Jesus is a Russian rap artist. The young man began his creative activity by recording cover versions. The first tracks of Vladislav appeared online in 2015. His debut works were not very popular due to poor sound quality.
Then Vlad took the pseudonym Jesus, and from that moment he opened a new page in his life. The singer created gloomy music with a newfangled sound. The artist received his first recognition by releasing the track "Keep in step with this country."
Childhood and youth of Vladislav Kozhikhov
Jesus is a creative pseudonym under which the name of Vladislav Kozhikhov is hidden. The guy was born on June 12, 1997 in the provincial town of Kirov. In this city, in fact, Vladislav spent his childhood and youth.
About Vlad's childhood and youth is unknown. He carefully does not tell curious journalists about this period of his life. It is known that the young man grew up and was brought up in an ordinary family. He was not an excellent student, but he did not lag behind either.
In his teenage years, Vlad was fond of music. The cover versions that he created with the guitar were posted on YouTube video hosting. Since 2015, the young man has posted works under the creative pseudonym Vlad Bely.
The first works of Kozhikhov did not surprise rap fans. During this period, the so-called "new school of rap" just began to appear.
Rap artists who were “in the know” recorded music in trap, trill, cloud sound, so Vlad did not like the underground at all.
Vladislav after the first "failure" made the right conclusion and began to change his approach to rap. Some compare the path of Jesus with the creative path of LJ, who at first also did underground rap, but woke up in time, realizing that you couldn’t gather a huge audience with such music.
The creative path and music of Jesus
Already in November 2017, the presentation of the debut album of the rap artist Jesus "Revival" took place. The debut disc included 19 musical compositions. And it must be admitted that this time Vladislav did his best.
Musical compositions corresponded to the preferences of modern youth. They were created according to all the canons, the so-called "new school of rap". The themes of the singer's tracks have not changed - love, drama and lyrics.
In the same 2017, the young man presented 3 more releases: acoustic Teen Soul (7 audio), Jesus' (2 audio), Jesus'2 (7 audio). These compositions can be characterized as follows: depressive and gloomy tracks accompanied by calm minuses.
Vladislav understood that while he was on the wave of popularity, the audience needed to be surprised with something. He started releasing several new tracks a month.
From release to release, Vladislav created his own style and improved his sound. Since 2017, he has become part of the Connect association. In addition to Vlad, Connect includes the following people: Guess Who, Je$by, IGLA, Yuck!, PNVM.
In 2018, Jesus presented his next album. The second disc was called G-Unit. The album contains 10 tracks in total. The number of fans of the young performer increased dramatically, but then a drama occurred - due to depressive psychosis, the young man was placed in a psychiatric hospital for three months.
After Vladislav left the walls of the psychiatric hospital, he recorded an album that he dedicated to this event.
The solo album received the thematic title "Psycho-neurological diseases with the appearance of invisible beings." The album contains 17 tracks.
Music lovers were especially pleasantly surprised by the song "Blood Type" - a cover version of the popular song of the Russian rock band "Kino".
When Vladislav presented a new album, he remembered the psychiatric hospital and compared himself with the famous artist Vincent van Gogh. The record clearly audible not only rap, but also pop and rock.
Since 2018, Jesus' musical career began to develop rapidly. Vladislav increased his interest in a permanent changeable image. The guy got tattoos, including on his face, wears light lenses, and his hair is dyed in different colors.
In the winter of 2019, the performer presented the album “Keep in step with this country” to numerous fans. The album contains 12 tracks. The album made Jesus a real star of the CIS countries.
In the release of the record, a young man with "warmth" recalls his higher education institution, which the artist left. In addition, he is not very flattering about his classmates, for whom, according to him, he never had warm feelings.
Within a day, the release gained more than 1 million views. Many noted that in the music of Jesus there is an abundance of gloomy motives and youthful nihilism.
Music critics noted that the disc "Keep in step with this country" is one of the strongest works of the young artist.
The personal life of an artist
According to sources, Vladislav's girlfriend's name is Nika Gribanova. Nika took part in the filming of the video clip "The Girl in the Class". Just like her young man, Gribanova is a creative person. It is authentically known that she is a fashion designer. The girl sells fashionable images by posting them on VKontakte.
Jesus has an Instagram where you can find the latest news from his personal and creative life. In addition, fans have created a fan page where they post photos from the concerts of their favorite Russian artist.
Interesting facts about Jesus
- There are interesting memes on the net that depict the singer and artist Vincent van Gogh. All these memes were after the presentation of the musical composition "Van Gogh" and the loud comparison of the singer with the famous artist.
- Jesus is preparing for concerts thoroughly. And the guy also shares that he constantly experiences excitement in front of a huge audience. He can't get used to popularity. According to other sources, his shyness is a response of mental illness.
- Vladislav loves strong coffee and meat. He cannot imagine a day without this drink.
- After being discharged from a psychiatric hospital, the artist tried himself in the genres of pop and rock. Fans did not like such experiments, and the performer returned to the usual genre.
- For a long time, the young artist's Instagram was "empty". And only recently the guy began to post photos.
Jesus today
Jesus stays on topic. He creates and is not going to stop. After the release of the disc “Keep in step with this country” in the spring of 2019, Jesus went on a big tour of the major cities of Russia, which stretched over half the summer.
The rapper managed to collect full halls. Basically, its audience is young people under 25 years old. In August 2019, the performer performed in Moscow, but not at a solo concert, but as part of the Locals Only festival.
In 2020, Jesus took part in the Evening Urgant program. On the show, he spoke with the host Ivan Urgant. In addition, he performed live the musical composition "Dawn / Dawn". In addition, in 2020 the release of the new album "The Beginning of a New Era" was released.
