Slava Marlow

Artyom Artyomovich Gotlib (born October 27, 1999, in Novosibirsk), better known as Slava Marlow is a Russian rapper, music producer and YouTuber. He first gained popularity after producing music for Russian hip hop rap star Morgenshtern in 2019. Since 2020, he has had a successful solo career.
== Personal Life ==
Artyom Artyomovich Gotlib was born on October 27, 1999, in Novosibirsk, Russia. His parents divorced when he was a young child. His father, Artyom Markovich Gotlib, is the deputy director of the State Historical Museum of the History of the Gulag and a member of the Russian Federation Union of Journalists and the Russian Geographical Society. His mother works as a psychotherapist. 
On October 27, 2012, he graduated from a music school, where he focused on piano and saxophone. 
In 2018, after leaving school, he moved to Saint Petersburg. There, he entered the Institute of Film and Television in the Faculty of Screen Arts and studied towards a degree in Film and Television Production. In 2019, he went on academic leave and moved to Moscow. On March 10, 2021, he was expelled from this school for an undisclosed reason.
In a September 28, 2021, interview, Slava admitted that he and Russian Blog Karina Karambeybi have been dating since February 2021. She has also featured in his music video for You Burn Like Fire.
== Career ==
=== 2015-2019: Beginning ===
In 2015, Slava began experimenting with beat-making.
On August 8, 2016, he created his YouTube channel. Among his first uploads were the music videos Donat (2016) and King of Snapchat (2017).
In April 2019, he co-founded thee satirical music group Malchugeng along with N. Masteroff and Stephen Pie. Together, they released two Album|albums; My Gang, which was, recorded in 12 hours, and Back and Forth, which was also recorded in one day.
On July 27, 2019, Slava released his first solo album Opening under the pseudonym Manny. The album did not have a great reception, gaining fewer than 10,000 listeners.
=== 2019-Present: Widespread Fame ===
In October 2019, Slava began to collaborate with popular Russian hip hop star Morgenshtern. 
On February 12, 2020, he released the song Tik Tok Challenge, which became popular on the Application software Tik Tok. This sparked the usage of the hashtag #yamoguwottakvot on the app. As of August 2020, over 700,000 videos on TikTok have been made using this hashtag.
On August 3, 2020, in an interview with Forbes, Slava talked about how he earned his first million dollars after moving to Moscow, teaching beat-making courses.
On October 22, 2020, he uploded a video to his YouTube channel entitled Artyom in which he reveals his birth name and that an unknown group had Extortion large amounts of money from him for hiding his real name online. In the same video, he shared a story from his early life where, for an unknown reason, he began disliking his father, and in-turn, he stopped liking his last name, patronymic and first name, deciding to go by Slava Marlow instead. On the same day, he released the song I'm Getting Drunk Again, which topped the Apple Music song chart.
On October 23, 2020, he released the mini-album Artyom, which included features by Morgenshtern and Eldzhey. 
On March 11, 2021, he was a guest on the Russian television show Evening Urgant.
== Collaborations with Morgenshtern ==
On September 11, 2019, Slava uploaded a song and accompanying video, both entitled, Morgenshtern Let's Make a Fit, in which he invites Russian hip hop rap star Morgenshtern to Collaboration|collaborate with him on a song. On October 19, he uploaded a video in which he revealed that Morgenshtern agreed to a collaboration. 
On December 20, 2019, Morgenshtern released the song Yung Hefner, which included Music Producer by Slava. In an accompanying video, Morgenshtern said that the song was made in 2 hours and announces week long series of Live broadcast in which he and Slava will work on a new album together. These broadcasts took place on Morgenshtern's YouTube channel between January 6 and 12, 2020. The finished album was officially released on January 17, 2020, with the name Legendary Dust. 
On January 27, 2020, it was announced that Slava Marlow and Morgenshtern were to appear on the Russian television show Evening Urgant. On January 31, 2020, a rap track featuring Slava Marlow, Morgenshtern and the host of Evening Urgant, Ivan Urgant, was released.
On July 4, 2020, Slava invited Russian hip hop rapper Timati to make a song with himself and Morgenshtern. Timati agreed, on the condition that the music video be filmed to his standards.
On December 24, 2020, Slava, along with Morgenshtern, became participants in the wedding talk show Let's Get Married (TV series).
== Discography ==
Slava Marlow's discography consists of two Album, two EPs and 15 singles (including five as a guest artist), as well as 44 songs produced for other artists. His Tag is Слава Что Ты Сделал?
Category:1999 births
Category:Russian rappers
Category:Russian record producers
Category:Russian YouTubers