Scrooge is a popular rap artist. The young man became interested in music as a teenager. After high school, he never received a higher education. Scrooge earned his first money at a gas station and spent it on recording songs.
Scrooge received recognition in 2015. It was then that he became the winner of the reality show "Young Blood" and part of the Black Star label.
Scrooge was a real "breath of fresh air" for Black Star Inc. The low hoarse voice of the performer "tells" music lovers about the other, "dark" side of life. The world in Scrooge's work is painted in black and white. Dark gangsta rap with organic inserts of profanity is very popular with teenagers and young people.
Scrooge's childhood and youth
Under the creative pseudonym Scrooge, the name of Eduard Vygranovsky is hidden. The young man was born on November 5, 1992 in the small town of Velikiye Mosty, Lviv region, in Ukraine.
The boy was not brought up in a complete family. His father left the family when Edward was very young. The rapper recalls that dad sometimes visited them and brought gifts, but he never knew his father's love and support.
When Edik was still a baby, the family moved to the south of Ukraine, to the Nikolaev region. Pervomaisk became the childhood city of the future star. According to Vygranovsky, he always dreamed of moving to a metropolis, since the small city "pressed" him morally.
He didn't want to go to school. He studied poorly, often skipped classes and clashed with teachers. Scroogie talked about how he was raised by the street. Edward disappeared for days with friends. As a teenager, he got to know the taste of liquor and weed.
Now the rapper is grateful to the street for raising a man from him. Edward says that he knows how to understand people. In his interviews, the singer often recalls his mother, who instilled the right principles in life.
Scrooge's creative path
As a teenager, Scrooge began to rhyme. The young man really liked the tracks of Waka Flocka Flame and Lil Jon. Rhymes popped up in his head all the time. He had no choice but to record tracks in a notebook.
One day, Scrooge read a few songs for his comrades, who were delighted, advising the aspiring rapper to develop further. Already at the age of 15, Eduard worked part-time at a gas station, and not in order to earn money for cigarettes, but in order to record songs at a professional recording studio.
The rapper released the first tracks under the pseudonym Edos. The performer was in search of his "musical "I"". He lacked experience, but fortune soon smiled.
At the age of 17, the guy got several tattoos. After leaving school, Edward left Pervomaisk for Odessa. Here he entered a higher educational institution, but soon left his studies.
Eduard went to Poland to work - he worked at a sawmill. Despite the exhausting work, the young man continued to record songs and send them to various labels.
Soon the rapper had a new creative pseudonym Scrooge. Edward took a new name in honor of the Disney character Uncle Scrooge McDuck. The Disney character loves to swim in money. Actually, this is what Edward wanted.
Rapper Scrooge music
Label Black Star Inc. held the casting of "Young Blood" in 2015. At that time, Scrooge was just in Poland, but after he found out that his application was approved, he left the sawmill and immediately arrived in Moscow.
More than 2000 performers took part in the project. Scrooge stood out from the rest with his determination, his own style of presenting musical material and the directness of his songs. Then the victory went to Dana Sokolova and Klava Koka, but at the last stage of the competition, Timati offered Scrooge to conclude a contract.
Scrooge noted that under the wing of the label, he feels easy and safe. Edward was engaged exclusively in creativity. Everything else fell on the shoulders of producers, clip makers and directors.
Already in 2016, Scrooge presented the first professional track. We are talking about the musical composition "Into the Chips" (with the participation of Timati, Mot and Sasha Chest). A little later, the rapper released a solo song "Scrooge - Flat Road" and a video clip for it.
Debut album presentation
In 2016, the discography of the young artist was replenished with the first studio mini-album. The collection was called "From Where I Am". The album contains 7 tracks. The rapper presented video clips for three songs.
In the fall, the duet of Scrooge and Christina Si recorded the song "Secret", and a month later a video clip was released on the track. The Secret is a love story. In the video, the girl gives 100% of herself to the relationship, and the guy behaves remotely, and sometimes rudely.
The lyrics were followed by the hard track "Explosion in the Dark". The song contained a lot of profanity. A music video for the track was soon released. Video accompaniment, as always, was done in black and white. A peculiar highlight was the presence of red color in the clip.
Red symbolizes blood and "boiling" emotions that are ready to "tear to shreds" the darkness surrounding the performer. The presence of erotic scenes and tough fights showed fans the life of the lyrical hero of the song.
A little later, the rapper recorded the track "Indigo" with Dana Sokolovskaya. No less worthy work is considered the song "Gogol", which became the main hit of the film "Gogol. The Beginning, directed by Yegor Baranov.
And if some were not satisfied with the gloomy look at the life of a young performer, then in this case he fit perfectly into the director's concept of rethinking Gogol's biography.
Many note that after Scroogie became part of the Black Star label, he changed. And it's not just about appearance and image. The young man stopped performing at battles. He is more reserved on stage.
Scroogie says that today he considers battles to be nothing more than childish. Despite growing up, Edward does not ignore the offer of advertising, especially if they offer a high fee for it.
The rapper's discography is scarce for albums. Eduard says that he has not yet learned to write songs without inspiration. Scrooge - for quality, meaning and sincerity.
Scrooge's personal life
Scroogie admits that the first girl who caught his heart was Lyudmila Topolnik. Eduard met Lyuda at a Ukrainian musical rally. But later the couple broke up.
After Lyudmila, Scrooge had an affair with Yana Nedelkova. The couple was together for a very short time. They broke up because of jealousy on the part of the girl. In Moscow, the joint work on the Black Star label with Christina Si (Christina Sargsyan) led not only to friendship, but also to a strong love relationship.
Christina and Scrooge hid their relationship. A few months later, they posted joint photos on Instagram, showing a little relationship. A year later, the couple broke up, and Scrooge returned to Yana Nedelkova.
Scrooge leads the right way of life. He doesn't drink alcohol. I recently quit smoking. To "tickle" his nerves, the young man went in for sports. He loves boxing, especially sparring, downhill skateboarding and snowboarding.
He likes to spend his leisure time watching top-rated American films and TV shows. He loves to ride a motorcycle and cannot imagine a week without an "iron horse".
Interesting facts about Scrooge
- Edward admits that money is not alien to him, and he did not record tracks if it did not generate income.
- One day, Scrooge got into a motorcycle accident. But, fortunately, he received minor injuries.
- One of my least favorite things to do is give interviews. Eduard says that journalists often distort information and present it untruthfully.
- The star has many tattoos on his face and body. The desire to apply a tattoo appeared in the musician at the age of 15.
- There is a lot of meat in the rapper's diet. He also loves coffee and fast food.
Rapper Scrooge today
In 2018, the rapper delighted fans with the release of the video clip "Montana". In the same year, Scrooge's discography was replenished with a new album. We are talking about the collection "Hearse", which included four tracks characteristic of the rapper.
Montana, which impressed fans, was supplemented by tracks illustrated not by clips, but by mood video with original names: Ong-Bak, Pankration and ILL. Video clips were also released for a number of tracks.
The latest news from the artist's life can be seen on the pages of his official social networks. News appears on the new Black Star channel. Scrooge did not forget to please the "fans" with live performances.
In 2019, the rapper replenished his musical piggy bank with new tracks. Fans singled out the songs: "Nirvana", "Turn yourself up", "Hooligan" and "Swing to the beat." This time also not without video support.
At the beginning of 2020, there was silence in the artist's creative biography. A few months ago, the performer presented the joint track "Hard Sex". While the rapper is "in the shadows" and does not comment on the release of the new album.
