Miron Yanovich Fyodorov (Russian: Мирон Янович Фёдоров; born 31 January 1985), known by stage name Oxxxymiron, is a Russian hip-hop artist and former executive director of the Booking Machine booking agency, as well as a co-founder and former member of the record label Vagabund.
He is one of the most influential and prominent hip-hop performers in Russia, and his albums The Wandering Jew and Gorgorod are considered by the community as the most important releases of Russian rap.
At the age of 13, Fyodorov began to write lyrics and rap in German and Russian under the name MC Mif (from Miron Fyodorov). When he was 15, the Fyodorovs moved to Slough, United Kingdom.
In 2004, Miron Fyodorov began studying at the University of Oxford in the faculty of English. During his studies Fyodorov was the president of the Russian community of Oxford.
In June 2008 he graduated from the university with a degree in Middle English literature. After university, Fyodorov moved to East End where he restarted his musical career under the name Oxxxymiron. The name is derived from his first name Miron, rhetorical device oxymoron and triple X, representing the large amount of profanity in his lyrics.
On 1 December 2021 Oxxxymiron released his third album Beauty & Ugliness which included 22 new songs including collaborations with Russian teen pop singer Monetochka, Russian singer Tosia Chaikina, Estonian rapper Tommy Cash, Russian rappers Dolphin, ATL and Igla and Russian electronic hip-hop duo AIGEL. The album cover was made by one of the founding fathers of Russian rock music Boris Grebenshchikov.
Oxxxymiron is the most viewed battle rapper in the world. Amount of views of his rap battles exceed 100 million on YouTube.
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Birth Name: Miron Yanovich Fyodorov
Born: 31 January 1985 (age 39)
From: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Genre(s):
Hip hop,
grime,
dubstep,
alternative hip hop,
battle rap,
freestyle rap
Instrument(s):
Vocals