Alyona Alyona

Krass Festival: Humor as Resistance

The Ukrainian rapper is an absolute force of nature on stage: With an insane flow and groove, she raps without any frills and pomp and describes the unvarnished situation of the young generation of her home country in her songs. Alyona Alyona's live career began in 2019, although she has been making hip-hop music for more than 10 years. Her debut video "Ribki" became a viral hit in Ukraine after its release in October 2018. The young kindergarten teacher from a small town near Kyiv became a hip-hop sensation overnight. Alyona Alyona raps in her native language, Ukrainian. And the way her words flow, hiss, roll, groove and rush is simply wow. Massive, dynamic drive to dark, pumping beats. Her videos, in which she proudly dances as the queen of the street in front of the housing projects in her hometown of Baryshivka or presents herself as a fairytale matriarch in a dystopian world, have been viewed by millions of viewers.