Nikita Sergeevich Legostev is a rapper from Russia who was able to prove himself under such creative pseudonyms as ST1M and Billy Milligan. In early 2009, he received the title of "Best Artist" according to Billboard.
The rapper's music videos - "You are my summer", "Once", "Height", "One Mic One Love", "Airplane", "Girl from the Past" - at one time steadily occupied the first lines on the RU TV channel.
Childhood and youth of Nikita Legostev
Nikita was born in 1986, in a family of Russified Germans. The city of Tolyatti became the place of his birth. From early childhood, Legostev Jr. is fond of creativity.
The first performances were held at home, the audience, in this case, were the parents.
It is known that little Nikita was a complaisant and intelligent child. He was drawn to knowledge, delighting his parents with good marks in his diary.
Parents supported their son's passion for music. They contributed to the appearance of his musical instruments, records with his favorite artists and fashionable clothes.
Already in 1999, the young man became part of the Underground Passage musical group. The performers created rap, and just got high from their hobby.
In 2001, Steam participated in the creation of the studio disc "This is my staff" by the musical group 63 region.
In 2002, the Russian rapper begins to live in the German town of Wiesbaden. A year later, Steam becomes the founder of his own musical group, to which he named ViStation.
For three years, the musicians recorded several albums. We are talking about the records "Promodisk", "Boys of the South Side" and "Out of Competition".
Creative biography of rapper Steam
Nikita received the first portion of popularity in early 2005.
It was then that the young man took part in an Internet battle organized by the Hip-Hop.ru portal. Then luck smiled at the young man.
He was noticed by rapper Seryoga, and made an offer to become part of his own label "KingRing". Video clips and music of Nikita have always been in the top.
But, most surprisingly, with thousands of views, radio stations and music channels did not really want to conclude a contract with a young performer. It seems like they were ignoring Steam for some invisible reason.
But, despite this, Steam, according to the rating of the Rap.ru website in 2005, was already included in the rating of the most popular performers in Russia.
The performer released his first album, entitled "I am rap", under the creative pseudonym ST1M.
The debut album was released in 2007. The tracks "Intro", "With all my might", "Press on Play", "You" were similar in style to aggressive German rap.
In 2008, the presentation of the rapper's second album took place. It's about the record "Knockin' on Heaven".
Initially, the presentation and sale of the album took place only on the territory of Ukraine and Russia.
The new songs created by Satsura and Max Lawrence sounded particularly lyrical and heartfelt. No one doubted the sincerity of the musical compositions.
The tracks “Sister”, “Without you”, “Spit”, “Look into my eyes” deserve special attention. In addition, the video clip "Sister" entered the top ten of the hit parades "Hit-List" and "Russian Chart".
In the same 2008, the producers of the Russian film "We are from the Future 2" wanted to see the rapper ST1Ma as the performer of the film's soundtrack.
Nikita wrote and performed the musical composition "I'm going to ram". Two years later, the singer independently created the Russian version of the World Cup hit "Wavin' Flag".
In the same 2010, he told fans of his work that he was no longer working under the KingRing label.
Some time later, the rapper presents the first disc outside the label to music lovers.
The album was called "October" and hit the Billboard rating.
Created for the musical composition of the same name, the video falls into the rotation of popular music channels. We are talking about the channels Muz-TV, Music Box, RU TV, O2TV.
2011 was a pleasant discovery for Nikita.
He tries his hand with other representatives of Russian show business. In particular, together with the singer Bianka, Nikita records the musical composition "You are my summer", with Satsura Steam he created the track "Shadow Boxing". Later, the song will become the soundtrack to the film of the same name.
Since 2012, the first musical experiments have begun in Steam's work. The rapper presents to fans of his work a mini-disc "When the spotlights go out."
This album includes joint tracks by Steam, with such performers as Satsura, Elena Bon-Bon, Lenin, Max Lawrence.
Together with Sergey Zhukov, a presentation of a cover for the song "Girls from the Past" took place. A year later, the presentation of the album "Phoenix" took place.
In the spring of 2013, Steam hosts its own rap competition "I am a rapper".
The show is attended by young rappers who want to get their portion of popularity. With those participants who reach the final, Nikita recorded joint musical compositions.
In the summer, Steam launched a new project - Billy Milligan. The first hit of the presented project was a parody of ST1Ma, who performed with Sergei Zhukov and Bianca.
Fans were delighted with the idea of Legostev. The project continued its existence. ST1M himself says that Billy Milligan is his second, selfish self.
In 2014, a presentation of a new record by the Russian rapper took place. The album "Not a word about love" received a huge amount of positive feedback.
In addition, Steam, under his second creative pseudonym Billy Milligan, released the Futurama disc.
In the same year, ST1M, in collaboration with filmmakers, created a number of musical compositions for the Pyatnitsky 3, 4 series.
We are talking about the tracks “Once”, “The Future Has Come”, “Sleep well, country”, “Coast”, “Street Blues”, “Time”, “Tomorrow may never come”.
The beginning of 2015 was a very fruitful period for Steam. Together with a group from Tallinn Black Bros, the rapper created the King is Back music label.
In addition to this event, Steam presented his fans with a new album. In the same year, a presentation of a couple more mini-LPs took place. We are talking about the albums "Beyond" and "Antares".
In 2015, the singer released several video clips: “The sky is not the limit”, “The law of the pack” (“I am a lone wolf”) and “Air”.
Personal life of rapper Steam
Nikita is very open to communication. However, this "easy" communication concerns only his work.
When journalists start asking the rapper about personal things, he immediately closes.
Steam believes that questions about his family and parents are not appropriate.
The rapper said only one thing - he is married to a girl named Ekaterina. She took the name of her famous husband. In addition, it is known that the couple is raising a joint son.
Nikita is registered in all social networks. In the photos that he uploads to Instagram, one thing becomes clear - Nikita spends a lot of time with his son and wife.
By the way, there often appear new developments of the rapper, videos and photos from concerts.
Nikita Legostev now
At the beginning of 2016, the presentation of Billy Milligan's first studio album, The Other Side of the Moon, took place.
After the audience "ate" the tracks of the album, he presented two more mini-LPs. We are talking about the disks "Greetings from the underworld" and "Dancing on the graves."
Since 2013, Legostev has been annually releasing collections called "Unpublished".
In 2016, the fourth part of this edition was published, and in 2017, the fifth part of this edition.
In the same 2016, Steam received an offer from the producers of the comedy youth series Policeman from Rublyovka. Nikita was the author of several soundtracks for the Russian TV series.
We are talking about the musical compositions "Where Dreams May Come", "Beyond", "We Believe" ft. BlackBros, "Secret Order".
Throughout the series, viewers could enjoy tracks from Steam. In one of the episodes of "Policeman from Rublyovka", Nikita took part as an actor.
In 2017, the performer creates another song for the second part of the sitcom - "The one that will always be with me."
At the beginning of 2017, Steam, together with Black Bros, will present a joint album "King is Back" 2.
In the same 2017, Steam will present another solo album - "Above the Clouds". The top compositions of the collection were the tracks - "Gravity", "1001 Nights", "Ultraviolet", "Basic Instinct".
Further, the artist is working on the creation of a new album by Billy Milligan "#A13".
According to its old tradition, in 2019 a new collection of "Unpublished" is released. This is already the 7th part of the presented edition.
In addition to this collection, Nikita presents the album "The Best". Both works are accepted by fans of Steam with a bang.
In 2019, Nikita is still working and living in creativity. He promised that very soon fans will be able to enjoy the new album.
The tracks of the new disc will impress rap fans with a “true uterus”. “Although, no one canceled the lyrics,” says Steam.
