Alisher Morgenstern

Strict, short-tempered, mood changes quickly, cheerful, interesting, sociable

Born: February 17, 1998 (age 28), Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia Height: 186 cm

Biography and career Was born on February 17, 1998 in Ufa. Since childhood, he has shown interest in music. At the age of 12, he recorded his first tracks, and later published them online under the nickname DeeneS MC. In 2010, he shot his debut music video "Above the Clouds". In 2013, he started the YouTube channel Morgenshtern. In 2014-2015, he created the rock band MMD - My Mother is a Virgin (also known as MMD Crew), where he used the pseudonym MamaVirgin. He also experimented with hip-hop under the pseudonym MamaVirgin, worked in the duo bona fide with TSALER (later 4Teen), and released solo indie rock works under the pseudonym Morgie. Morgenstern's first fame was brought by the #IziRep project on YouTube, launched in 2017. As part of the project, he parodied popular rap songs, showing how to create a musical track in a few minutes. In 2018, he abandoned this format and began releasing only original music releases. Famous works include the mini-album Hate Me (released on February 7, 2018), the albums "Before I Became Famous" (2018), "Smile, Fool!" (2019), "Legendary Dust" (2020). In 2020, the Cadillac song, recorded by Morgenstern together with Eljay, was named the best Russian-language rap track of the year by Yandex.Music In 2020, Morgenstern was recognized as the artist of the Year by Yandex.Music, and also received several other awards, including the GQ Man of the Year Award in the Musician of the Year nomination. In 2026, the rapper released the live album Dead Sea Live, recorded on an island in the middle of the Dead Sea. He also announced the filming of a documentary about his work.

Morgenstern (real name Alisher Tagirovich Morgenstern, formerly Valeev) is a Russian rap, pop and rock performer, musician, and showman. Since May 6, 2022, the Ministry of Justice of Russia has been included in the list of individuals who are foreign agents. In June 2026, he underwent the giura procedure, officially converted to Judaism and received the name Yisrael Yehuda Morgenstern.