a man.
Music
Jacques knew the figures of the Russian rap scene from childhood, but he did not use either these connections or the help of his father, he did not communicate with him for 10 years. According to Menshikov Sr., in stirring up the conflict with Anthony there is a share of the fault of the press, which called the novice rapper only the son of Legalize. Andrei had already started another family, raised a child, and then the journalists knocked down and intervened in his personal life. The situation strained both sides.
Jacques Anthony's song "Day After Day"In the early period of creativity, Jacques was noted for the performance of pop-rock in English, but then hip-hop took over. Under the pseudonym Dxn Bnlvdn, the rapper has released a double mixtape "Flaming Tony" and a video for the song Day After Day, in addition, a commercial for his own clothing brand PVRVDIGMV.
Calling himself Jacques-Anthony, the musician presented the video “# Podomnaya” and the mini-album “Enough Questions”. Everything that was not included in the previous discs was included in the #NoName album.
Fame came after the release of the track "Old Testament" in 2014. In December of the next Jacques finished work on the album "That the most ebony." The public "Rhymes and Punchy" nominated such an active performer for the "Breakthrough of the Year" award.
In February 2016, the rapper presented his debut studio album "Unbreathing" of 13 songs, including those performed with the British MC Porchy. This was followed by the clips "Breathing out the smoke", "Do it right", "Signals". With Anthony he recorded the composition "Director".
Jacques Anthony's song "Do it right"The song "Our District" became the soundtrack for the movie "Attraction". Anthony didn’t like the picture; he “fit in” into the project for the sake of a friend who starred there.
In the same year, the fans received the second full-length album “Dorian Gray. Volume 1 ". In the title, Anthony used the name of the hero of the novel. The second part is on its way. The author described the disc as less understandable, but more conceptual, after which, as Jacques jokes, a direct path to the psychiatric hospital.
Personal life
Jacques tells about himself briefly: he is touchy, jealous, does not accept criticism, loves milk, the cartoon "Prince of Egypt" and works. In his spare time, Anthony plays games on computer consoles, where you have to compete together. Does not drink alcohol.
It is known about the rapper's personal life that his wife's name was Oksana. In 2013, the couple had a daughter, Michelle, and after 5 years the family broke up. Anthony has a new love story with the young singer BADSOPHIE.
Jacques once admitted that he needs 3 million rubles for a normal life and for the implementation of the planned projects. per month. The singer does not have that much money, but Anthony easily buys designer items and expensive toys for his daughter. He claims that there were people who invest a lot of money not only in his music. These anonymous people are attracted to all aspects of the artist's existence.
Song "The Lifeless" by Jacques Anthony and OxxxymironaAmong his colleagues, Jacques puts in the first place, believes that he, like no one else, corresponds to the world level. There is no question, "he was promoted for a long time, but he is not a rapper." In 2015, together with Miron, the musician recorded the composition and the video "Bezdykhanny".
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Real name: Jacques Menshikov
Date of birth: 21.01.1993
Place of birth: Vologda
Jacques Menshikov, better known as Jacques-Anthony, is a young black rapper from Russia. Jacques was originally from Vologda, but eventually managed to move to the northern capital of Russia. Previously, the artist bore the nickname Dxn Bnlvdn (Don Benladen), but after moving to St. Petersburg he changed his nickname to the current one. At the moment, Jacques-Anthony represents the label Reigun Records, it was under their leadership that Jacques received his current fame.
Popularity came to Anthony after the release in December 2014 of the video for the track "Jacques-Anthony - Old Testament (Trap 2014)". The news about the release of the video hit the main rap.ru and collected a huge number of comments, which were mostly unflattering. Jacques-Anthony's style has been compared with the work of other trap performers, in particular with Yanix, D.Masta, Young Trappa. Later in the track "No attendants" Jacques admitted that he was very worried about this, as he tried to create unique content.
At the beginning of September 2015, something happened that no listener of Russian rap could have expected - the release of the joint work of Jacques and Oksimiron. Already in September, Miron was considered the most popular rapper of 2015 and the release of the track Oxxxymion & Jacques-Anthony - The Lifeless brought the black rapper a lot of listeners. In October, Jacques-Anthony released a full-length album "Unbreathing", which includes a previously released fit with Oksimiron.
Since October 2015, Jacques Menshikov has been releasing several new tracks and high-quality clips for them. Particular attention was paid to the works "Do it right", "Breathe out the smoke" and "Signals".
At the beginning of December, Jacques first releases three "Without Baboks" under the minus "Productions from Smoky Mo", and already at the end of December a joint work of St. Petersburg rappers Smoky Mo ft. Jacques-Anthony - Director.
At the end of 2015, Jacques-Anthony was nominated for Breakthrough of the Year by the NR public. In addition to Anthony, the list includes LSP, Jah Khalib, PHARAOH, Gansello. It is no coincidence that Jacques was included in this list of nominees. In 2015 alone, Jacques released 3 albums: #NoName, Lifeless, That Negro; recorded high-quality joint tracks with Oksimiron and Smokey Mo, released 6 clips.
In 2016, Jacques released an album of 13 tracks by Dorian Gray. At the end of 2016, Jacques-Anthony, together with Misha Malinovsky, released the EP Zebra. At the end of 2016, Jacques-Anthony released the second part of the Dorian Gray album, after which he fell into a creative stupor.
Interesting Jacques-Anthony Facts:
1. Jacques has not once been noted by his presence at some Versus Battles, in particular at the battle Young Trappa vs Feduk, where Jacques supported the young Trizini. Anthony was also present at the battle Your sin vs Rickey F, on this version Jacques supported Your sin. In both battles, the comrades of the dark-skinned rapper were defeated. Most likely, in 2016, Jacques will personally take part in the versus battle.
2. Some individuals actively declare that Jacques Menshikov is an illegitimate child of Legalize, whose surname is also Menshikov. But these are just rumors, and we cannot confirm or deny them.
3. Despite his young age, Jacques is already married, and even has a child.
4. The guys from the MACHINE GUN KELLY group spoke flatteringly about Jacques-Anthony at the Video Salon show.
5. Jacques is quite good at freestyle. He can give out quite sonorous text on the go.
Of course, Jacques-Anthony is just forming his style and all the main hip-hop explosions are waiting for Jacques to come.
Together with this artist, they look through biographies:
Jacques was brought up in a creative, international family. The boy's mother, Simona Yori, is a native of Congo and ex-vocalist of the hip-hop project “D. O. B / Community ". When the future artist was four years old, his parents divorced.
Soon, Andrei Menshikov, better known as Legalize, became Jacques-Anthony's stepfather. The famous rapper adopted a black boy, gave him his last name.
Young traveler
In 1996, the Menshikovs went to Simone's homeland, Congo, where a woman opened a nightclub for a rap party. A year later, hostilities began in an African country, Legalize gathered his son and took him to Russia. Later, Jacques was taken to her by his own grandmother, and taken to Volgograd. In 1999, Menshikov took his stepson to Moscow, where the guy went to a specialized school of Sergei Kazarnovsky.
Here, in addition to general subjects, students had the opportunity to independently choose additional lessons: acting, jazz or blues. Jacques, who loved music, went to school with pleasure, shared his own texts with friends. In 2001, Simona and Andrei finally broke up and the mother took her son to St. Petersburg. The sociable and cheerful guy quickly found like-minded people, and Young Trappa became his best friend.
Here Jacques-Anthony began to write his first songs, mastered playing the guitar. At the same time, I attended sports clubs in karate and dancing. From the age of 15, the guy began to skip school, became addicted to drugs, for which he repeatedly got into the police. Simone tried her best to find a common language with her son, made compromises, but there was no result.
In desperation, his mother sent Jacques to Africa, where her brother, the director of an oil company, lives. The beautiful life, luxury, lack of control relaxed the teenager even more. In his mother's homeland, the teenager had fun in nightclubs and bars, but soon Anthony returned to Russia.
Having received a certificate of maturity, the guy packed his things and left for Moscow, where he entered the Peoples' Friendship University. Jacques-Anthony was admitted to the Department of Political Science.
In the second year, the student realized that there was no desire to study, so he left the university. For new impressions, the future rapper went to the army, where he served in the missile forces. Demobilized, Jacques-Anthony decided to start a solo career as a rapper and began to create his own original music.
Confident start
At first, the black rapper collaborated with the creative association “T. A. Inc. ”, where Young Trappa, Yanix, ST. In parallel, Jacques-Anthony launched his own line of branded clothing "PVRDIGMV". Then he began to record tracks at the less well-known studio "Reigun Records" for 500 rubles a month.
In December 2013, the premiere of the video "Day After Day", signed by the strange nickname Dxn Dnlvdn, took place. The original acronym is pronounced Don Benladen. At the beginning of the next year, the artist presented the mixtape "Molly Cyrus", which he recorded in 24 hours.
The rapper independently shot a video for the track "Old Testament", which quickly became popular. Convinced of his abilities, Jacques-Anthony decided to focus on music. No less successful was the joint work with Oksimiron, which received the name "Breatheless", which was included in the artist's disc of the same name.
Following her, Jacques released the second disc "Dorian Gray. Volume 1 ". In 2017, Jacques-Anthony wrote the soundtrack "Our District" for the fantastic film "Attraction". The video for this song has gained more than three million views on YouTube in a few days.
At the end of the year, the rapper presented his third studio album, DoroGo, to fans and critics, which included 15 tracks. A year later, Jacques presented a fresh disc called “Dorian Gray. Volume 2 ".
The personal life of a young and talented rapper can be judged by his photos and posts on the Instagram social network. It is known that Jacques-Anthony was married to a lovely girl Oksana, who gave him a daughter, Michelle. Jacques Anthony's wife appeared in the Interview on the YouTube channel "Viska".
Almost immediately after the birth of the child, the couple broke up. Now the artist is dating an aspiring performer Badsophie or Bad.
Childhood and youth I welcome guests and regular readers of the site website... So, rap artist Jacques Menshikov, better known by his pseudonym Jacques-Anthony, first saw the light on January 31, 1992 in the Russian town of Vologda. The mother of our hero is the former vocalist of the hip-hop association "D.O.B. Community" - Simone Makanda (Yori), and the stepfather is the rapper Legalize (Andrey Menshikov), who was also in this group and married Simone when Jacques was about four years old. In the same year, the family goes to live in the Congo.
In 1997, a civil war broke out in central Africa, so Anthony, along with Legalize, left for the capital of Russia. It was around this time that the future Don Benladen began to take an interest in music. The young man and his girlfriend wrote various rap rhymes and read them to their parents, and they, in turn, supported the beginnings of their children, despite the primitiveness of the texts.
For some period Jacques went to a local prestigious school, but our hero was not destined to study there for a long time.
Yori and Lagalize could not keep their marriage for a long time and, as a result, divorced. In 2004, Menshikov and his mother Simona moved to St. Petersburg, where the teenager began to go to various music schools. The guy learned to play the piano and a little guitar. In general, Tony changed quite a lot of educational institutions, even studied in Africa, being 15 years old. He studied, by the way, for some time very well, he was so obsessed with grades that he could sit and do his homework until morning, and then immediately go to school, without even going to bed. At one point, a teenager associates with the rap movement, so he rarely starts attending school. However, his mother, having learned about her son's progress, decides to give him the right motivation. She told Jacques that if he received a high school diploma with honors, she would give him a car. After that, the future musician again took up his head. In the 11th grade, everything changed again and the guy again became seriously interested in writing music. With a sin in half, Anthony passed the exam, quarreled with his mother and went to conquer Moscow, where he enters a university in the direction of "political science." Jacques was not particularly interested in studying, although he managed to successfully cover debts, using his charisma. At that time, the young man lived in a hostel, went in for sports, and also actively attended various parties with a sea of alcohol.
Later, Anthony, in order to move away from a riotous lifestyle, voluntarily goes to the army, where he was sent to the strategic missile forces in the city of Ivanovo. According to Jacques, he quickly found a common language with his colleagues, even organized a small "underground" business with those.
Musical career
Demobilized with the rank of corporal, the guy did not waste time and began his musical career. In 2013, under the pseudonym A.M. Faya, the rapper presented two parts of the Flame Tony mixtape. During this period, Jacques collaborated with the group "T.A. Inc", which also included not very well-known then and. It is worth noting that in the early stages a Vologda resident tried to record music in the pop-rock genre, but then switched to hip-hop.In early December 2013, the artist, already under the nickname Dxn Bnlvdn (Don Benladen), released his debut video for the trap song "Day After Day".
DXN BNLVDN - DAY AFTER DAY (2013)
In the same month, he publishes a promotional video timed to coincide with the launch of his personal clothing brand "PVRVDIGMV" (read "Paradigm").
The second half of February 2014 is marked by the premiere of the "Molly Cyrus" mixtape, recorded in less than a day.
Jacques Anthony - Self Made (2014)
In the spring, the performer as Jacques-Anthony will present the clip "# Podomnaya", and in July he replenishes the discography with an EP from Dxn Bnlvdn entitled "Enough Questions".
Jacques Anthony - # Podomnoy (2014)
In December, Jacques released the mini-album Live and Do, as well as three music videos. The most famous was the work "Old Testament", after which Anthony received the first recognition in the rap community. It was after her that the artist quit his job as an operator (he shot clips for performers, as well as commercials) and begins to devote more time to hip-hop.
Jacques-Anthony - Old Testament (2014)
At the end of April 2015, Jacques presents the mixtape "#NoName", in which the artist included tracks that are not suitable for a full-length album and are "trash" in the rapper's understanding. In August, the premiere of a joint song by Menshikov and a popular performer called "Unfinished" took place. A small promo video was filmed for the track.
October 14 saw the light of the film adaptation of the composition "Do it right", which became one of the most famous works of Jacques, despite the age restriction from video hosting (the clip shows a woman's breasts). The artist himself admits that he does not like this track and only through force performs it at concerts. In the second half of the same month, the solo album "Bezdykhanny" was published, which took pride of place in the ratings of various rap publications. The album includes 13 tracks, in addition to a fit with Myron, there is a common track with London MC Porchy.
December marked the release of a 7-track release entitled "That Negro". In the same month, the performer recorded together with the song "Director".
At the beginning of May 2016, Tony delighted his listeners with the composition "The Fallen", and after 3 weeks the premiere of the second album of our hero entitled "Dorian Gray. Volume I" took place. The name is taken in honor of the eponymous character from the novel by Oscar Wilde. As conceived by Jacques, the first part of the solo album is more "humane and neutral", while the second will be "completely rejected".
At the end of December, the artist together with Misha Malinovsky will present the joint side-project "3e5ra". In order to take a break from the usual sound of their music, the performers have released a 5-track release "Zebra". On January 23, 2017, Jacques presented a video work based on the track "Our District". The composition became the soundtrack of Fyodor Bondarchuk's fantasy "Attraction", which premiered three days later. The film is set in the Moscow region of Chertanovo, where an object of extraterrestrial origin has landed.
Jacques-Anthony - Our District (OST "Attraction")
The beginning of April is marked by the release of the EP "At Any Cost", which included 6 songs. Smokey Mo sang the guest verse on the track "Sharing". A month later, a clip of Jacques Menshikov and his colleague, entitled "24/7", which was included in Plinofishl's debut solo album "GOLDY", sees the light of day.
In the second half of the year, the musician filled himself with the inscription "The Game" on his face upside down. The meaning of the tattoo is very creative: Jacques believes that he managed to turn the rap game with his creativity.
Personal life
As for Jacques' personal life, it is known that the rapper is married to a girl named Oksana, who took her husband's surname. On July 14, 2013, the couple had a daughter, the newlyweds named her Michelle.Jacques-Anthony now
On October 9, 2017, the performer began to release lifestal vlogs, in which he shows some moments from his touring life and leisure.Two days later, the performer pleased the fans with the musical work "Expensive". In the comments under the video on YouTube, the artist was accused of being similar to the song of the Kazakh rapper "Vitanin", while the other part, on the contrary, was glad that Anthony decided to experiment with the sound. The composition was included in the lists of Menshikov's third solo album of 15 tracks called "DoroGo", which premiered on October 30.
Jacques-Anthony - EXPENSIVE (2017)
Jacques-Anthony has become a fairly famous performer and is not going to stop delighting his fans with new creative works.
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: instagram.com/jacques_anthony (Official Instagram page)
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The article was prepared by the resource "How Celebrities Changed"
