Potap

Potap in June 2012

Oleksiy Andriyovych Potapenko better known as Potap (born May 8, 1981 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian singer, composer, and producer. He usually sings with Nastya Kamenskih or with Dyadya Vadya (Дядя Вадя) and UGO. Currently, he is the producer of the "Empire Label".

Official website of Potap & Nastya: http://potapinastya.com/

VUZV

Potap was born into a Jewish family. He was formerly part of the hip-hop group Vkhid u Zminnomu Vzutti (Вхід у Змінному Взутті) in 2006. He produced one album entitled "Prosto". He also made three video clips to the songs Shtolnya, Prosto and Super, and a soundtrack to the movie "Shtolnya". During the time he was in VUZV he sang in Ukrainian. Potap now sings alongside Nastya Kamenskih in Russian, and they have released many hits that are popular in Ukraine and Russia. Their musical duet has been a great success since their first song, "Ne Para" (не пара).

In 2014, Potap and Kamenskih were criticized in Ukraine for continuing to attend award ceremonies in Russia, while many Ukrainians believed their country was a victim of Russian aggression. On this they responded: "It's a shame that we have to collect the journalists to tell that we are from Ukraine and love our country!"

Albums

• Prosto (Просто) (As part of the group VUZV)

• Na drugoy volne ili ano kaneshno potomusho shozh (На другой волне или ано канешно потомушо шож)

• Ne para (Не пара)

• My Bogache (Мы Богаче)

Songs

• Kapaet (Капает), a remix of Ugo's song

• Na rayonye (На районе) with Nastya Kamenskih

• Ne para (Не Пара) with Nastya Kamenskih

• V nature (В Натуре) with Nastya Kamenskih

• Ya Pomnyu (Я Помню) with Dyadya Vadya and UGO

• Natasha (Наташа) with Dyadya Vadya and UGO

• Shtolnya (Штольня) as VUZV with XS and New'Z'cool

• Prosto (Просто) as VUZV

• Super (Супер) as VUZV

• Club (Клуб) with New'Z'cool and UGO

• Pochemu Molchish (Почему Молчишь) with Nastya Kamenskih

• Bez Ljubvi (Без любви) with Nastya Kamenskih