PHARAOH

He was born on January 30, 1996, in Moscow. His father, Gennady Golubin, was initially the general director of FC Dynamo Moscow and later moved into sports marketing. His mother, a housewife, leads a low-profile life.
Sports. From the ages of 6 to 13, he played professional football, playing for Lokomotiv, CSKA, and Dynamo. He then decided to give up sports: he first tried refereeing, but quickly realized it wasn't his thing and focused entirely on other pursuits.
His studies and first steps in music. After high school, he enrolled in the journalism department at Moscow State University, graduating in 2017. As a teenager, he became fascinated with hip-hop. His idols included 50 cent and Snoop Dogg, and later, Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Manson, and Kid Cudi. To better understand the lyrics of his favorite artists, he even enrolled in German classes (he was influenced by the band Rammstein). At 16, he moved to the United States for six months—an experience that greatly influenced his view of the rap industry.
Music career. He made his first recording ("Cadillac") in late 2013 at a friend's studio. At the same time, he adopted the stage name Pharaoh as part of the band Grindhouse. He gained widespread recognition in 2014 after the music video "Nothing Has Changed," and his real breakthrough came in 2015 with the release of "Black Siemens." In the video, Gleb rapped against the backdrop of a white Lincoln from the TV series "Brigada," and the repeated "skr-skr-skr" in the chorus became an internet meme. The artist himself later explained that this was the sound Bruce Lee made during training. That same year, he founded the creative collective Dead Dynasty. He subsequently released mixtapes and albums, collaborating with other artists, including Scriptonite, Boulevard Depo, LSP, Mnogoznaal, Noggano, Svetlana Loboda, and Diana Arbenina. In 2017, he starred in Sergei Shnurov's music video "Ч.П.Х." In February 2026, Gleb Golubin was charged with promoting drugs online; in March, the court fined the rapper 80,000 rubles.
Personal life. Gleb had several relationships: with Katya Kishchuk (lead singer of Serebro) and with Alesya Kafelnikova (daughter of tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov).