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Egor Olegovich Rakitin (Russian: Егор Олегович Раки́тин; born 5 January 2000, Moscow, Russia), better known by his stage name Big Baby Tape (Russian: «Биг Бейби Тейп»), is a Russian rap-singer and songwriter. He is the unofficial leader of the group Benzo Gang. He also performs under the pseudonym DJ Tape («Ди́джей Тейп») and alter ego Tape LaFlare («Тейп Лафлэ́р»). He is also a singer signed with the label Warner Music Russia.

Biography and musical career

Early period: youth and start of music career

Rakitin was born on 5 January 2000. He has two twin brothers, who are two years younger than him. Egor was familiar with rap since he was four years old, when he first listed to songs by 50 Cent, which impressed the future musician. Later on, he got familiar with the songs of Gucci Mane, which influenced Rakitin's current work. At the age of 6 years old his aunt asked him: "What do you want to be when you're older?" Egor responded: "A rapper!". At 12 years old^{[ citation needed]} started learning how to play music with Fruity Loops, where Egor met friends of his sister. At first, he was pressing random buttons, not understanding how they worked, and soon threw them away. A year later, Egor returned to work in the program and didn't stop making beats (hip-hop instrumentals), Not taking breaks of more than one day for several years. Notable beatmakers for him at different times were Madlib, DJ Zinc, DJ Rashad, DJ Smokey & DJ Paul. At the age of 15 Егор took the stage name DJ Tape and planned to release the instrumental music album DJ Tape 2000, but the release did not come since Egor couldn't instill the quality as he had hoped. After this, he decided to rap under the pseudonym Big Baby Tape.

2017—2018: Hoodrich Tales — Dragonborn

In May 2017, Big Baby Tape released his first four-track mixtape Cookin' Anthems. ^[1] At the end of 2017 the rapper met Feduk, seeing that he was listing to his song on his Instagram stories. In an interview on the show «вДудь» Feduk said that Big Baby Tape was in his top-2 for his favorite rappers, and Big Baby Tape got his first wide publicity. Subsequently, Egor began giving instrumentals to his colleagues.

2019—2021: распад Benzo Gang, «ARGUMENTS and FACTS»

On 10 May 2019 Egor released another mini-album titled Arguments & Facts.

Music style

A great amount of influence that inspired Big Baby Tape was due to musicians Gucci Mane & MF Doom. He also draws creativity from American underground rappers KirbLaGoop, CHXPO, Goth Money Records & others. He also mixes American street slang with Russian & captures the authentic sound of trap music. According to the artist, he learned English from video games and songs. He played Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas & The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which translated into Russian tracks by Eminem & 50 Cent.

Discography

Studio albums

Mini albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As the lead singer with others

With other singers

Guest singer on other albums

Concert tours

Ratings

References

External links

• Настя Полетаева (1 April 2019). "Big Baby Tape: «Меня очень сложно сейчас удивить, ничего не цепляет» | Журнал Esquire.ru". esquire.ru. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.