T-Fest: interesting biography facts, stages of creativity and personal life

In 2021, the hero of our article became a discovery in the culture of Russian hip-hop and rap music. Kirill Nezboretsky, a young and promising performer, burst into the music charts and hit parades with the track “Fly Away” and began to rapidly gain an army of fans. The sudden popularity came as a surprise to the musician himself. Let's tell you about the biography of T-Fest in more detail: childhood, youth, stages of development as an artist and details of the performer's personal life.

Childhood and youth

On May 8, 1996, in the provincial Ukrainian town of Chernivtsi, Kirill Nezboretsky was born, whom the world of show business and hip-hop will recognize as a T-Fest performer. The boy's parents are far from creativity and music. Father is a doctor, and mother is an entrepreneur. But the older brother Maxim shared his younger brother’s passion for music.

T-Fest in childhood

Meanwhile, parents supported the creative inclinations of their children; both sons studied at a music school. Kirill, unlike his brother, never received a musical education, but he brilliantly mastered the skills of playing the piano and drums. I have already taught myself to play the guitar.

Kirill’s childhood is closely connected with music, because already at the age of 11 the aspiring performer began recording home tracks. He is helped in this by his own brother, who takes the pseudonym I'Max.

Music

Kirill’s love for hip-hop music began with his acquaintance with the work of the well-known Schokk, a native of Kazakhstan who moved with his family to Germany. As the founder of the Vagabund label together with the Russian contemporary hip-hop star Oxxxymiron, the rapper is known in Russia and the CIS countries and maintains creative and business relationships with popular hip-hop artists.

Rapper T-Fest

Young T-Fest, fascinated by his idol’s reading, initially publishes cover versions of Schokk’s compositions, posting recordings on YouTube hosting. By some miracle, the recordings reach Schokk and arouse the rapper's interest. The German hip-hopper provides support and patronage to Kirill. True, at first this does not bring significant results for the development of the young performer’s career.

In 2013, Nezboretsky, in collaboration with his brother, released the first “home” mixtape “Burn”, which collected 16 tracks. Moreover, one of the songs contains a guest verse from Schokk. However, the release went unnoticed. Young musicians publish tracks on their VKontakte page. However, it is not possible to reach a wide audience of listeners.

T-Fest on stage

In 2014, the rapper recorded a couple more compositions, which also did not gain popularity. For a year, Nezboretsky goes into the shadows, rethinking his own work. The official page on VKontakte is being cleaned, old posts and songs are being deleted. The performer decides to start the musician’s biography from scratch.

In 2021, T-Fest returns to the rap industry with an updated external image and sound style. A short haircut is replaced by afro braids, and aggressive tracks are replaced by melodic trap. In his new image, Kirill releases videos for the songs “Mom Permitted” and “New Day.” Listeners enthusiastically accept the young man’s creativity, and long-awaited recognition comes to T-Fest.

Hairstyle T-Fest

At the end of 2021, Kirill is continuously working hard on recording an album and new video clips. At the beginning of next year, almost simultaneously, a video for the song “One thing I knew / Exhale” and the first official album “0372” appeared on the Internet, which included 14 songs, including such as “Don’t forget”, “I won’t give up”, the aforementioned “One thing I knew/Exhale.” The numbers are the telephone code of the performer’s relatives in Chernivtsi.

In addition to the attention of listeners, Kirill also attracts the interest of famous fellow musicians. Schokk, who continues to support the aspiring rapper, invited him to his own concert in Moscow to perform as an opening act.

During the performance of one of the songs, Scriptonite, already popular in the hip-hop environment, suddenly appeared on stage. Bringing the house down, he sang along with Kirill, thereby demonstrating awareness and encouragement of creativity at T-Fest.

Later, Adil Zhalelov (the name of the Kazakh rapper Scryptonite) said that he paid attention to the work of the talented young man long before that concert. True, there was no time to contact Kirill.

Scriptonite and T-Fest

It was Scriptonite that introduced T-Fest to the owner of the Gazgolder label Vasily Vakulenko (Basta). Soon Kirill signs a contract for cooperation with the mentioned label, moves to the capital with some of his friends and brother, who helped the young man in his work back in Ukraine.

Scriptonite, known for his responsiveness, offers a young friend to stay in the house he rents with his creative team. A joint recording and video for the song “Lambada”, beloved by fans, appears. Scriptonite adds a verse to the demo that Kirill has, and then in a couple of days a video is shot, which subsequently received more than 7 million views on YouTube hosting.

Return of T-Fest

In 2021, Kirill tried to conquer the rap industry. He appeared in public with an updated image and an original manner of presenting musical material.

The rapper swapped his short hair for trendy Afro braids, and cynical songs for melodic trap. In 2021, Kirill released two videos. We are talking about the videos “Mom Allowed” and “New Day”. The audience “ate” the “old-new” Kirill. T-Fest enjoyed long-awaited popularity.

Kirill continuously worked on recording his debut album. In 2017, video clips for the tracks “One thing I knew / Exhale” and the first official album “0372” were released.

The album includes 13 compositions. The following tracks deserved significant attention: “Don’t forget”, “I won’t give up”, the already mentioned “One thing I knew / Exhale”. The numbers that were on the cover are the telephone code of the singer’s family in Chernivtsi.

Kirill attracted the attention of not only rap fans, but also reputable performers. Schokk continued to support the aspiring star. Soon he invited the guy to his own concert in Moscow to perform as an opening act.

When T-Fest was performing on stage, Scriptonite suddenly appeared to the audience. The rapper “blew up” the hall with his appearance. He sang along with Kirill. Thus, Scryptonite wanted to show that he is not alien to the creativity of T-Fest.

Scriptonite was interested in the work of T-Fest even before attending the Schokk concert. However, due to his busy schedule, he was unable to contact the rapper earlier.

It was Scriptonite that brought T-Fest together with the owner of one of the largest labels in Russia - Basta (Vasily Vakulenko). At the invitation of Basta, Kirill moved to Moscow to sign a contract with the Gazgolder label. Kirill came to the capital with his brother and some friends.

At first, Kirill lived in the Scryptonite house. After some time, the rappers presented a joint video clip “Lambada”. Fans warmly accepted the collaboration. Interestingly, the clip received over 7 million views in a short period of time.

Personal life

The rising star of Russian rap does not advertise his personal life. Most likely, hard work and recording songs does not leave free time for love and relationships. In addition, in life, Kirill is quite shy. In an interview, he admitted that he was not suitable for the role of a pick-up artist and was rarely the first to meet girls.

T-Fest (Kirill Nezboretsky)

Prefers natural beauty in women. And Scryptonite comments with a laugh that Kirill has no shortage of young fans.

By the way, T-Fest itself does not position itself as a rapper. In an interview, the young man repeatedly noted that he did not like such strict boundaries of definitions. He makes music, what he likes, and this shows the inner component and personality.

Interesting facts about T-Fest

• Kirill wore pigtails for more than two years. But not long ago he decided to change his hairstyle. The rapper commented: “Your head needs to rest.”
• Despite his popularity, Kirill is a modest guy. He doesn’t like to say the words “fans” and “admirers.” The singer prefers to call his listeners “supporters.”
• T-Fest does not have a stylist or a favorite clothing brand. He is far from fashionable, but at the same time he dresses very stylishly.
• When creating music, Kirill is guided by his own experience. He never understood rappers who composed tracks using the “pointing at the sky” method.
• If a rapper had the opportunity to record songs with any celebrity, it would be the group Nirvana and singer Michael Jackson.
• Kirill is very emotional about criticism. However, the young man accepts criticism backed by constructive facts.
• The number of fans of the rapper's work increases every year. This is evidenced by the number of views of his videos and album downloads.
• The singer feels at ease in his native Chernivtsi. He feels comfortable only in his hometown.
• The artist does not classify his tracks as belonging to any specific genre. “I just do what I do for fun...”
• Kirill cannot imagine his day without espresso.

T-fest (Ti-Fest): Biography of the artist

T-Fest now

We can safely say that T-Fest is at the peak of success. The support of the label and colleagues allows you to work on career development. In 2021, the rapper’s second album, “Youth 97,” will be presented. The video for the song “Fly Away,” filmed in Kazakhstan, like the song itself, occupies the first lines of the charts.

T-Fest in 2018

At the end of December 2021, the musician was invited to the “Evening Urgant” program on Channel One, where, in addition to a conversation with the host, he performed the composition “Youth.”

In 2021, the premiere of the video for the song “Dirt” took place. The composition was received ambiguously by listeners. Some connoisseurs argue that the rapper came under the excessive influence of his older colleague and mentor Scryptonite. Other fans of the talent admire the song, classifying the composition as one of the best in T-Fest’s career.

In 2021, the performer continues touring, giving concerts in Russian cities. In the same year, the rapper’s single “Smile to the Sun” was released.

Reports and tour schedules are published in the musician’s group on VKontakte. The rapper's Instagram page contains the latest photos of the musician, presents recordings of songs and albums, and has several hundred thousand subscribers.

Photo by Kirill

There are few photos on T-Fest's Instagram, but there are more than 390 thousand subscribers. New personal photos of the artist rarely appear on the Internet, but you can find footage of performances in his VKontakte group.