Yury Khovansky
Yury Mikhaylovich Khovansky (born January 19, 1990[1][2]) is a Russian YouTuber. In addition to making YouTube videos, Yuri releases rap music videos under the stage name MC Khovansky and used to perform as a stand-up comedian. He is well-known as a scandalous blogger on Runet.[3]
Yury Khovansky | ||||||||||
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 Khovansky in Nizhny Novgorod, 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Born | Yury Mikhaylovich Khovansky 19 January 1990 | |||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||
| Residence | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |||||||||
| Occupation | Comedian (formerly) Rapper Youtuber | |||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Stand-up comedy (formerly) Podcast Vlog Music videos | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.2 million (as of August 2020) | |||||||||
| Total views | 659.5 million (as of March 2018) | |||||||||
| Network | «Spasibo, Eva!» (formerly) | |||||||||
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Biography
Yury was born in Nikolsk, Russia, 19 January 1990.
Yury was very active all his childhood, he loved playing football, staying at home, Yury spent a lot of time playing online games. Yury got interested in music when he was young and played the bass guitar in amateur rock bands.
His parents wanted him to enter the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics after school graduation but Yury did not manage to do it. Yury entered the Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics to become a programmer after that. Although he studied only for several years, Khovansky quickly realized that this profession did not suit him and he dropped out. He made a decision to get a higher education and graduated from another university, being a straight A-student, later.
His early career has not brought him money or success. He has worked as a promoter, and a waiter, even a courier. Not feeling fulfilled, Khovansky changed his course of actions: it crossed his mind that he could create a channel on YouTube, the decision turned his world upside down.
Internet career
Yury uploaded the videos of foreign Stand-up comedians with his own Russian translation on the created YouTube channel in September 2011. He performed a variety of humorous songs which concerned social life and existence in his project That guy with the guitar (Russian: Этот парень с гитарой; Etot paren' s gitaroy). Yury met renowned youtuber Ilya Maddyson (Ilya Davydov in real life), they ended up making videos together. Their collaborative works were an example of Russian modern satyre which manifested the actual problems of society.
The first episode of Russian Stand-up became a new step of Yury's career, each video of that show was dedicated to current social problems or just reflections on life. His performances had a tendency to be hilarious and catchy like modern swanky tunes people heard on the radio.
Yury's ability to speak his mind without any limits attracted an enormous quantity of YouTube users who considered his humor — a new wave in modern art, pertaining to social life of the new generation. This very way of communicating with people made Khovansky extremely famous, the channel commenced gaining a lot of subscribers. Only four seasons of Russian Stand-up were released, as it was explained by Yury "he lost interest in the show quickly".
There were other shows which made Khovansky's sense of humor iconic: Lexplay, Big steaming pile of sketches, Russian Drink Time, [standing], Shawarma-Patrol. After becoming very famous Yury labeled himself as the «Emperor of humor» and strongly emphasized that he was the first Stand-up comedian on the Internet.
He is a judge in a rap battle Versus Battle in St. Petersburg. His popularity is still growing owing to his undeniable talent and a series of YouTube conflicts. The conflict with Dmitry Larin (true surname – Utkin) ended up in a rap battle with Yury's glorious victory. After the battle Yury began to record satyric music videos in the gangster form, which gathered millions of views on YouTube. His first album My gangsta, released in 2017, caused a lot of commotion among rap singers who called it either good or extremely mediocre.
A conflict with Kirill Kalashnikov, a famous producer, broke out in summer 2017. Yury turned down Kirill's invitations and was beaten by an unnamed Kalashnikov's friend. In the police office Yury was offered to deal with Kirill himself due to having a weapon license.
References
- "Hits of the Internet: how the Penza people become the stars of "Youtube"". progorod58.En. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- Viper, Alexey (2016-11-21). "Оксимирон публично унизил блогера из Пензенской области" [Oxxxymiron publicly humiliated a blogger from the Penza region] (in Russian). 1PNZ.ru. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- Bolotov, Anton. ""In one word - lawlessness"". Lenta.com.