Guf Essentials

This Muscovite rapper first made an imprint on Russia's hip-hop scene in 2000 under the alias Rolexx. It wasn't until a couple of years later that Alex Dolmatov started performing and releasing material under the Guf moniker. Centr, his collaboration with fellow rapper Princip and several other members of the scene, won the hip-hop bad boy substantial acclaim. Meanwhile the group's lyrical content—which frequently references its members' personal struggles—raises eyebrows among audiences and critics alike.