PHARAOH (Глеб Голубин [Gleb Golubin] , 30 января 1996) — Russian hip-hop artist. Writes music under the pseudonym Coldsiemens. Former member Grindhouse and YungRussia, currently— leader of a creative association Dead Dynasty.
Gleb Golubin was born in Moscow, in the Измайлово [Izmailovo] district, on January 30, 1996. From the age of 6 to 13, he played football professionally. He started playing for "Локомотив" ["Lokomotiv"], then, when it became clear that the relationships with the coach didn't work out, moved to ЦСКА [CSKA] ("I had to travel daily from Izmailovo to the "Аэропорт" ["Airport"], and my mother, who was pregnant with my brother, had to take me to training"). From CSKA, Gleb moved to "Динамо" ["Dynamo"] and already he began to ride the subway.
“And at the time when my peers were first do drugs in the fifth grade, I was packing up and going to practice. I came back, did my homework, and went to bed. I listened to music before going to bed, and played my second Playstation. And so it went on for six years of my life. On weekends, when everyone went out to hang out, I had my own things to do. I should have gone to the game.». The rapper recalls that there were many moments for emotional break, but the music dragged him along. "When I realized that I was unlikely to play at the world level, it was over, I just scored, — Gleb states. — I went to school, I realized that I had three years before admission, and if I don't want to continue to fuck everything up, I need to do something with my brain". He remembers that day perfectly: "My father and I were driving from some game, we won someone there." Then the father of the future rapper expressed doubt that a sports career is the best choice for his son. This idea greatly affected on Gleb.
From 2002 to 2013, he studied at gymnasium No. 1409. At the age of 16, the young man decides to record his first track under the pseudonym Leroy Kid, later renamed to Castro The Silent. At the same age, he went to America for six months. There he finally decided on his musical preferences and opened new horizons for creativity.
It is time to enter the University at the faculty of journalism of Moscow state University (which he graduated in 2017). «I thought something would change there," says Gleb. — I will not be alone, I will find people who understand something and see beyond their own nose. Trap and swag got fed up with the way they were, and I started looking for what was going on in America. Raider Klan then began to make their original sound-a chewed and powdered uterine sound. At that time, they were an icon for me. In general, I was communicating with a girl, she was also signed to instagram on these dudes. She offered me a smoke. Listened to music. And then she says to me: "I really like it — the dude reads, and it feels like the sounds of hell." And something inside me just snapped. — I realized that this is just what you need. So I came to what I have now. And in those two years, everything has changed."
In later interviews Gleb named his favorite performers: “There are people who inspire, who look at the world the same way as I do. To name three? Kurt Cobain. Marilyn Manson. And Kid Cudi. Cobain inspired solitude. Manson-freedom of thought. Kid Cudi – by them both.
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