Struggle Da Preacher
Ivan Rylov, (born April 3, 1986 in Tyumen, Russia) better known by his stage name Struggle da Preacher, is a Russian born rapper. He is the founder of SDP Production. He is the first rapper from Tyumen and one of few rappers in Russia who collaborated with world famous rappers such as Yukmouth, Young Noble, Bizarre, A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. without being signed to a major label. He holds the unofficial title of The Ambassador of True American Hip Hop in Russia.
Career
Struggle da Preacher started his rap career in 2000 along with his younger brother St.Rap. They two formed a duo named Lazy Bones. In 2005 they decided to go as solo artists. Later in 2005 on November 18 he released his first studio album '"Be Wit' Me Or F*** Dat'". Also in 2005 Struggle da Preacher donated his song Hope featuring St.Rap to 62030 Promotions in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA for The Hurricane Katrina Relief Album in order to support people who suffered from Hurricane Katrina.
On February 11, 2008, he released his second studio album Da Preacher Of Struggle featuring 11 rappers from 4 countries—USA, Senegal, France, Russia.
In 2009, Struggle da Preacher met up with DJ Cerveau, the owner of CsR Radio in Providence, Rhode Island and Struggle became host of a show called Live With Struggle da Preacher in which he interviewed up and coming artists.
On February 7, 2011, Struggle da Preacher released a music video for his single Coming For You which had been nominated for Best Hip Hop Video in World Music International Film Festival in Washington, DC, USA later that year.
On October 17, 2011, Struggle da Preacher got signed to Tornadic Entertainment, LLC in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
On November 16, 2011, a major rapper Yukmouth announced a collaboration with Struggle da Preacher. It took more than a year for the single to be recorded and on July 8, 2013 Struggle da Preacher released his single Big Goals with Yukmouth.
On March 7, 2013, another well known rapper A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. confirmed his participation on one of Struggle da Preacher's songs. And on July 31, 2013 Struggle released a music video for Still... song that was filmed in Frankfurt, Germany. Later that year in October he gave a performance with A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. at the Livity lounge in Frankfurt.
In August 2013, Struggle da Preacher recorded a song with Young Noble of the legendary Outlawz hip hop group.
On November 16, 2013, famous rapper Bizarre of D12 made an announcement about making a song with Struggle da Preacher.
On February 25, 2014, Struggle agreed to play a guy from a gas station in a feature film "Spider Man Death". The shootings start in April and the movie is due in June 2014. Struggle da Preacher is a co-producer of the film and his song 365 Grind featuring Young Noble will be placed in the movie.
On June 15, 2014, Struggle da Preacher decided to release his single 365 Grind off the album Ups'n'Downs featuring Young Noble and A.K.-S.W.I.F.T.
June 30, 2014, Struggle da Preacher released his album Ups'n'Downs under his own label SDP Production
Discography
- 2005: Be Wit’ Me Or F*** Dat
- 2008: Da Preacher Of Struggle
- 2009: My Tears (single)
- 2009: Fallen Star (single)
- 2009: Ball'n'Mic (mixtape)
- 2010: 14 Dayz Of Mental Madness (mixtape)
- 2013: Big Goals (ft. Yukmouth & St.Rap) (single)
- 2014: ''365 Grind (ft. Young Noble & A.K.-S.W.I.F.T.) (single)
- 2014: Ups'n'Downs
Filmography
- The Love We Want (2012) ''
- Spider Man Death (in progress) (2014)''
Music videos
Year |
Title |
Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
2004 |
"That's Our Name (Our Words)"* |
Struggle da Preacher |
"Basketball"* |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Mu'fuckin Streets"* |
Struggle da Preacher |
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2005 |
"Elementary Course" ft. St.Rap & Ryzhman |
Struggle da Preacher |
"Borough" |
Struggle da Preacher |
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2006 |
"Should I Hope" ft. Asya Solovyova |
Struggle da Preacher |
"Ascension" ft. Sandra |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Another [...]" |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Streets Laws" ft. St.Rap |
Struggle da Preacher |
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2008 |
"Hellbound (Freestyle) ft. St.Rap" |
Struggle da Preacher |
2011 |
"Coming For You" |
Petr Mednikov |
"That's Only Me" |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Rhymes" ft. Viken |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Hustle (It's A Good Thing)" ft. Kris |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Truest To The Game" |
Eldar Sharipov |
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2012 |
"Tell Me The Way" |
Struggle da Preacher |
"[...] The History" (ft. CALICO) |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"My Vatos/Mi Cuento" |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Слова Как Пули (Words Are Like Bullets)" |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"Ima Teach You (ft. Kalciy a.k.a. Ca)" |
Struggle da Preacher |
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2013 |
"Go, Eat, Sleep" |
Struggle da Preacher |
"Still..." ft. A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. |
Struggle da Preacher |
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"I Wanna Get It Badly" ft. Danika |
Viktor Krasnov |
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2014 |
"True Path" ft. TOP |
Struggle da Preacher |
"All I Got" ft. Danika |
Viktor Krasnov, Struggle da Preacher |
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* as Lazy Bones |
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Collaborations
Struggle da Preacher has worked with many people all over the world.
- Yukmouth (USA)
- Young Noble (USA)
- Bizarre (USA)
- A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. (USA)
- St.Rap (Russia)
- Dmitry Kupriyanov (producer)(Russia)
- CALICO (USA)
- Blaze Stack Up (USA)
- Finale Stack Up (USA)
- Jimmy Cena (France)
- Viken (France)
- Jeez Black (France)
- Danika (Russia)
- Cleo Jones (USA)
- Man Du Yow (Senegal)
- Black Devils (Senegal)
- Deme D (USA)
- Mr. Moore (USA)
- Asya Solovyova (Russia)
- Kemikal Chris (Nigeria)
- D-Euro (producer)(Denmark)
- Diagnosen (Denmark)
- Top (Russia)
Alias
In June 2013, Struggle da Preacher started using a new alias, Marginal, as his alter-ego. He chose Marginal as a synonym for antisocial. Struggle's full-time engineer Dmitry Kupriyanov came up with the name Marginal. On his album Da Preacher of Struggle there is a song entitled "Antisocial" in which Struggle shares his thoughts about being a white crew, his views on society and the fact that he'd rather stay by himself.
Tattoos
Struggle da Preacher has 9 tattoos.
Title |
Placement |
Date |
Notes |
Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
True Playa |
right leg |
April 2005 |
referring him being a basketball player |
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Struggle |
right forearm |
November 2005 |
his stage name |
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1986 |
under navel |
November 2005 |
his year of birth |
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The Struggle Continues |
left shoulder |
January 2006 |
a clinched fist with barbed wire |
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Anna |
left side of neck |
February 2010 |
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Ball Till I Fall, Rap Till I'm Dead |
right shoulder |
October 2010 |
a basketball and a microphone, Struggle's main activities |
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Clinging To You Made Me A Beast, Suspended Above Death |
right forearm |
July 2011 |
the Beast's left hand holding Belle's one |
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It's Not Flesh And Blood But Heart Which Makes Us Fathers And Sons |
left arm |
September 13, 2012 |
Struggle walking with his son |
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Marginal |
right forearm |
July 8, 2013 |
Struggle da Preacher's alter-ego |
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Suspension of YouTube account
On December 16, Struggle da Preacher's YouTube account was suspended for unknown reasons, but the official statement is the following: "This account has been suspended due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, gaming, misleading content, or other Terms of Service violations." The account had been running since 2006 until December 16, 2013 and had had a good standing during that time. Since then he's been running only his Official VEVO account on YouTube.