Family

***Family*** is a song by Russian rap artists Morgenstern and Yung Trappa , released on March 19, 2021 by Rhymes Music. This is the second collaboration between the artists after "Rosé Wine 2" released the week before.

## History

On November 1, 2016, Yung Trappa was sentenced to 5 years and 7 months in prison under Article 228 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation . In the same year, in support of Yung Trappa, Alisher performed a cover of Trappa's song "I'm Good" in the assembly hall of his educational institution . In early 2021, the musician was released from prison , after which he began to record music, including collaborations with other musicians. In March 2021, two collaborations between Yung Trappa and Morgenstern were released - "Rose Wine 2" and "Family" .

In April 2021, an administrative case was initiated against Alisher Morgenshter for drug propaganda. The Office for Drug Control (UNK) of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow found an administrative offense in the clips "Rose Wine 2" and "Family". “The UNK of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow initiated an administrative case against Morgenstern under Part 1 of Art. 6.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (propaganda or illegal advertising of narcotic drugs),” a TASS source said . According to him, the complaint was filed by a former State Duma deputy Dmitry Nosov . He was known as the organizer of the Antidealer movement. "Our official position is that there is no drug propaganda in the works of Morgenstern, who does not plead guilty to committing an administrative offense," said Morgenstern's lawyer Sergei Zhorin . Psycho-linguistic forensic examination revealed drug propaganda in the joint songs of the performers. “In the texts, words denoting drugs were revealed. Narcotic drugs (psychotropic substances) are expressed by direct nominations that have a direct and slang (slang) lexical meaning. […] Presentation of heroes as having a high status, strength and power, appeals to the support of a significant environment, romanticization of images of drug addict idols as “bad guys”, “transfer” technique, generalization of creating the image of an idol drug addict as a socially successful person, “transfer” technique “in order to form a positive attitude towards drugs and their use among the addressees,” the materials of the examination say. . On June 3, 2021, the Zyuzinsky District Court of Moscow found Alisher Morgenstern guilty of drug propaganda and imposed a fine of 100,000 rubles. The musician pleaded not guilty; “You can't ban creativity. Everything that was once on the Internet remains forever. If people really want to ban my supposedly bad work, then they are doing it completely wrong. As we know from childhood, everything forbidden is only becoming more popular. Therefore, I absolutely do not understand the motives. I’ll tell you right away: dear state, if you really want to fight Morgenstern, ignore him, stop playing him on all channels, stop talking about him everywhere. You are only making it worse. Well, yourself! It’s better for me, ”the musician told reporters.

## Music video

The music video was released simultaneously with the single on March 19, 2021. The video was directed by Evgeny Semenenko.