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Decl is a pioneer and bright star of the fashionable musical trend of rap, which burst into flames in the early 2000s. Decl is remembered by music fans as a rapper and hip-hop singer. The artist died young, but left a bright place in the history of Russian music.

Kirill Tolmatsky - this is the real name of the performer and musician, was born in Moscow in July 1983. The activities of his father had a decisive influence on the guy’s fate. Alexander Tolmatsky is a famous producer. Kirill belonged to the “golden youth” of Moscow. He graduated from the prestigious British International School in the capital and went to continue his education in Switzerland.

It was there that Tolmatsky Jr. became acquainted with a new direction in music for him - rap. Kirill’s student roommate, who turned out to be the son of the President of Zambia, listened to this unique music all day long. At first, to the future star of Russian rap, this music seemed like a real cacophony of sounds. At some point, irritation reached its peak, and Kirill asked to be accommodated with a noisy neighbor.

Upon returning to Moscow, Kirill suddenly realized that he really missed the music that was so boring in Switzerland. He decided to try to reproduce it himself.

Biography

Decl is a pioneer and bright star of the fashionable musical trend of rap, which burst into flames in the early 2000s. Decl is remembered by music fans as a rapper and hip-hop singer. The artist died young, but left a bright place in the history of Russian music.

Kirill Tolmatsky - this is the real name of the performer and musician, was born in Moscow in July 1983. The activities of his father had a decisive influence on the guy’s fate. Alexander Tolmatsky is a famous producer. Kirill belonged to the “golden youth” of Moscow. He graduated from the prestigious British International School in the capital and went to continue his education in Switzerland.

Rapper Decl

It was there that Tolmatsky Jr. became acquainted with a new direction in music for him - rap. Kirill’s student roommate, who turned out to be the son of the President of Zambia, listened to this unique music all day long. At first, to the future star of Russian rap, this music seemed like a real cacophony of sounds. At some point, irritation reached its peak, and Kirill asked to be accommodated with a noisy neighbor.

Upon returning to Moscow, Kirill suddenly realized that he really missed the music that was so boring in Switzerland. He decided to try to reproduce it himself.

Children of Kirill Tolmatsky

As mentioned above, the children of Kirill Tolmatsky (Decl) are represented only by his son. Photos of the boy can often be seen on the artist’s Instagram page. It was with his son that the rapper tried to spend as much time as possible.

The celebrity called his original songs his children. Each of them meant a lot to Kirill. Through his creativity, he talked about everything that impressed him. Young people listen to the same songs that were written in the early 2000s. As one of the professional critics put it, at this time Kirill wrote what was close to the young people of that time. Almost 20 years have passed since then, but the tastes of young people have not changed. But few even of his most devoted fans understand the artist’s new songs.

The latest album, released in 2021, featured songs about fellow rappers. The man says in his songs that few rappers bring good to the masses. He encourages listeners to distinguish such artists and ignore their work.

Music

Tolmatsky Jr. got dreadlocks and learned to breakdance. At the breakdancing school, the young man also met another future famous rapper, Timati, but a strong friendship did not develop between the musicians. Soon, with the support of his father, the son recorded his first rap song, “Friday,” with which he debuted at the Adidas Street Ball Challenge youth festival. A crowd of thousands warmly welcomed the unusual and bright performer.

Decl - “Party”

In 1999, Decl’s face - such a creative pseudonym was invented by the guy - appeared on the cover of the PTYUCH publication. From that moment on, real hysteria began around the musician’s name. Some were incredibly irritated by him and his work. Others turned out to be real fans of Decl. And there was a whole army of them.

Decl appeared on TV screens more and more often. His fame grew rapidly. In 2000, his debut album “Who? You". The singer received the first prestigious Record 2000 award for it and was named the best debutant of the year. Videos were recorded for his compositions “Party”, “Tears” (“My tears, my sadness”), “My blood, blood”. The songs became hits and were in rotation.

Decl - “Tears”

The first disc sold a million copies. It was followed by a second one called "Street Fighter". It was also incredibly successful and brought Decl further awards - “Stopudovy Hit”, “Muz-TV” and “MTV Music Awards”.

This album is called the most scandalous in the artist’s creative biography. The songs included in the album touch on international issues and concern people from different classes and walks of life. Moreover, the rapper wrote most of the songs himself. The disc was produced by Sheff and Legalize.

Decl - “Blood, my blood”

The song “Letter”, released on this disc, received the prestigious Golden Gramophone music award in 2001. This was the peak of popularity. But then there was a decline. This happened after a disagreement with his father, who all this time supported his son on a wave of success.

In the same stellar year for Decl, 2000, he signed a lucrative contract with. The performer often performed at her promotions and concerts. It is interesting that the musician’s name will subsequently be associated with this company. On information resources, Decl is still described today as a hip-hop icon of the “Pepsi generation.”

Decl - “Street Fighter”

Due to a conflict with his father, Kirill left his record company. But independent activity did not bring fame. The musician made an attempt to change his creative pseudonym from Decl to Le Truk. In 2004, the musician released his new disc, called “Detsla.ka Le Truk”. Some songs became hits, but the former popularity was no longer there. The idea of ​​switching to a new stage name was also not successful.

The most popular and scandalous composition was the song “Legalize”. But the scandalous overtones, along with the attention it attracted, prevented the composition from achieving success in rotation. The animated video for this song was completely banned from showing due to its controversial and provocative content.

Decl - “Letter”

In the winter of 2008, Decl’s new album was released, on the cover of which the artist’s name was turned into “Decl”. The social orientation of this disc, called “Mos Vegas 2012,” drew attention to itself. The album was recorded with musician Beat-Maker-Beat from St. Petersburg and was quite warmly received, although there was no talk of popular love.

The 5th album entitled “Here and Now”, released in 2010, did not improve the situation either. But thanks to the new disc, Kirill performed at the popular “Battle of the Capitals” festival, where before that he only appeared as a jury member.

Decl in recent years

In 2014, Decl released two new discs, recorded together with musicians from America, Europe and Asia. The records are called "Dancehall Mania" and "MXXXIII". These are the planned 2 albums from a trilogy under the general title “Decillion”. After this, Decl’s fans received an announcement of the 3rd disc, which, according to the musician’s promises, should be in Russian, unlike the first two records of the trilogy.

Despite the fact that a number of songs from the upcoming album had already appeared in rotation, Decl interrupted work on the trilogy and released a separate disc, “Favela Funk EP”.

Rapper Decl

The songs on this disc are presented in a mixed genre: the compositions are endowed with features of rap, funk and even samba and reggae. According to music critics, the contents of the album correspond to the title, and also show what success Decl could achieve without being afraid to experiment. The compositions that the musician selected for the new disc carry humanistic ideas and also quote the musician’s youth hits.

Decline of Decl's career

2004 marked the beginning of the end of the rapper's career. At that time, Decl’s popularity was at its peak and the young man, having quarreled with his father, decided to set out on his own and build his career on his own.

Decline of Decl's career

In 2004, Decl unveiled his new pseudonym Le Truk in his next album “Detsl aka Le Truk”. The album was successful, but, unfortunately, inferior to the previous ones. Having not won the rights to the pseudonym “Decl”, after some time he calls his new stage image “Decl”.

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During the twilight of his career from 2008 to 2010, Tolmatsky began to mainly perform at closed parties and corporate events. He no longer assembled huge halls.

He no longer collected huge halls

In 2010, Kirill released the album “Here and Now,” which presents joint projects with such artists as D. Masta, Noggano, Smokey Mo, and others. Since the same year, Tolmatsky Jr. has become a regular at many hip-hop parties.

In addition to stage activities, Kirill Tolmatsky starred in 2 films. In 2013 in “Paradise on Demand”, and a few years later in the film “Law of the Concrete Jungle”, but only in an episode of the film.

Paradise on demand

Since 2014, the “Decillon” trilogy has been released, as well as videos with Decl and singles.

Scandal with Basta

In 2021, Decl filed a lawsuit against his colleague, rapper Vasily Vakulenko, who is known to fans under the pseudonym Basta. The claim was registered by the Basmanny Court of Moscow.

An Internet conflict between musicians on social networks led to the trial. On his own Twitter account, Decl complained to subscribers that the music playing in Basta’s club was too loud. In response, also on the Twitter microblogging service, Basta simply insulted Tolmatsky.

Decl and Basta

Decl decided to bring the conflict into the legal field. Kirill Tolmatsky demanded a million rubles in compensation for moral damage, and also to oblige Vasily Vakulenko to publish a refutation of the information that he disseminates on social networks.

By mid-2021, Decl filed four more lawsuits against the offender. After a lawsuit began between the musicians, Basta did not stop publishing offensive posts about Decl. As a result, Kirill Tolmatsky filed a separate lawsuit for each case of insult and demanded compensation of a million rubles for each, but received only 350 thousand.

6 little-known facts about Decl

[edit] Origin of the pseudonym

That same forbidden video by Decl about his love for pipes. This track, according to fans of conspiracy theories, brought upon Decl the wrath of the bloody KGB. Decl began with minor roles in the video of the thief Clip SUDDENLY.
An interesting clip with self-irony. A parody of Decl Decl - “small”, “little”, “little”, derived from the prefix “deci” - one tenth (decibel, decimeter, deciliter). Contrary to popular belief, decl is not the distance from the female genital pussy to the female anal ass, shown on the fingers, but quite the opposite - the size of the head of the male genital penis.

When applied to a person - new fish, juvenile, “young”. Decl's height corresponds to his name - 1630 millimeters (16.3 Decl-meters).

[edit]Also

• The word is used by fans of opiate injections. Decl - the amount of substance between two divisions on the syringe.
• The word (albeit slightly distorted) is used by Pelevin in the novel “Generation P”, which was published at least a year before Decl appeared in the zombie box:

In this case, it seems that the nickname "Decl" came from the Romanian word "destul", which means "enough".

Personal life

In the early 2000s, the rapper received unprecedented attention. Decl's personal life aroused great interest. The popular performer was hunted by armies of fans and paparazzi.

Decl with his wife and son

As you know, Kirill Tolmatsky was married. The musician’s wife is a former model from Nizhny Novgorod, Yulia Kiseleva. In 2005, the couple had a son, whom his parents named Anthony.

Not long ago, a reconciliation took place between father and son Tolmatsky, after which Kirill stated that the quarrel and conflict were actually invented by journalists.

Funeral: farewell, latest news

The next day, after taking all the necessary tests for a medical examination, Tolmatsky’s body was sent by plane to Moscow. Farewell to the late Kirill Tolmatsky was held at the Central Clinical Hospital. The rap artist's funeral took place on February 6 at Pyatnitskoye Cemetery. The ceremony took place without excessive pomp and circumstance; Kirill was buried in an ordinary wooden coffin.

During the farewell ceremony, his wife announced the release of the artist’s new track. Which he managed to mix, but never released during his lifetime.

A remarkable fact is that Kirill’s father saw his grandson, Kirill Tolmatsky’s son, Anthony, for the first time at his funeral. The architectural committee at the capital's mayor's office gave permission to perpetuate the memory of Kirill in the form of a memorial plaque on the house where he recently lived.

Death

On February 3, 2021, famous producer Alexander Tolmatsky reported on his Facebook page the shocking news about the sudden death of rapper Decl. The corresponding post appeared at 6 am Moscow time.

The musician’s father did not give details, but the musician’s director Pavel Belenets said that on the night of the tragedy the rapper was performing in Izhevsk. After the concert, he went to the dressing room, where he suddenly became ill.

Decl died after a concert in Izhevsk

The cause of Decl’s death was announced by the Russian Investigative Committee on March 4, 2021:

“The death of Kirill Tolmatsky occurred as a result of acute heart failure, which was a complication of a disease of the cardiovascular system. No injuries were identified."

Last hours of life

According to witnesses who were at the Posh club that evening, Kirill did not eat anything between performances, only drank coffee and cognac. I was in a cheerful and creative mood the whole evening, giving 100% on stage. According to one version, a mixture of cognac and coffee, combined with physical exertion during a hip-hop performance, could cause a sharp rise in blood pressure, causing cardiac arrest.

By the way, ten years ago, Kirill, in an interview with one of the publications, predicted his disappearance at the age of 35. According to his plans, he was going to fake his death at this age. And go to a tropical island and “smoke a big joint.” And a couple of years ago, when one of the journalists reminded him of this dream of his, Decl said: “There are only a couple of years left until I turn 35, I need to think about this topic.”

This gave rise to a conspiracy theory among fans of Tolmatsky’s work. They say that Decl’s death is not real, but just a subtle staging. And at this time he himself is already settling incognito somewhere on a tropical beach.

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[edit] Examples of folk art

The verse was an adequate reaction to the patient’s participation in a Pepsi advertisement, where the notorious Pager was mentioned as a prize. In fact, at the time the advertising came out, no one really needed pagers anymore, and they sold them using all available methods, even if only as an advertising tool.

It is also the people's answer to the Pepsi advertisement. Slogan: “Such a mistake only happens once in a lifetime!” taken from there.

Also known are the flash toys “Kill DeZla” and “Darts”, which were distributed on blanks; on the same blanks there were parodies of Decl (the file “Letter to Decl.mp3” - a parody of Eminem) and much, much more.

[edit] By the way

• For a long time, the dreadlocks were called Decls, which gave them considerable trouble. And even now they call it, regardless of the subculture, although sometimes you wonder how the current school kids know about Decl. By the way, you can troll them quite nicely: walking down the street with a friend, seeing a dreadlock, one, pretending to be a collective farmer, asks: “What kind of subculture is this?”, and the second replies: “Do you see poop from your head? Faanaaaaty Detsal!”
• The subject's song "Letter" can be heard in the epic film "72 Meters". “The music is so-so, but the words are right! About us, about submariners! “We are made from a different cloth!”
• The "Tears" cart was sung by the racially loyal group Cradle of Kaschenko and is sung by them as "My sidelocks are my sadness."