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Melon Music is the most influential creative collective in Russian rap in the early 2020s. The team originated in Tyumen and was named after their close friend, rapper Daniil Tsarev (Lil Melon), who tragically died in 2017. A few days after his funeral, the guys opened their first recording studio in a former vegetable stand, launching the brand.
• OG Buda (Grigory Lyakhov) is one of the ideological leaders and main mentors of the association.
• Mayot (Artem Nikitin) is the main one for lyrical tracks and experiments with sound.
• SEEMEE (Alexey Siminok) is a master of hard drill and aggressive flow.
• 163ONMYNECK (Roman Shchurov) is a rapper known for his original “Detroit lyrics”.
• Yungway, DooMee, Gansy, TonySouljah are artists, beatmakers and sound engineers of the movement.
In 2019, the team moved to Moscow, where they opened a professional studio. For a long time, they lived as a huge commune in a rented country house, which they called "trap hut." There, they literally spent days recording tracks, filming videos for social media, and creating a new trend in the industry. Roma, Fedya, Artem, and Grisha—the popular 4 who were always together—

Before pursuing professional rap, Grigory worked as a bartender in Budapest. He subsequently decided to return to Russia to pursue a career in the music industry.
• Start (2017–2018): In April 2017, Lyakhov released his first single, "1000 Freestyle." He first gained widespread recognition in 2018, when Feduk, in an interview with Yuri Dud, mentioned him among the best young rappers in Russia. That same year, he released the landmark singles "Tourlife" and the EP "Sweet Dreams" with rapper Platinum.
• Recognition and Albums: In 2019, OG Buda cemented his success with his debut studio album, "OPG City," which referenced his father's criminal past. His popularity really took off in 2021 with the release of "SEXY DRILL" and, especially, "FREERIO," which popularized Detroit rap in the CIS.
• Further successes: Over the years of his career, the artist has released a number of major releases (“FREERIO 2”, “I Miss You, But I Work”, “POX VAWË”, “FREERIO 3”, “SZN”). In 2022, the rapper was included in the prestigious Forbes magazine “30 Under 30” rating in the “Music” category.

Grigory was born on January 10, 1994, in Tyumen. When he was just one and a half years old, his family was forced to flee Russia. The reason was the criminal background of his father, Alexey Lyakhov, who belonged to the notorious Tyumen organized crime group "Desyatka" (The Desyatka), and was murdered shortly after the family's departure.
Grisha's mother took him and his older sister, Yulia, to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, where the future artist spent his entire childhood (hence the "Buda" part of his stage name). Grigory attended school at the Russian Embassy in Hungary. Due to the language barrier and the challenging nature of his studies, he struggled, but it was there that he met and became close friends with Fyodor Insarov (the future rapper Feduk).