Detsl

Kirill Aleksandrovich Tolmatsky (Russian: Кири́лл Алекса́ндрович Толмацкий; 22 July 1983 – 3 February 2019[2]), better known by his stage name Detsl (Russian: Децл), was a Russian hip hop artist. In 2000, he released his debut album Who? You to massive success and quickly became a teen idol of the early 2000s in Russia.[3] In 2001, his second album Street Fighter was released.

Detsl[1]
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Detsl in 2007
Background information
Birth nameKirill Aleksandrovich Tolmatsky
Also known asLe Truk, Juzeppe Jostko
Born(1983-07-22)22 July 1983
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Died3 February 2019(2019-02-03) (aged 35)
Izhevsk, Russia
GenresRussian hip hop, reggae, ragga
Years active1999–2019
Associated actsBad Balance, Timati

He died on 3 February 2019 in Izhevsk at the age of 35 from a sudden heart attack after performing his live set at the private birthday party.[2] In a 2007 interview, Detsl talked about faking his own death at the exact same age while performing at a concert in the same city he would actually die in.[4]

References

  1. "Самая большая коллекция рэп текстов в сети". rap-text.ru.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Агент назвал причину смерти Децла (in Russian)
  3. Путь Децла: от «Вечеринки» до борьбы с мировым заговором
  4. "Интервью с Кириллом Толмацким". fanlife.ru.