We all know the already cult song “Slow Motion”, under which they have been crying for school graduations for several years now. And already “Sansara” once sounded exactly everywhere, which is justified: it is these songs that should be promoted to the masses. Have you ever thought about the life of Basta, the performer and author of these amazing tracks?
Childhood
Vasily Vakulenko was born on April 20, 1980 in the family of a military man from Rostov-on-Don. At the time of the birth of the first-born, his mother was only nineteen, and she gave birth to a brother Vasily a year later. All his childhood, the future rapper was brought up by his grandparents, since his mother wanted to get a higher education and was not going to retreat from her goal, and his father was in the service all the time.
“I was not close to them, we did not have any special connection, ” Vasily recalls his childhood.
In addition to the comprehensive school, Basta also attended music, which could not but affect his future. The future rapper went there on the initiative of his grandmother.
“You will definitely need this in the future, ” she assured her grandson.
He first tried to read rap at fifteen. The debut was successful, and he decided to move on in that direction. It was at that time that the grandmother decided to please her beloved grandson and buy him a synthesizer, which seemed just an incredible event for schoolchildren of that time.
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After graduating from nine classes, Basta entered the music school as a conductor, but left there after the first year, realizing its worthlessness. Surprisingly, it was after this event that his career as a musician began.
Basta now
At the moment, Vasily Vakulenko is happy in marriage. Lena Pinskaya, the current wife of Basta, was the first to take the initiative in their relationship. She always admired his work, she liked the songs that the rapper released under the pseudonym Noggano, however, she did not know that Noggano and Basta are the same person.
Once during a dinner in a restaurant, a girl heard a familiar voice and saw Vasily, but did not come up, because the performer was not alone. However, later they nevertheless managed to communicate and exchanged phones, after which everything spun …
