Kasta

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Каста
Origin	Ростов-на-Дону / Rostov-on-Don Russia
Genre(s)	Hip Hop,rap
Years active	1996 – Present
Label(s)	Respect Production
Associated acts	DJ Hobot
Website	http://www.kasta.ru
Members
Vladi (Russian: Влади) Shim (Шым) Hamil (Хамиль) (since 1999) Zmei (Змей) (since 2005)

Kasta (Russian: Каста, Russian for caste) is Russian rap band from Rostov-on-Don. Group is led by MC and beatmaker Vladi. Other members include MC's Shim, Hamil and Zmei, as well as DJ Hobot. Although Kasta is notably influenced by New York rap tradition, especially Wu-Tang Clan, they have always written Russian.

Contents 1 History 2 Formation 3 Members of "Объединенная Каста" (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta / United Kasta) 3.1 Каста(Kasta / Caste) 3.2 Западный Сектор (Zapadnyi Sektor / West Sector) 3.3 Грани (Grani) 3.4 Бледнолицые Нигга'дяи (Bliednolitsyie Niggadiai) 3.5 Песочные Люди (Pesochnyie Liudi / Sand People) 4 Discography 5 Interesting facts 6 Gallery 7 External links

[edit] History

Vladi, Shim and Hamil met rap music in very young age. Vladi made his first rap when he was 13 years old. In 1995 he and his friend Tidan (Тидан) made a group Psycholyric (Russian: Психолирик). One year after that Shim connected to Psycholyric. In 1997 Psycholyric and other rappers from Rostov made a group with name Kasta, which was successor of Psycholiric. After that Tidan left a group. In 1999 Hamil connected to Kasta, then Kasta created a group Объединенная Каста (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta) what means United Kasta, because to many free MCs and groups connected to Kasta. Their first shows was in Rostov's famous rap clubs Duncan and Comanchero.

[edit] Formation

• Vladi (Влади) — Лешкевич Владислав Валерьевич (Leshkevich Vladislav Valer'ievich) (born 17 December 1978 in Rostov-on-Don)
• Shim (Шым) — Епифанов Михаил Олегович (Epifanov Mikhail Olegovich (born in 1979)
• Hamil (Хамиль) — Пасечный Андрей Леонидович (Pacechnyi Andrei Leonidovich (Born 19 October 1979 in Rostov-on-Don)
• Zmei (Змей) — in 2005, he left group "Grani" after release volume "Kipesh" and connected to Kasta

[edit] Members of "Объединенная Каста" (Ob'iedenionnaia Kasta / United Kasta)

[edit] Каста(Kasta / Caste)

• Влади (Vladi)
• Шым (Shim)
• Хамиль (Hamil)
• Змей (Zmei)

[edit] Западный Сектор (Zapadnyi Sektor / West Sector)

• Кактус (Kaktus)
• Дигер (Diger)
• Майор (Maior)

[edit] Грани (Grani)

• Тигра (Tigra)
• Тёмный (Tiomnyi)

[edit] Бледнолицые Нигга'дяи (Bliednolitsyie Niggadiai)

• Панама (Panama)
• Кальян (Kalian)
• Ситар (Sitar)

[edit] Песочные Люди (Pesochnyie Liudi / Sand People)

• Джин (Jin)
• Псих (Сайк) (Psikh - Saik)
• Дас (Митяй) (Das - Mitiai)
• Жара (Zhara)

[edit] Discography

Каста(Kasta) - Трехмерные Рифы /Ростов-на-Дону/ 1999

Объединенная Каста(United Kasta) - В полном действии /Видеосервис/ 2000

Каста(Kasta) – На порядок выше. Сингл /Respect Production/ 2001

Каста(Kasta) - Громче воды, выше травы /Respect Production/ 2002

Влади/Каста(Vladi ft Kasta) – Горячее Время. Сингл /Respect Production/ 2002

Влади/Каста(Vladi ft Kasta) - Что нам делать в Греции /Respect Production/ 2002

Каста(Kasta) - Трехмерные Рифы. Переиздание /Respect Production/ 2003

Хамиль/Каста(Hamil ft Kasta) - Феникс /Respect Production/ 2004

Каста(Kasta) – По приколу. Макси-сингл /Respect Production/ 2006 Каста(Kasta) – Быль в глаза 2008

[edit] Interesting facts

• There are more than 20 people in Объединенная Каста(United Kasta)

[edit] Gallery

[edit] External links

• Official website