Matvey Melnikov
Rapper
Russian rap artist and member of Black Star Inc. record company who goes by the stage name MOT. His first album, The Remote, was released in January 2011.
He studied economics at Moscow State University and later went on to pursue graduate school. He first got involved in music by writing his own freestyle songs as early as 2006.
He was a former member of Soul Kitchen. He is also a huge fan of jazz music and Spider-Man.
He was born in Krymsk and later moved to Krasnodar. He moved to Moscow when he was 15 to pursue his music career.
He shares a birthday with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.