Basta
cultural
Basta, also known as Vasiliy Vakulenko, is a prominent Russian rapper who achieved a record number of monthly listeners on Yandex Music, surpassing 15 million in August 2023. He has been involved in high-profile public events, including a concert at Moscow's 'Luzhniki' stadium alongside rapper Guф, where hockey player Alexander Ovechnikov joined him on stage. Basta is also the owner of the football club Ska-Rostов and has been linked to controversies, such as a viral incident involving a 'kiss camera,' tax issues, and a reported ticket price of 1.6 million rubles for a concert.
Events
- The restaurant of the "Frank by Basta" chain on Sretensky Street has…
- The Meshchansky Court of Moscow suspended the operation of the…
- Man Refuses Kiss on 'Kiss Camera' at Bastа Concert
- Moscow Traffic Restricted Sept 5–6 for Events
- Former striker Anton Zabolotny, who played for Moscow's CSKA
- Roskachestvo detected Salmonella in burgers from five fast-food…
- A dog named Basta helped Russian soldiers escape from Ukrainian…
- Moscow, July 23: In response to attacks by the Armed Forces of…
Recent coverage
- Songs by Bilan and Basty became the most popular during training of foreign neural networks — Вечерняя Москва
- "Frank by Basta" on Sretenska refuted information about closure due to poisonings — Вести
- Court suspended operation of restaurant "Frank by Basta" on Sretenska Street in Moscow due to sanitary-epidemiological violations... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Moscow rapper Basty's restaurant closed due to sanitary violations. — Baza
- Court closed Frank by BASTA restaurant on Sretenskaya Street in Moscow for three months — Вечерняя Москва
- One of the restaurants of the "Frank by Basta" network was closed in Moscow — Вести
- Grigoriev-Apollonov showed photo with sons from Basty and Gufa concert — Вечерняя Москва
- «Kiss Camera» at Basty concert could reveal man's betrayal — РИАМО
- Man who did not kiss girl at Basty concert turned out not to be married — Вечерняя Москва
- «Kiss Camera» at Basty concert could have captured possible infidelity — Вечерняя Москва
- Traffic movement near Luzhniki was blocked due to Basty and Gufa concert — РИАМО
- Ovechkin sang the song "My Game" with Basty and Guf — Вести
- Basta set a record for number of monthly listeners — Вечерняя Москва
- Drone attack on Crimea and Yeisk. Basta and Kirkov in the tax authority blacklist. Putin at the United Russia congress — Дождь
- Noize MC on radio, "My Game" Basti, Dima Bilan at "Eurovision", Peter FM, MakSim and Band'Eros — Дождь
- Watch the new episode of "Mishanina" about 2006 — Дождь (Telegram)
- Basta and Eminem became the most popular rappers among Russians — Вечерняя Москва
- «Not once has she saved us». — Минобороны России
- Doping-disqualified Zabolotny signed a contract with Basty's club — Вечерняя Москва
- From the RPL to Basta's club: disqualified Zabolotny has moved to Medialiga — Фонтанка