Gustavo’s performance has so far been evaluated with seven “Golden Microphone” awards, and this year he was also nominated for awards in two categories. Or will he become a laureate this year – we will find out on Friday, March 8, when the “Golden Microphone” will be awarded. The album “Tagad just started” was nominated for the “Golden Mikrofona” award in the “Best Hip-Hop Music Album” category. On the other hand, the video clips of two songs from this album were nominated for the “Best Video Clip” award.
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Several days ago, his first written book “Beidzot! – song texts and incidents” was celebrated. It all started with the idea of collecting song lyrics, but grew into an extensive autobiography.
The period covered is from 2001 to 2011, which marks the way Gustavo went from an audience of a few hundred to an “Arena” concert with 5,000 spectators.
“It is the story of a man whose dream is to work in music, in a certain genre that is neither in demand nor popular at the time, and has no knowledge of how to do it. This book reflects the many difficult moments that he had to go through, but still move forward,” says Gustavo.
In the book, we learn when and why Gustavo started rapping in Latvian, about his struggle with financial difficulties, workaholism, feelings of hopelessness and near-death experiences, but also about his defiance, determination and perseverance, it is not for nothing that he is the initiator of the victory march of the hip-hop genre in Latvia.
The editor of the book, Edgars Gertner, believes that the book will be interesting not only for fans of rap and Gustavo, but for a much wider range of readers: “The book is not only about Gustavo, but also about his contemporaries, about the music of that time, about relationships, about the backstage.
It is the first portrait of our hip-hop scene in a book. There has been nothing like that so far.”
Rapper ansis considers Gustavo’s sharing of his experience in the book very important, because Gustavo is in a sense the definer of the genre’s guidelines in Latvia, also the inspiration of ansis himself: “The main impulse to be where I am now and what I am now. Yes, the first big the artistic impulse, the quality bar, the motivation. In fact, when I started doing it, it didn’t seem possible to reach the level that Gustavo set at the time. Because there is still so much to learn from him.”
Gustavo’s books «Finally! – lyrics and incidents» opening
Photo: Axel Berg
The book also contains stories about relationships with the closest people, including mother Ludmila Buteli, who is proud of her son’s achievements: “He was a very emotional child from childhood. You see, now he wanted to express himself even more by writing a book.
A book is a testimony that a person has lived very creatively, that his soul is already so full that he wants to share it with others.”
Ludmila admits that Gutava had the desire to be creative and be the center of attention since early childhood, and in this connection she remembers an incident when her son was only two and a half years old: “I bought him corduroy pants. In those 80s, when you couldn’t get anything , it was something special. We lived in Purvciem at the time, on the first floor. I put those pants on him, and he immediately wanted to go out and show them off. Suddenly, the doctor who lived on the floor above called me and asked: “Do you see your Gustina on window? You look!”. I look – Gustins is walking. He found a cigarette butt somewhere, holds it in his hand, stretches out his hand behind his back, and walks as expressively as on a Parisian boulevard. I just “sat down” from this view! It’s a pity that in those days there was no camera. From that moment on, I immediately understood that he had something inside that wanted to draw attention to himself.”
Gustavo’s recently published book contains almost 80 lyrics, accompanied by almost 30 stories, as well as previously unpublished photographs.
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2024-03-04 07:20:53
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