Egor Creed is a famous Russian performer, songwriter and member of Black Star. By the age of twenty, Yegor managed to become one of the most popular pop performers in the Russian Federation.
As you know, in his youth, his love for the art of music, as well as his personal worries, led the performer to the Internet, from which his career began to actively develop. Creed is the singer’s stage name, which the guy came up with for himself at the age of fourteen. The singer's real name is Bulatkin.
Egor Creed - Bulatkin Egor Nikolaevich
Childhood and youth
Egor Nikolaevich Bulatkin (the singer’s real name) was born on June 25, 1994 (zodiac sign Cancer) in the city of Penza. The boy grew up in a wealthy family: his father Nikolai Bulatkin was a famous businessman, he owned the largest nut processing factory in Russia.
The whole family was somehow connected with music: her mother sang in her youth, her older sister Polina Michaels was a singer and actress, and even her serious businessman father played in a band.
Yegor Creed with a pierced nose / Instagram
As a child, his parents sent the boy to a specialized school with in-depth study of the English language. At the age of 8, Yegor began attending the chess section, where he studied for 4 years and participated in youth tournaments.
As a schoolboy, Yegor became interested in rap, which was popular at that time, which largely determined his future musical biography. He was inspired by the compositions of American artist Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, in particular the track Candy Shop. Creed began composing his first lyrics at the age of 11 and recording them on a tape recorder.
After graduating from school, the young man moved to Moscow, where he entered the Gnessin Music Academy with a degree in producer. In connection with the development of his career, in 2015 the musician took an academic leave from the university.
In his youth, Creed was passionate about sports: he played basketball, football, tennis and even played billiards. The future artist took part in competitions organized by the International Federation of Sports, Aerobics and Fitness, where he and his team took 5th place. Sports activities allowed the singer to improve his figure - with a height of 185 cm, his weight is 80 kg.
School years
Egor Creed graduated from the Penza Lyceum of Modern Management Technologies No. 2 with in-depth study of the English language. As a child, he diligently studied lessons, music and sports. Among his favorite teachers at his school, he especially singled out Alla Sergeevna Stepanova, deputy director of the gymnasium. To this day, he regularly congratulates her on the holidays and visits her at every opportunity.
Until the 5th grade, grades in all subjects were excellent, but then the boy became interested in writing rap, and his studies faded into the background. Music lessons and creative development left little time for school lessons.
As parents and teachers recall, the boy was overly hot-tempered and self-sufficient, which prevented him from studying as well as he could. The easiest subjects for Yegor Creed were English, mathematics, physics and biology.
Creed gained popularity as the author of his compositions in 2011 by posting the video “Love on the Internet” on the Youtube channel. Egor became a constant participant in city vocal competitions and music festivals.
It is noteworthy that Yegor did not come to his graduation, since that day he performed at the first concert in Luzhniki. There the artist made his debut as part of the Black Star Inc. label.
Carier start
Yegor's musical career began on the Internet. As a teenager, he came up with and recorded the song “The word “love” has lost its meaning”, which he added to his page on the social network “VKontakte”. The composition was popular with listeners, and Creed and his friends recorded a video, changing the title of the video to “Love on the Internet.” This video began the growth of popularity of the artist and his YouTube channel.
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Egor Creed and Timati
In just a week, the track gained more than a million views on Youtube, making the performer an Internet celebrity. He continued to shoot videos for his songs and post them on the World Wide Web.
In 2012, the increasingly popular rapper won the “VKontakte Star” competition in the “Best Hip-Hop Project” category. He managed to beat more than a thousand other competitors and receive the coveted prize. The musician was also invited to perform on the stage of “Oktyabrsky” in St. Petersburg with his composition “Inspiration”.
In the same year, Creed recorded a video for a cover version of the song “Don't Go Crazy” by the popular Russian artist Timati. To everyone's surprise, his version of the composition was a great success.
Contract with Black Star
At the age of 17, the singer signed a contract with the Russian label Black Star Inc., under whose auspices a video for the song “Starlet” was released in the spring of 2012. Creed also became a regular participant in music festivals and events.
In April 2015, the first solo album “Bachelor” appeared in the artist’s discography. His composition “The Most-Most” was recognized as the best song of the year as part of a music award on the RU TV channel. The record, as well as the artist’s non-album single “Alarm Clock,” were among the nominees for the MUZ-TV award.
Egor Creed - “Telephone”
In February 2021, Egor gave a major solo concert, which attracted everyone's attention to the artist. A year later, the singer repeated his own concert success and gave a second solo album at Crocus City Hall, where he announced a new album.
The second collection, “What Do They Know?” was also released under the Black Star Inc. label. The album includes 12 compositions, including “Lighters”, “Go to sleep”, which Egor recorded in a duet with rapper Mot, “Hello”, “Stop” and others. The artist released videos for the songs “I’ll take care”, “I’ll spend”, “What do they know?”
At the beginning of July, the musician became a participant in the social music project “Live”. For him, Creed, Polina Gagarina and DJ Smash recorded a new joint composition “Team 2018” and starred in the music video for the song. The patriotic video is dedicated to the 2021 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
In 2021, the repertoire of the star of the rap scene was replenished with the hits “The Family Said” and “A Million Scarlet Roses”. Together with Timati Creed he recorded the musical composition “Gucci”, and with the performer Terry - “Future Ex”. Another original collaboration was the song “Chasiki”, which the rap musician sang together with Valeria.
Egor Creed - “The Voice”
After the premiere of Philip Kirkorov’s hit “The Color of Mood is Blue,” Creed, together with Timati, offered a rap interpretation of this musical theme. The song that the rappers performed together with the King of Pop was called “The Color of the Mood is Black.”
In the summer, the singer took part in working on the song and video of his colleague Timati “Rocket”, which he sang together with Mot, Scrooge, Nazima & Terry. A little later, Egor offered his fans a new version of the single “Bachelor”, performed by LSP and Feduk.
In 2021, the singer pleased fans with tracks with the videos “Cool”, “The time has not come”, “Heartbreaker” and Love is, in which Dina Saeva starred. The result of collaboration with singer Klava Koka was the track “Sins”; the artists also released a video and an acoustic version of the composition.
Creed's new producer
After Timati’s patience ran out and the Black Star label refused to renew the musician’s contract, rumors arose that the production company would take away his name, which brings in good income, from the rapper. But Creed was able to win back his pseudonym from the label.
It became known that Viktor Drobysh wants to become Creed’s new producer. It is he who dreams of getting a popular artist under his wing. And Egor is ready to work together, now they are just discussing the terms of the contract and we hope they will be able to come to an agreement.
It was also not clear who would want to work with a performer whose arrogance and absurd character were talked about almost on every corner. But a daredevil was found, or rather, in terms of intemperance and quarrelsomeness in this case, both the musician and his new producer are two boots.
Independent artist
In 2021, it became known that Creed had left Black Star. Egor spoke in detail about the reasons for this decision and other high-profile topics in an interview with Yuri Dudu.
In 2021, the single “Brown Eyes” and videos for the songs “Blue Eyes” (OST “(NOT) the ideal man”), “Muscovites” (cover of a military song), were released. “Rolls-Royce” (together with Dzhigan and Timati).
Egor Creed - “The Girl from the Picture”
In April, the artist presented his new solo album, released by the Russian branch of the Warner Music Group label. The album “58” includes 7 compositions, including “Barbie” (featuring Dava), “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” (with Nyusha) and “Funny Song” (together with Morgenstern ). The singer shot videos for the tracks “58” and “The Girl from the Picture”.
A television
Creed often appears on television as a presenter, participant or guest of television shows. In 2015–2016, the artist was the host of the “Russian Chart” on the MUZ-TV channel. And in 2017, Egor participated in the filming of the 2nd season of the show “Improvisation” on TNT, a creative evening by Konstantin Meladze and the project “Sobolev Bombs”, where he rode a taxi and demonstrated his intelligence by answering 6 questions out of 7.
Yegor Creed in the show "The Voice"
In the spring of 2021, Egor became the hero of the 6th season of the “Bachelor” project. As the singer himself, who became the youngest hero of the show, explained, he came there not to find a wife, but to meet a loved one. Anastasia Smirnova, Elena Golovan, Ulyana Pylaeva, Rosa Herts and others applied for the place of the artist’s companion. The action took place in Spain and Dubai.
In 2020, viewers saw the singer in the 4th season of the humorous show “Studio SOYUZ” and the program “Two in a Million”, where Creed and Dzhigan answered questions from Pavel Volya, tested their friendship and fought for money.
Penza businessman
Figure 1. Nikolai Bulatkin with his wife Maria
Yegor Bulatkin’s father (Creed is a pseudonym that has stuck to the singer since his youth), Nikolai Borisovich, has been successfully running a business in his hometown of Penza for almost three decades. He is the director of , which is known among the country's confectionery factories as a supplier of nuts. Bulatkin's company processes all types of nuts and seeds. Unitron supplies leading manufacturers of the confectionery market with raw materials:
- Nestle;
- Kraft Foods;
- "Red October";
- "Babaevsky" and many others.
Creed's father started his business, like many others, in 1991, and soon became very successful. It must be said that at the time of opening his own production, Bulatkin Sr. was 28 years old. In order to succeed in his career as a manager, Nikolai studied a lot and, upon receiving his specialty, continued to improve his qualifications.
In 1986 he graduated from the Penza Polytechnic Institute, in 1990 from the Tallinn School of Managers, and in 1991 he studied at the Danish management school “Time Manager”. For his time, Nikolai Bulatkin was a well-trained manager, ready to manage production processes of any complexity.
In the early 90s, Bulatkin’s brainchild specialized not so much in production as in the resale of raw materials for confectionery factories. Even then, its clients were leading Russian factories. By 2000, the company had grown into its own production of semi-finished nut products.
Interesting information: How the Russian confectionery business works.
The products of Bulatkin's company are today recognized as one of the highest quality on the Russian market. The company has implemented the latest system for monitoring product safety and quality. There are even chemical and microbiological laboratories here.
Personal life
There are many rumors about Yegor’s personal life; he is credited with having affairs with popular Russian actresses, singers and models. In 2012, the media wrote that Miroslava Karpovich, the star of “Daddy’s Daughters,” was dating a schoolboy. Creed was actually still in school at that time - the age difference between the lovers was 10 years. The long-distance romance did not last long.
In 2013, a relationship began with the famous model Diana Melison. The closeness of the young people became known thanks to the photos that the couple posted on their pages on social networks. The musician dedicated 2 songs to the girl - “Flew Away” and “I Don’t Stop”, but in 2013 they broke up.
At various times, Creed was credited with having affairs with Anna Stryukova, the daughter of the famous actress Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, as well as singers Victoria Daineko, Selena Gomez, model Ksenia Deli and Nyusha.
Egor Creed and Nyusha
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Egor Creed and Nyusha
Egor did not advertise his relationship with the latter for a long time and did not comment in any way on the rumors floating in the musical environment. As the singer himself later admitted, he often talked about Nyusha in his interviews, hiding her behind the faceless “she”, and dedicated an entire album to his beloved, where he told the whole story of their love in the lyrics. Gossip about the artists' relationships would have remained unverified if not for the high-profile breakup.
In February 2021, Egor announced the breakup, and later at his solo concert he performed the song “Only” written by Nyusha, to which he added his own verse. Creed called the singer “daddy's girl” from the stage and in the lyrics of the song explained the reason why they broke up: the family of the already successful and popular artist did not approve of the poor and at that time unknown musician.
Then, as the paparazzi found out, a relationship followed with model Vika Odintsova, whom Creed met during the filming of the video for his song “I Like It.” This romance quickly ended, as did the relationship with another model, Daria Klyukina, winner of the 6th season of the show “The Bachelor”.
In 2021, when asked by journalists about when the musician would get married, Yegor half-jokingly replied that he was waiting for Olga Seryabkina, the lead singer of the Serebro group, to agree. This joke became an indirect confirmation of popular rumors about a romance between the musicians.
In 2021, the list of Creed's girls was supplemented by the Russian TikTok star Dina Saeva. The young people did not confirm the existence of an affair, but at one time they actively filmed joint videos, which gave rise to rumors.
Egor Creed and Valya Carnival / @egorkreed and @karna.val
Creed met with another TikTok star - Valya Carnival. Attention to the couple was riveted from the moment the girl appeared in the video for the song “The Girl from the Picture”. The media wrote that they were spending the January holidays in Dubai. In January, on the Instagram microblog, the artist threatened court action and a substantial fine for interference in the personal life of everyone who takes pictures on the sly, and a month later he told reporters that he was not in a relationship and did not intend to connect his life with anyone.
This did not stop the performer, six months later, on the eve of the release of a new album, from complaining to followers about a broken heart and panic attacks due to love experiences, and also pointing out that the songs of his new collection are dedicated to the girlfriend who left him.
The musician has made a number of tattoos and continues to apply new images. Creed's right arm, left shoulder and chest are clogged. Among the tattoos, a musical theme prevails: a microphone and a portrait of Michael Jackson, 8 notes. Other images are on a sublime theme: wings on the chest, the inscription “Save and Preserve.”
Beauty standards of Yegor Creed
In the world of Russian show business there are many beautiful and attractive artists who make girls go crazy. Yegor Creed has become one of the favorites of women, but winning the singer’s heart is not so easy. Every guy has his own tastes in choosing girls, and Egor is very selective in this regard. To conquer a young artist, you need to have a slender figure and, oddly enough, have beautiful eyebrows. He had many affairs with Russian stars, but this did not end in a serious relationship. Creed was credited with a connection with the lead singer of the Serebro group, Olga Seryabkina. They even shot a joint video for the song “If You Don’t Love Me,” after which rumors about their romance spread on the Internet. As it turned out later, Yegor is still too young for a girl; she prefers more mature men.
The singer was even a participant in the popular show “The Bachelor,” where he chose his chosen one from a list of models. As a result, he was never able to find love on the project and still remains a free guy. There were also rumors that Yegor had an affair with Nyusha, but the stars diverged their paths, as the girl married another man and gave birth to a child from him.
Recently, Creed decided to switch Instagram accounts with his colleague Anastasia Ivleeva, where each of them had to respond to comments from subscribers. The girls immediately bombarded the artist with questions, most of all they were interested in which stars Creed liked. The singer did not hide his preferences from fans and singled out several Hollywood actresses who, in his opinion, are real beauties. First of all, he singled out the beautiful Megan Fox from the movie “Transformers”. Yegor added that many guys used to pine for her, including Creed himself. The sultry brunette with full lips and a slender figure was once the singer’s favorite actress. Nowadays, his tastes have changed a little, but his passion for dark-haired girls has not disappeared.
Now Yegor likes such actresses as Emilia Clarke and Chloë Moretz. The singer added that the secret of their attractiveness lies in their unusual eyebrows. Therefore, in order to please Creed, you need to pay special attention to your appearance. The guy also singled out one actress who completely won his heart, and she turned out to be the minor Billy Bobby Brown. How such a girl could attract an artist is a mystery to many, because she does not have an ideal appearance and figure. Still, every guy has his own tastes and preferences in terms of girls, so Egor stood out. In any case, we can conclude that Yegor prefers brunettes to blondes.
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Egor Creed now
In 2021, Creed, together with Svetlana Loboda and Basta, took part in the 8th season of the show “The Voice. Children" as mentors. In-person castings started in August 2021, after which a list of participants for blind auditions was compiled. Negotiations regarding Yegor's mentorship took place for several years, but only in 2021 did the singer decide that he was ready to share his experience with the younger generation.
In the 8th season of the show “The Bachelor,” Timati chose his life partner. According to rumors, Yegor was supposed to become the second bachelor on the project, but Creed only joined the team and held conversations with the participants.
Egor Creed and OG Buda - “Hello”
Creed celebrated his 27th birthday by releasing a video for the song “Hello,” a collaboration with OG Buda. In the video, the performers transform into criminals and rob a bank in the best gangster traditions. This composition, along with the tracks “Automatic” and “Telephone”, was included in the artist’s new, 4th studio album called Pussy Boy.
Creed acted as a guest singer in the album of hip-hop artist OG Bud's FreeRio and recorded the song “Cypher” with him, SODA LUV and MAYOT.
Now the singer continues his concert activities and performs at festivals, group concerts and solo performances.
