Costa Lacoste is a rapper from Russia who announced himself at the beginning of 2018. The singer quickly broke into the rap industry and is on the way to conquering the musical Olympus.
The rapper prefers to keep silent about his personal life, but the group shared some biographical data with journalists.
Childhood and youth of Lacoste
Costa Lacoste is the creative pseudonym of the rapper. Real name is Alex. The young man was born on February 23, 1989 in St. Petersburg. Until now, Aleksey speaks of the city with warm words, says that this is the best city for life.
Alex studied well at school. Almost all sciences were easily given to him. The young man recalls that mom and dad never forced him to do his homework or study. According to Alexei, this is the secret of his "ideal" school performance.
After receiving a diploma of secondary education, the young man entered the law faculty of St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Economics. Alexey admits that he was always in the center of attention at the university, not a single party or holiday took place without his participation.
The future star took part in various student productions. And if some had to be pulled by the ears, then Costa Lacoste was a "sincere" organizer and optimist.
The young man took his first musical steps in 2011-2012. Actually, then the debut interview of the performer got into the network, where he shared with journalists that he currently occupies a prestigious position with a good salary. In interviews, he avoided details about his family.
Alexey graduated from a higher educational institution, and then got his own YouTube channel. His young man signed Alyosha Lacoste.
The channel exists to this day. Video clips are even stored on it: Megapolis, "Dashing 90s", "Football" and "Russians".
Then the style of the rapper was completely different from the current one. He wore a short haircut and stylish tracksuits. Alexey even posted teasers for upcoming records (for example, "Rod"). Despite the presentation, the release of the albums did not take place.
The beginning of the creative career of rapper Costa Lacoste
Many are interested in the origin of the rapper's pseudonym. There are two opinions here: the first guess is that the rapper loves the Lacoste brand and wants to get it as a sponsor, and the second - perhaps that very prestigious job - is participation in Lacoste advertising photo shoots.
In 2015, Costa Lacoste posted a video and disappeared for three mountains. The young rapper broke his silence with the song SOSEDI with the notorious Aljay.
In a short time, the work gained 8 million views. In addition, parodies began to be filmed on the video clip. The work was discussed by top Russian bloggers.
During the creative break, Alexei managed to radically change his image. He got a shock of hair, a lot of tattoos on his body, piercings. The style of clothing has also changed markedly. Rumors began to circulate that Costa Lacoste was imitating the legendary Jim Morrison.
The artists even have similar height and body parameters. Music critics and fans attributed to the young artist a similarity in performance with Viktor Tsoi and even Michael Jackson.
The personal life of an artist
Little is known about Costa Lacoste's personal life. When the journalist interviewed the artist (in 2012), he mentioned that his girlfriend insisted that he be creative and finally show the work to music lovers.
In addition, the singer mentioned that he is preparing for the wedding. But the wedding did not take place, because in 2020 Alexei appeared on the video of his friend and stage colleague LJ, he did not have a ring on his ring finger.
The charming model Alexandra Moskaleva took part in the video clip for the musical composition "Scarlet Waterfalls". It was the participation of the girl in the video clip that served as the rumors that there was an affair between Sasha and Alexei. Costa Lacoste neither confirmed nor denied the information.
Alexei also has a hobby, in particular, the young man loves extreme sports and travel. In addition, Costa Lacoste is not indifferent to literature.
Interesting facts about Costa Lacoste
- This information will not surprise anyone, but Alexey's favorite brand is the Lacoste brand. He performs in clothes of the famous brand.
- Alexey does not have a special musical education and does not believe that this can become an obstacle on the way to great music.
- Costa Lacoste is self-taught. The young man independently learned to play percussion instruments and guitar.
- At the moment, Costa's musical career is almost at the top of the musical Olympus, so the young man put his personal life on pause. Alexei says that fans help him feel like a man.
- The young man follows the latest fashion trends. He has tattoos that are placed not only on the body, but even on the face. The tattoo on the face is the well-known Lacoste brand in the form of a small crocodile.
- In February 2019, Costa Lacoste got a new page on the YouTube channel.
- Alexey loves Italian cuisine, americano with milk and ice cream.
- Lacoste cannot live a day without music. He has it everywhere - at home, in the car and in headphones.
Costa Lacoste today
In 2019, Costa Lacoste presented the musical composition Cosa Nostra to fans of his work. A little later, the tracks came out: "Scarlet Falls", "Erotic", "Escort", "Undress", "Venus" and "Baccarat", as well as "Meteorites" (with the participation of LJ).
The songs clearly sounded love for the vintage sound. This love of vintage allows the Russian singer to sound equally good with both punk music and moombaton.
The release of the above tracks caused a real resonance among fans. Everyone was interested in the issue of the release of the debut album. However, Costa Lacoste said that if he decides to release the collection, it will not happen until 2020.
Today, Costa Lacoste is touring with her concerts throughout Russia. In particular, on March 20, the singer plans to perform in his native city of St. Petersburg.
