Slimus

About Slimus

Vadim Vitalievich Motylev, better known by his stage name Slim, now Slimus, is a Russian rap artist, beatmaker and sound producer, former member of the groups “Smoke Screen” and Centr. Co-founder of the TsAO Records label, founder of the AzimutZvuk label. Motylev began to get involved in music back in 1993 after listening to albums by Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Ice T, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube. At the end of 1996, together with Lexus, he created the rap group “Smoke Screen”, in which he was responsible for the music and lyrics. The first studio tracks were recorded. At the same time, I met the members of the rap association “Dremuchiye”, who invited them to join their membership. In 1997, the group made its debut in the compilation “Just Rap” and the album “Dremuchikh”, “183 Days”, and also performed for the first time at a concert organized by “Dremuchikh”.