Timur Ildarovich Yunusov is better known as Timati. This is a popular Russian showman, music producer, entrepreneur, actor and performer of rap songs. He began his career with the popular show “Star Factory 4”. He is an Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic. Despite his young age, Timati managed to perform with such world-famous singers as Snoop Doge, Diddy, Basta Riams, Mario Wynens, Timbaland and Craig David. Among Russian performers who sang a duet with Timur Yunusov, one can distinguish Grigory Leps and Bogdan Titomir.
Often you can hear such an opinion that Timati's parents significantly influenced the formation of his career, investing a lot of money in it. But this is not at all true, and the young singer claims that he achieved everything on his own. Timati's parents only pushed him in the right direction and helped to determine the profession and occupation.
The childhood of the future star
Timur was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow. Many people ask the question: “Parents of Timati - who are they?” Father, Ildar Yunusov, today is one of the largest businessmen, mother - Simone Yakovlevna, is engaged in maintaining the warmth of the hearth. As a girl, she bore the surname Black Sea. In his interviews, Timati often talks about the fact that his family members are very wealthy people, but his father raised him, constantly instilling the awareness that a man should achieve everything in his life himself. The singer owes his unusual and exotic appearance to the fact that Timati's parents each have a completely different nationality . Father is a purebred Tatar, and mother is Jewish.
Remembering his childhood, Timur Yunusov says that he very early began to strive for success and independence. There were always crowds of girls around him, his age and older. In order to impress them, the boy wanted to stand out from the crowd and show his individual character traits. As a teenager, Timati independently chose the clothes that he would wear, and even then he dreamed of creating his own designer house.
The star has a brother Artem, who is three and a half years younger. Now they are very friendly. Artem listens to a huge number of music tracks, selects new and vibrant compositions and gives them to his brother for listening. Although in childhood they often competed among themselves, and it even came to a fight.
The beginning of the creative path
Timur Yunusov's creative abilities appeared in childhood. To develop them, Timati's parents sent him to a music school (violin class). There he studied for four years. The singer recalls that he did not like playing the instrument at all, but what can you do if the mother and father insisted.
Simone Yakovlevna says that Timur had a very good and clear voice, which, unfortunately, broke at a young age, and I had to switch to reading. The teenager was very interested in this musical direction when he was in Jamaica.
At the end of high school, the young man went to study at the Moscow Higher School of Economics, but only one trimester lasted there. Timati's parents worried about their son’s future and sent him to the United States to continue their studies at a prestigious private university. It was in America that the musician’s passion for hip-hop culture became the strongest, and he realized that this is what he wants to do in his life.
Returning from the United States, Timati, along with friends, opened his own project VIP77. But at that time it was very much like a childish prank, so the group was unable to move beyond the yard performances and soon ceased to exist.
Timur Yunusov passed the casting for the fourth “Star Factory”, where producer Igor Krutoy was able to discern a real talent in the eccentric boy. It was then that the whole country learned about the rapper Timati.
Timati today
Currently, Timur Yunusov is engaged in a creative career, releasing one hit after another. In addition, he tries his hand at cinema. He has his own music studio, in which experienced professionals help stars create their masterpieces. Timati also has a rather profitable business. A young man is developing a fashionable clothing line that is designed for young and athletic people. Models are very popular among teenagers.
Timati family
The singer prefers not to talk about his personal life. For example, parents of Timati practically do not appear together with their son on star parties and on television. Ildar Yunusov is an extremely busy person, and he simply does not have time for this.
March 19 last year, beloved Timati Alena Shishkova gave birth to his lovely daughter. The girl was born in Santo Domingo (the capital of the Dominican Republic) and received the name Alice.
Future plans
Timati has a lot of projects that he wants to realize. He wants to be realized as a movie actor, promote his fashion house, and also devote a lot of time to his family.