Max Korzh
Max Korzh is a Belarusian singer and songwriter.
Biography
At a young age Max's parents enrolled him into music school. At the age of 16 Max started his first band, LunClan, alongside his friends, but the band didn't last long. After it he was a part of a couple other projects, but neither of them was successful. As a teenager he used to record songs in Belarusian.Then he tried himself as a beatmaker making music for other artists but to no success. After it he decided to record his songs over his own instrumentals.
Max Korzh recorded his first solo song while studying at Belarusian State University, the biggest college in Belarus. During his third year at the university he decided to drop out to concentrate on his music career. He recorded "Nebo Pomozhet Nam" for 300 dollars borrowed from his mom and posted it on Vkontakte, the biggest Russian social network. Shortly thereafter, he enlisted in the military. When he returned from service, he learned that the song had gotten big in Belarus, garnered a big following, and gotten airtime on the radio. Max then proceeded to send the track to Minsk DJs for them to play at parties.
Solo career
Max Korzh released his first music video "Nebo Pomozhet Nam" on April 7, 2012. It was successful on the charts.In the spring of 2012 he released his debut album "Zhivotniy Mir" consisting of 16 tracks, each written by Korzh. The same year he signed with Russian label Respect Production founded by Kasta, legendary Russian rap group. This allowed him to play shows not only in Belarus, but also in Russia and Ukraine.
When asked the album's theme by a Russian publication "Argumenty i Fakty" Max said:
In the beginning of 2013 he went on "The Take Off March" tour around Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. His show took place at the Minsk Sports Palace. Max Korzh hesitated to take on the venue because "we could have lost a ton of money", but eventually it had an audience of 6,5 thousand people.
In the summer of 2013 he was nominated as a Breakthrough Artist at Muz-TV Awards.
On November 2, 2013 he performed a sold-out show in Minsk-Arena for 13 thousand people, the first Belarusian artist to do so.
Reputable magazine Afisha-Volna described Max's music as "pop-rap with club energy and street honesty" and said its’ "hybrid of genres presents 100% bestsellers that tend to stick in your head".
The 2014 tour "Torn out may" gathered 6000 people in Minsk and sold out Moscow's Luzhniki Palace of Sports.
In June 2014 he won the nomination for Best Album at Muz-TV Awards for "Zhit V Kaif".
In October 2014 Max released his third album "Domashniy". His supporting tour performing in CIS countries and Europe was called “The Big Flat”.
In June 2015 he was nominated for three awards at Muz-TV Awards: Best Hip-Hop Artist, Best Album and Best Live Show.
On December 16, 2017 he had a second sold-out show in Minsk-Arena.
In 2016 and 2017 he released his fourth album "Maliy Povzroslel" in two parts. On December 22, 2017 "Maliy Povzroslel" won a VK Music Award.
In 2018 Max Korzh had his first tour of the United States.
In 2019 Max Korzh went on a stadium tour around Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.
Discography
Studio albums
2012 — "Zhivotniy Mir"2013 — "Zhit V Kaif"
2014 — "Domashniy"
2016 — "Maliy Povzroslel, pt. 1"
2017 — "Domashniy "
2017 — "Maliy Povzroslel, pt. 2"
Remix albums
2016 — "Best Remixes"Singles
2016 — "Slovo Patsana »2016 — "Slovo Patsana »
2017 — "Optimist»
2018 — "Proletarka"
2019 — "Control»
2019 — "Shantazh"
2019 — "2 Tipa Lyudey"
2020 — "Raznesem"
Official clips
| Year | Video | Director |
| 2012 | Nebo Pomozhet Nam | Max Korzh |
| 2012 | Gde Ya | Max Korzh |
| 2012 | Gde Ya | Egor Abramenko |
| 2013 | V Temnote | Ivan Lebedev |
| 2013 | Zhit V Kaif | Alexey Bochenin |
| 2014 | Motylek | Max Korzh |
| 2014 | Stan | Rustam Romanov |
| 2014 | Amsterdam | Max Korzh |
| 2014 | Domashniy | Max Korzh |
| 2014 | Ne Vydumyvay | Max Korzh |
| 2015 | Plamenniy Svet | Max Korzh |
| 2015 | Flat | Max Korzh |
| 2016 | Bessonitsa | Anton Mamonenko |
| 2016 | Slovo Patsana | Max Korzh |
| 2016 | Moy Droog | Anton Mamonenko |
| 2016 | Stylevo | Andrey Svetlov |
| 2017 | Maliy Povzroslel | Max Korzh, Mitriy Semenov-Aleinikov |
| 2017 | Maliy Povzroslel 2.0 | Max Korzh |
| 2017 | Optimist | Max Korzh |
| 2017 | Napalm | Max Korzh |
| 2018 | Malinoviy Zakat | Max Korzh |
| 2018 | Gory Po Koleno | Max Korzh |
| 2019 | Control | Max Korzh |
| 2019 | Shantazh | Max Korzh, Andrey Svetlov |