Birth name Ivan Rylov Years active 2001–present Also known as Marginal Name Struggle Preacher | Origin Tyumen, Russia Genres Hip hop music Occupation(s) Rapper, Actor | |
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Born April 3, 1986 (age 38) ( 1986-04-03 ) Labels SDP Production, Tornadic Entertainment, Pleazantville Records Albums Da Preacher of Struggle, Ups'n'Downs Associated acts Yukmouth, Young Noble, Bizarre Similar People AK SWIFT, Young Noble, Bizarre, Yukmouth, Hussein Fatal | ||
Struggle da Preacher - Hussein Fatal ft. St.Rap & Irina Smirnova
Ivan Rylov (born April 3, 1986 in Tyumen, Russia), better known by his stage name Struggle da Preacher, is a Russian born rapper. He is the founder of SDP Production. He is the first rapper from Tyumen and one of few rappers in Russia who collaborated with world famous rappers such as Yukmouth, Young Noble, Bizarre, A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. without being signed to a major label.
Contents
- Struggle da Preacher Hussein Fatal ft StRap Irina Smirnova
- Career
- Discography
- Books
- Filmography
- Collaborations
- Suspension of YouTube account
- References
Career
Struggle da Preacher started his rap career in 2000 along with his younger brother St.Rap. They two formed a duo named Lazy Bones. In 2005 they decided to go as solo artists. Later in 2005 on November 18 he released his first studio album '"Be Wit' Me Or F*** Dat'". Also in 2005 Struggle da Preacher donated his song Hope featuring St.Rap to 62030 Promotions in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States for The Hurricane Katrina Relief Album in order to support people who suffered from Hurricane Katrina.
On February 11, 2008, he released his second studio album Da Preacher Of Struggle featuring 11 rappers from 4 countries—United States, Senegal, France, Russia.
In 2009, Struggle da Preacher met up with DJ Cerveau, the owner of CsR Radio in Providence, Rhode Island and Struggle became host of a show called Live With Struggle da Preacher in which he interviewed up and coming artists.
On February 7, 2011, Struggle da Preacher released a music video for his single Coming For You which had been nominated for Best Hip Hop Video in World Music International Film Festival in Washington, DC, United States later that year.
On October 17, 2011, Struggle da Preacher got signed to Tornadic Entertainment, LLC in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
On November 16, 2011, a major rapper Yukmouth announced a collaboration with Struggle da Preacher. It took more than a year for the single to be recorded and on July 8, 2013 Struggle da Preacher released his single Big Goals with Yukmouth.
On March 7, 2013, another well known rapper A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. confirmed his participation on one of Struggle da Preacher's songs. And on July 31, 2013 Struggle released a music video for Still... song that was filmed in Frankfurt, Germany. Later that year in October he gave a performance with A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. at the Livity lounge in Frankfurt. However later in 2015 Struggle da Preacher decided to re-record the song. Besides laying his vocals he changed the beat totally by working with Ivan Muravsky. The tracks was officially released on April 3, 2015
In August 2013, Struggle da Preacher recorded a song with Young Noble of the legendary Outlawz hip hop group.
On November 16, 2013, famous rapper Bizarre of D12 made an announcement about making a song with Struggle da Preacher.
On February 25, 2014, Struggle agreed to play a guy from a gas station in a feature film "Spider Man Death". The shootings start in April and the movie is due in June 2014. Struggle da Preacher is a co-producer of the film and his song 365 Grind featuring Young Noble will be placed in the movie.
On June 15, 2014, Struggle da Preacher decided to release his single 365 Grind off the album Ups'n'Downs featuring Young Noble and A.K.-S.W.I.F.T.
June 30, 2014, Struggle da Preacher released his album Ups'n'Downs under his own label SDP Production
Struggle da Preacher continued his work with Danika and they released a single entitled Make You Smile on February 17, 2015. The single includes the original version plus an acoustic one and acapella.
Apr 5 Struggle da Preacher had shootings with Young Noble of the Outlawz for 365 Grind single. The Late Member of the group Hussein Fatal was also on the set.
July 9, 2015 Struggle da Preacher and Bizarre shot a music video for their song In Yo Behind which is also features a New Jersey born rapper Blaze Stack Up. The shootings took place in Moscow, Russia.
Struggle da Preacher and his brother St.Rap decided to record a dedication song for Hussein Fatal who died on July 11, 2015. The song was released on Struggle da Preacher's official VEVO channel on Aug. 6 entitled simply Hussein Fatal. Struggle da Preacher got to see Fatal in person on Apr. 1 in Moscow, Russia and then during the shootings for his 365 Grind featuring Young Noble where Fatal came along with Noble.
After doing In Yo Behind song Bizarre announced of doing another song with Struggle da Preacher and on Apr. 3, 2016 they released Make It Right single that also features an Australian rapper KD.
Discography
Books
Struggle da Preacher started working on his book entitled The Book of Experience, which initially was supposed to be consisted only of his quotations. However, later he decided to add his life story as a preface, so this way people could relate to his quotes and feel them much better. On this book Struggle da Preacher has worked along with Catherine Shanahan, a British hip hop reviewer. The Book is out in early 2015
Filmography
Collaborations
Struggle da Preacher has worked with many people all over the world.
Suspension of YouTube account
On December 16, Struggle da Preacher's YouTube account was suspended for unknown reasons, but the official statement is the following: "This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, gaming, misleading content, or other Terms of Service violations." The account had been running since 2006 until December 16, 2013 and had had a good standing during that time. Since then he's been running only his Official VEVO account on YouTube.