a pint-size russian rastafarian rap star dead at 35

[Jochen Stremmel]

Thank you, Max!

Looked him up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1sTi91e1Q&list=PLT88OxEzW-wQleF__vBejQY_prmgXRouC

Did he write that? That's something else ...

Am Mo., 4. Feb. 2019 um 08:48 Uhr schrieb Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com
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> he died yesterday of heart failure:
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> https://www.mk.ru/social/2019/02/04/supruga-decla-ozvuchila-prichinu-ego-smerti.html
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> For a while Maxine has been aware of peripheral armwaving and hand jive,
> not to mention quiet declamation and deejay sound effects, from the
> direction of Misha and Grisha, who turn out to be great fans of the
> semiunderground Russian hip-hop scene, in particular a pint-size Russian
> Rastafarian rap star named Detsl— having committed to memory his first
> two albums, Misha doing the music and beatboxing, Grisha the lyric,
> unless she has them switched around . . . Igor pointedly consulting a
> white-gold Rolex Cellini, “Do you think hip-hop is good for them? You
> have children? What about them, do they . . .” “The stuff I was
> listening to at that age, I’m in no position— but this number they’re
> doing now, it’s kinda catchy.” “‘ Vetcherinka U Detsla,’” Grisha sez. “‘
> Party at Detsl’s,’” explains Misha. “Wait, wait, let’s do ‘Ulitchnyi
> Boyets’ for her.” “Next time,” Igor rising to leave, “promise.”
>
> Pynchon, Thomas. Bleeding Edge (p. 141). Penguin Group US. Kindle Edition.
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