Oleksii Potapenko

Oleksiy Andriyovich Potapenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Андрійович Потапенко; born 8 May 1981), known professionally as Potap is a Ukrainian singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer. He has been involved as a performer and/or producer of such iconic music acts as Potap I Nastya, Vremya I Steklo, MOZGI, and many more, releasing over 300 songs, the vast majority of which became international hits. Oleksiy Potapenko was born on 8 May 1981 in Kyiv. His father, Andriy Potapenko (born 1956), served in the military. His mother, Lyudmila Potapenko (born 1958) is a world-fin swimming race champion. Oleksii has been practicing swimming and water polo, where he received the title of Master of Sports.

He has earned two degrees. The first one is a PE instructor and water polo coach (National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport). The second one is a Master of Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Audit (Kyiv National Economic University).