HammAli is a popular rap artist and lyricist. He gained fame as a member of the duo HammAli & Navai. Together with his teammate Navai, he gained his first portion of popularity in 2018. The guys release compositions in the genre of "hookah rap".
Reference: Hookah rap is a cliche that is often used in relation to songs recorded in a certain style that spread throughout the former Soviet Union in the late 2010s.
In 2021, the duo was taken aback by the information that the team was ceasing creative activity. The guys even released the last longplay, but despite this, they continue to delight the "fans" with concerts.
Childhood and youth of Alexander Aliyev
The artist's date of birth is July 18, 1992. Nationality - Azerbaijani. Little Sasha grew up as an incredibly creative child. From early childhood, he began to show interest in music. Parents did not extinguish his desire to develop creatively and even supported his son's undertakings.
He fondly remembers the time when he lived with his parents. Alexander Aliyev warmly recalls his mother and father, as they always supported their son in everything.
Almost no school event was held without the participation of the artist. He experienced a frantic pleasure from performing on stage. Aliyev did not hide the fact that he dreams of conquering the musical Olympus. After receiving the matriculation certificate, the guy decided for sure that he wanted to connect his life with music.
Worried about his future, he first graduated from law school, and then entered a higher educational institution in the same specialty. By the way, Aliyev never regretted that he received an education. According to the artist, it repeatedly rescued him in difficult life situations.
The creative path of HammAli
He began his career as a teenager. Then Aliyev recorded songs of his own composition on camera. In 2009 he presented the first worthy track. We are talking about the lyrical work "For her." A couple of years later, he presented the video "Love is not tender phrases." Thanks to the video, an unrealistic number of viewers drew attention to Alexander. The audience of the rap artist began to grow.
Before collaborating with Navai, he managed to work with Archi-M, Dima Kartashov, Andrey Lenitsky. He was in no hurry to start working on a solo LP, as if intuitively feeling that it was more productive to work in a duet.
In 2016, Aliyev, together with a rap artist Navai “put together” the HammAli & Navai team. Soon they presented their debut composition to the fans, which was called "A Day on the Calendar". The artists did not know what reaction the audience would have to the track. But, music lovers quite positively accepted the creation of newcomers.
A year later, the duo's repertoire was replenished with several more pieces of music, which were positively received not only by "fans", but also by music critics. On the wave of popularity, the guys release the compositions “Together to fly” and “Do you want me to come to you?”.
In 2018, the duet delighted fans with the track "Notes". Many noted that rap artists are able to release songs that stick in memory for a long time - they want to sing and include them on “repeat”.
To maintain the set pace, the artists said that fans will soon enjoy the sound of a full-length LP. They did not disappoint the audience by presenting the Janavi album. On the territory of the Russian Federation, the collection received the so-called platinum status.
In 2018, the band added another LP to their discography. The collection was called "Janavi: Autotomy". The disc repeated the previous album.
A year later, the band's repertoire was replenished with two tracks at once - "War Girl" and "Hide and Seek". In addition, HammAli & Navai with singer Misha Marvin recorded a piece of music in Ukrainian. It's about the song "I'm dying."
HammAli: details of the artist's personal life
In matters of personal life, Alexander Aliev is not verbose. Discussion of private life is a closed topic for an artist. Most likely, he is not married and has no children.
Sometimes he talks about love relationships and beautiful girls. Aliyev's audience gladly takes part in the discussion of topics with slightly philosophical motives.
Interesting facts about the artist
- In 2008, the artist changed his surname to Gromov.
- He plays sports and tries to eat as healthy as possible.
- The musician stands up for strong family unions.
HammAli: our days
Not so long ago, he recorded a collaboration with Loc-Dog. The track "Just a conversation" - deserved high praise from fans. At the same time, with the participation of Marie Kraymbreri, the single "Slow" was released.
At the beginning of March 2021, it was revealed that HammAli & Navai were ceasing their creative activities. The guys noted that they remain on friendly terms. Soon the release of the supposedly last LP of the duet took place. Despite the fact that the team broke up, the guys continue to tour together.
On September 17, HammAli & Navai, together with the Hands Up group, presented a new composition, The Last Kiss. The single was released by Warner Music Russia in cooperation with Atlantic Records Russia.
In October of the same 2021, HammAli was urgently hospitalized on the eve of a concert in Dushanbe. Navai Bakirov told about this in stories. It turned out that Aliev's temperature and pressure rose.
Later, Alexander got in touch and apologized on social networks for the canceled concert in Dushanbe.
“I am very sorry that I was not able to perform in front of the fans. My health let me down ... This is the first time this has happened to me in five years. Maybe I need a rest, ”the artist commented.
