Miron Yanovich Fyodorov (Russian: Мирон Янович Фёдоров, born 31 January 1985 in Leningrad), better known by stage name Oxxxymiron is a Russian rapper.
Miron Yanovich Fyodorov was born on 31 January 1985 in Leningrad. His father is a theoretical physicist and his mother is a librarian. When he was 9 years old, his family emigrated to Rüttenscheid, Germany. During his studies in Maria Wächtler School, Miron was bullied by his classmates because of his social standing and poor German. At the age of 13 Fyodorov began to write lyrics and rap in German and Russian under the name MC Mif (from Miron Fyodorov) and he was sure that he was the first person to rap in Russian. When he was 15, the Fyodorovs moved to Slough, United Kingdom. In 2004 Miron Fyodorov began studying at the University of Oxfordin the faculty of English. During his studies Fyodorov was the president of the Russian community of Oxford. In 2006 he was diagnosed with manic depression and had to stop studying, however he managed to continue studying after a break. 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 of Oxxxymiron. The name is formed from his first name Miron, rhetorical device oxymoron and triple X, denoting the large amount of profanity in his lyrics. He was not able to find a job because of his perceived overqualification and had to work as a cashier, a translator, a loader, a guide, a stallman, a tutor, an MC and an office clerk.
Career
Optik Russia (2008-2010)
In 2008, after a seven-year break, Oxxxymiron published a new track London Against Everybody (Russian: Лондон против всех). In the same year he joined a German label Optik Russia where he met Dmitry Khinter aka Schokk. In 2008 Oxxxymiron published his first music video, I'm a Hater (Russian: Я хейтер).In 2009 Oxxxymiron participated in the 14th independent battle on Hip-Hop.ru and reached the semi-finals. At the end of the year Oxxxymiron won several nominations (the Best Battle MC, the Breakthrough of the Battle, the Best Sparring of the Battle, the Best Track of the Battle) in the Hip-Hop.ru Awards 2009 public voting and also became the Invention of 2009.In August 2010 Oxxxymiron and Schokk left Optik Russia.
Vagabund (2011)
In autumn 2010 Oxxxymiron and Schokk toured countries of CIS. In a year, Oxxxymiron, Schokk and manager Ivan Karoy aka Vanya Lenin founded an independent label Vagabund(Vagabond in German). On 15 September 2011, Vagabund published Fyodorov's first album Wandering Jew (Russian: Вечный жид), which received a lot of positive reviews. On 30 October 2011 Vagabund gave the last concert. On 1 November 2011 Oxxxymiron left Vagabund due the conflict between the members of the label and Moscow rapper Roma Zhigan. On 6 November 2011 he gave a free concert in Moscow and moved back to London.
miXXXtape. (2012—2014)
On 12 March 2012 Oxxxymiron published miXXXtape I which includes the best tracks recorded in 2008-2011. On 18 October 2013 miXXXtape II: Long way home (Russian: miXXXtape II: Долгий путь домой) was published. It included the best tracks of 2012-2013 and remixed texts of Oxxxymiron's rounds from his battle against Krip-a-Krip in Versus Battle league. On 8 August 2014 Oxxxymiron extended the deadline of the release of his second album for an indefinite period despite it having been planned to be released on 14 August 2014.
2015-present
On 25 August 2015 music video Londongrad (Russian: Лондонград) was published as a teaser trailer for TV series Londongrad based on Miron's life in London before restarting his rapper career. On 21 September Oxxxymiron published the music video City under Sole (Russian: Город под подошвой) which was watched 2 million times in a week.On 13 November 2015 Oxxxymiron released his second album, Gorgorod (Russian: Горгород) which became the most popular Russian music album of 2015.On 28 June 2016 Oxxxymiron became the first ambassador of Reebok Classic in Russia.In 2017 Oxxxymiron became the CEO of the Booking Machine booking agency.
Battle rap
Oxxxymiron participated in Versus Battle league rap battles five times and won the first four of them.
- 2013 — Oxxxymiron VS Krip-a-Krip (3:0)
- 2014 — Oxxxymiron VS Dunya (won by vote of crowd)
- 2015 — Oxxxymiron VS Johnyboy (5:0). This battle has been watched 1 million times during one day and became the most popular battle in the world. Oxxxymiron and Versus league attracted the King of the Dot host Organik's and one of the best world battle rappers Dizaster's attention.
- 2016 — Oxxxymiron VS ST (3:0). This battle has been watched 4 million times during one day.
2017 — Oxxxymiron VS Slava KPSS aka Gnoyny (Versus Battle x #SLOVOSPB) (0:5). This battle has been watched over 9 million times during one day and has become the most watched battle in the world.
Future
- 2018 — Oxxxymiron VS Dizaster (Versus Battle VS King of the Dot)