Alisher Morgenshtern

Alisher Tagirovich Morgenshtern (né Valeyev; Russian: Алишер Тагирович Моргенштерн; Bashkir: Алишер Таһир Улы Моргенштерн; February 17, 1998), known mononymously as Morgenshtern (stylized in all caps), is a Russian rapper, singer, record producer, and songwriter.

He first gained fame in 2018 as the author of parodies of popular music artists of that time, publishing these videos on his YouTube channel. Alisher was born on February 17, 1998, in Ufa; he changed his last name to Morgenshtern (Russian and Bashkir: Моргенштерн) as a teenager. His mother is of Russian-Jewish descent, while his father was of Bashkir descent. His mother was a florist; his parents divorced and when Alisher turned 11, his father died of liver cirrhosis due to severe alcoholism.He has been interested in music since his childhood, and as a teenager he stated that he loved skateboarding.He released his first music video in 2010.He attended university for some time, but shortly after starting he was expelled due to his "frank activities on YouTube", as the rector of the university stated.Morgenshtern was also a street musician, and was the head singer of the rock band MMD Crew, with whom he collaborated in a song with the Russian rapper Face.

He's most known for his YouTube-show "#EasyRap".In April 2021, Morgenstern sent a donation to the fund for helping orphans "Our Children" in Bashkiria. This is reported on the foundation's page in VKontakte. The organization clarified that the musician sent a total of 666,666 rubles, which was the largest donation to the NGO from a private person. This money will be spent on the development of the project "Mentoring".In May 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice put Morgenstern on the list of foreign agents after receiving funding by the Israeli media company Yoola Labs and for his remarks about Victory Day. Morgenstern later apologised on his Telegram channel and tried to appeal against the decision to put him on the foreign agents list, but still continues to be on the list as of March 10, 2023.