Igor Lavrovbetter known as Big Russian Boss - Russian rapper, showman and blogger, host on "YouTube" author's show named after him. The Big Russian Boss appears as a man with a long black beard, darkened glasses, a crown and a fur coat.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Igor Lavrov, which you will learn about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Igor Lavrov.
Biography of Igor Lavrov
Igor Lavrov was born on June 8, 1991 in Samara, and according to some sources in Alma-Ata. According to some sources, Igor's real name is not Lavrov, but Sirotkin.
Childhood and youth
Igor Lavrov grew up and was brought up in a simple family that has nothing to do with show business. Almost nothing is known about the early childhood of the YouTube star.
Lavrov's artistic abilities began to appear in his school years. In high school, he became close friends with his future colleague Pimp (Young P&H), in the world - Stas Konchenkov.
The young men quickly found a common language. They were keenly interested in rap and wrote songs themselves.
Over time, Igor and Stas gained a certain popularity in their city. The guys posted one of their songs on the Internet. The composition was immediately liked by many hip-hop fans.
Big Russian Boss claims to have 2 university degrees in economics. For some time he worked in a bank until the institution was revoked its license. After that, Lavrov decided to seriously engage in creativity.
Music
At the first stages of their career, friends performed under the pseudonyms - "Lowrydr" (Lavrov) and "SlippahNeSpi" (Konchenkov). And only later did they decide to call themselves Big Russian Boss and Young P&H.
The rappers came up with unique looks that made them stand out from other artists.
An interesting fact is that when inventing his image, consisting of a black beard, a crown with rhinestones, glasses and other attributes, Igor was guided by American musicians - Rick Ross and Leel John.
In fact, Lavrov's appearance and his husky voice are a parody of American gangsta rap.
Big Russian Boss is a certain brutal guy and oligarch from Miami who throws his money right and left. In his songs, the singer often resorts to sarcasm and profanity.
The promotion of the project was carried out on the well-known platform "MDK", which cooperates with the social network "VKontakte" and has millions of subscribers.
Since then, Big Russian Boss and Pimp have become more and more popular every day. Later, the duet performed with a solo program in the St. Petersburg club "MOD".
In 2013, the guys recorded the album "Word of God", together with the rap group "Hustle Hard Flava", working in the style of gospel-rap (Christian rap).
A year later, the release of the first solo disc by Igor Lavrov and his colleague entitled "In Bo $$ We Trust" took place. After that, the next discs of the duet Big Russian Boss were released - "I.G.O.R." and "B.U.N.T."
In 2016, Lavrov, along with Pimp, were included in the TOP-50 list of the most popular Russian rappers. At the end of the same year, Igor gave a humorous lecture to the students of Moscow State University, telling them how to promote their project.
Soon the blogger presented his new program "Big Russian Boss Show", which was released on YouTube. On it, he took interesting interviews with various celebrities.
In 2017, Igor Lavrov took part in the filming of an advertisement for hamburgers of the Burger King restaurant chain, and also starred in the video clip of the rapper ATL entitled “Sacred Rave”.
After that, Lavrov appeared in the video of the Kasta group for the song Skrepy.
Personal life
In everyday life, Igor is an ordinary person, far from the image in which he reincarnates during performances.
Lavrov can be called an exemplary family man married to Diana Manakhova. Spouses prefer not to discuss family life in public, because they consider it unnecessary.
The musician has a negative attitude to any kind of drugs, and also does not have "star fever", like many of his colleagues. It is curious that for all the time of his biography, he has never got into any scandals.
Igor Lavrov today
As of 2019, Igor Lavrov continues to engage in musical activities.
Big Russian Boss has an official Instagram account, where he regularly uploads photos and videos. Today about 600,000 people have subscribed to his page.
Since 2017, Lavrov's enchanting show "Big Russian Boss Show" has been broadcast on the TNT-4 channel.
Photo by Igor Lavrov
