Mota’s wife: “We watched a football match at the wedding.

Maria tells HELLO.RU.

Immediately after the celebration, which, according to all the rules of show business, was celebrated for a long time, loudly and almost until the morning, Mot and Masha went on a trip. The next day after the wedding, the couple went to Greece, where... no, not quite a full-fledged Honeymoon, but definitely a few days of complete relaxation.

We stayed at the beautiful Miraggio Thermal Spa Resort. Due to dense tour schedule Matvey could only afford 4 days, but I’m sure they will be enough to reboot. And in August we will continue our journey. We haven’t decided where to go yet, but it will definitely be a calm place. Rest, rest and more rest. Relaxing as much as possible, eating up, getting enough sleep - this is what we now dream of more than anything else.

Click on the photo to view the gallery Immediately after the wedding and wedding celebration, Mot and Maria went on a trip to Greece

Maria and Mot
Mot and Maria (dress, Yanina Couture)
Mot and Maria in Greece
The journey of Matthew and Maria
In Greece, Maria proved that it is not for nothing that she is the face of IMEDEEN in Russia: Maria knows very well how to look flawless on vacation with the help of the brand's product - "Tan Optimizer"

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Every rapper should have a muse. His muse, and at the same time the love of his life, the artist of the label Black Star Mot, aka Matvey Melnikov, has already found it. He found him three years ago and did everything so that their love story not only formed the basis of his songs, but also became the leitmotif of his life. Last weekend, April 23, Matvey and his beloved Maria Melnikova (before marriage - Gural) got married and had a magnificent wedding in Moscow, after which they flew away for a short Honeymoon to Greece. Details are in the HELLO.RU report.

When Mot first arrived in Moscow from Krasnodar, he had one goal - to conquer the capital. He had to move sharply and rapidly, and the lyrics of his first songs sounded just as impetuously. The ice has broken, the goal has succumbed: a contract with label Black Star, duets with famous artists, tours and thousands of fans... And in 2016, the rapper released a new, unexpected-sounding album, as he calls it - chamber, about love. “That’s all I could think about then,” the musician admitted, and then presented the very one that occupied his thoughts. The artist’s beloved Maria Gural starred in the “Trap” video.

In the first two days alone, the video collected a million views, and now there are more than fifty million. A year has passed, but the plot of the song has not lost its relevance. On the contrary, it acquired new meanings. On the eve of the release of the video, in January 2016, Mot proposed to Masha, in August they signed at the registry office - wearing sneakers and jeans, and in April 2017, on the anniversary of their acquaintance, they decided to get married, organizing a big celebration.

The history of their relationship did not develop rapidly, but naturally. How it all began, Maria told HELLO.RU:

We met on Instagram, I was then living in Kyiv, where I had moved from Lvov to study. Matvey followed me, “liked” my photos along, across, horizontally and sideways (laughs), then we began to correspond. We decided to see each other for the first time when I arrived in Moscow to visit my friend. I was scared to go on a date - after all, alone, in a strange city. I took my girlfriend with me. Everything happened quickly, and now we are already building a long-distance relationship. After I graduated from the university, Matvey moved me to Moscow. And then - to the Old New Year- made an offer. It was in Thailand, during an excursion to Tachai Island. We walked for a long time, swam, and when we had to leave, my beloved suddenly asked me to dive. I obeyed, and when I surfaced, I saw a worried Matvey holding a ring in his hand.
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Mot and Maria's wedding guests - Dmitry Tarasov with his girlfriend Anastasia Kostenko, T-Killah with his girlfriend Maria Lichtenfeld

Artem Kacharyan (participant in the show "The Voice")

At first, Mot and Maria wanted to get married in Greece, on the island of Santorini. They had already carefully planned everything, but as they themselves note, they did not take into account “some points”, and the celebration had to be reformatted - moved to Russia. Here, in Moscow's Yelokhovsky Cathedral, the couple decided to get married.

The desire to get married came to us mutually, we understood the seriousness of this sacrament and prepared for it with all responsibility,” Maria tells HELLO.RU.

It was on the occasion of the wedding that the lovers decided to organize a big celebration, to which they invited their relatives, friends and Mota’s colleagues in show business - Yegor Creed, Kristina Si, Misha Marvin, T-Killah and others. Preparations were carried out on all fronts: the elaboration of the concept was entrusted to the organizer of the celebrations, Anna Gorodzhaya, the decor and design - to Yulia Shakirova, and the spouses themselves, leaving the logistics and calculations to the professionals, indulged in creative thoughts: what song to perform the first dance to, what outfits to appear in front of the guests.

They resolved these pleasant issues during a romantic weekend in the Maldives - in a relaxed atmosphere, to the sound of the ocean.

While on vacation in the Maldives, I scrolled through what seemed like a million pictures looking for inspiration for my next outfit. Thoughts swirled, there were a lot of options, but in the end I decided to come up with own design, which was brought to life by masters from the Minsk salon "Courage". And the second dress that I wore for the wedding was created by the Dubai brand Humariff. Matvey's tuxedo was made in the classic tailoring workshop Master Suit. There, in the Maldives, Matvey and I chose a song - we decided to perform a dance to Anthony Hamilton called Dear Life. I took upon myself the staging of the act.

Mot (Matvey Aleksandrovich Melnikov) – Russian rap artist, since 2013 became part of the Black label Star Inc", author and performer of the hits "Soprano", "Solo", "Trap".

Childhood and youth

The future singer was born on March 2, 1990 in the city of Krymsk Krasnodar region. The boy's maternal grandfather was Greek by nationality.

When Matvey was 5 years old, the Melnikov family moved to Krasnodar. The parents paid a lot of attention to the development of their son: in early age he was sent to school folk dance, and then Latin American. At the age of 10, Matvey becomes a student at the Todes studio.

It is dancing, and not music lessons, that becomes the real passion of young Matvey. When the boy finished 9th grade, his parents moved to the capital. Melnikov finishes high school with excellent results: along with his diploma, the young man receives gold medal and becomes a student at Moscow State University with a degree in economics.

While still a student, at rehearsals for modern dance and hip-hop in the DJ MEG “Mainstream” studio, Matvey felt an irresistible desire to move and rap to the music playing. So it began creative biography singer In 2006, Melnikov turned to the GLSS studio to record the first tracks. While studying at the university, the rapper does not give up his activity, which he still considers as a hobby.

Music

At the age of 19, Melnikov passed the casting of the “Battle for Respect” competition on the MUZ-TV channel, which was dedicated to the promotion of hip-hop culture and healthy image life. As a result of several battles, Melnikov managed to take one of the top 40 places. After the competition, a new nickname of the singer Mot appears to replace the old BthaMoT2bdabot.

While studying in his 3rd year at Moscow State University, Matvey takes part in the First International Summit of Rap Artists, which was held at the Luzhniki Arena.

Foreign pop stars Raekwon and Onyx and Russian performers And . In 2011, Mot released the album “Remote”, the tracks of which were written in a relaxation style, which captivated many hip-hop fans. The short singer (165 cm) captivated his fans with his lyrical love compositions. The disc was produced by lvsngh and Mikkey Vall. A video is being filmed for the hit “Millions of Stars”.

Mot - "Millions of Stars"

A year later appears new job rapper - the disc “Repair”, which included 11 songs. The track “To the Shores” was used in the author’s documentary film“Black Game: Hitchhiking”, a video was created for it, filming of which took place in Krymsk. The artist creates both albums under the Soul Kitchen label, which was more focused on the funk and soul roots of hip-hop.

Mot - "To the Shores"

In 2013, Motu received an offer from the Black Star Inc. project, and without thinking twice, he left his well-paid job in his main specialty and began collaborating with a leading rap label. In parallel with the work on the new album “Dash,” Matvey Melnikov is entering graduate school at Moscow State University. In the same year, the musician released the video “In a Dress beautiful color", which becomes a hit. In 2014, the disc “Azbuka Morze” appeared, in the creation of which Matvey was helped by rappers Nel and Timati.

Melnikov is invited to work in films. The singer played the role in the short film “Capsule”, filmed by Timati. In a film about the processes occurring in the head creative person at the time of the creation of the masterpiece, Pavel Murashov and Andrey Zakursky took part. The hits of 2014 performed by rapper Melnikov were the works “Mom, I’m in Dubai” and a duet with the group “Oxygen”.

2015 was marked by creative career singer with the appearance of the album “Absolutely Everything,” which included not only Mota’s solo compositions, but also duets with (the hit “You’re Next”), “ VIA Groi" With the participation of the football player and Melnikov, he shoots a video for the song “Day and Night.” The hit became one of the tracks in the rapper’s next collection, “92 Days,” in which musicians, Dj Philchansky, Cvpellv and others took part.

Mot - "Day and Night"

The songs of the album “Dad, give her money”, “At the bottom”, “92 days” were included in the ratings of popular compositions on the MUZ-TV channel. Together with a member of the label “Black Star Inc.” Melnikov becomes the winner of the “Breakthrough of the Year” and “Best Duet” awards at the annual music channel awards. Melnikov received a prize for the video “Oxygen” (9 million video views on the channel You Tube), and Creed - for the song “The Most, the Most” (100 million views).

In 2016, Mota’s album “Inside Out” appeared, on which the singer worked together with Bianca and. The collection includes the hits “Talisman”, “Goosebumps”, “Monsoons”. The clips “Trap” and “Wake me up in a whisper” appear. At the concert dedicated to the annual Golden Gramophone-16 awards, Mot and Bianca perform in a duet with the song “Absolutely Everything.”

Mot feat. Ani Lorak - "Soprano"

At the beginning of 2017, the premiere of the duet between rapper and popular singer"Soprano". The video for this song has received more than 58 million views on the Internet.

In March, a presentation of the hit song “Go to Sleep, Baby” took place, which Mot performed together with rapper Yegor Creed. Another new product of the season is the hit “Dallas Club of Spiteful Critics,” the number of views of which exceeded several million.

Personal life

The rapper's personal life was happy. In 2016, on August 5, the wedding ceremony of Matvey Melnikov and Maria Gural took place. The young people met on the Internet back in 2014. Maria, a fashion model from Ukraine, was invited by Matvey to become a member of his public in "Instagram". The girl added popular singer, not knowing who it is. In 2016, the couple first met in real life. Maria came to Moscow to film Mota’s video “Trap”. The performer immediately liked the girl. Maria responded to Matvey with mutual sympathy.

In June 2016, the couple began living together in the singer’s apartment in Moscow. Matvey proposed marriage to Maria on vacation in Thailand, while swimming together at a waterfall. Six months after the registry office, in April 2017, the newlyweds had a real wedding and even got married. On the occasion of the celebration, Matvey presented his wife with the song “Wedding” as a gift, in the video of which he used footage of the ceremony.

The Melnikov family appears at concerts and social parties together, Maria appears before reporters in new clothes every time evening dresses. Numerous photos of the couple can then be seen in the press. The present family happiness, as Matvey claims in an interview, lies in children. The singer dreams of several offspring at once: a son who can become an older brother to his little sister.

In October 2017, it became known that the couple was expecting their first child. In the video for the track “When the Word Disappears,” Mota’s wife showed off her changed figure. In January 2018, the singer informed fans about the birth of his son. The boy was given the name Solomon.

Matvey Melnikov now

Now Matvey Melnikov continues to delight fans with new hits. In the winter of 2018, the premiere of the musical composition “Solo” took place, which gained 21 million views in six months.

Mot - “Solo” (video premiere 2018)

In June, the artists of the Black Star label - Timati, Mot, Yegor Creed, Nazima & Terry - starred in the video for the song “Rocket”. At the end of summer, the rapper presented a video for the track “Shamans”.

Mot - "Shamans" Mot in the show" Evening Urgant"

Matvey Melnikov also pays attention to television. Popular rappers and friends Mot and Yegor Creed became participants in the humorous music show"Studio "Soyuz"". The singer also appeared on the air of the “Evening Urgant” program.

Discography

• 2011 - “Remote”
• 2012 - “Repair”
• 2013 - “Dash”
• 2014 - “Azbuka Morze”
• 2016 - “Inside Out”
• 2016 - “92 days”
• 2017 - “Good music of the keys”
• 2018 - “What kind of people are in Hollywood”

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27-year-old rap artist Matvey Melnikov, known as Mot, and his chosen one, top model Maria Melnikova (Gural), got married in a church last weekend and threw a party for celebrity guests on the occasion.

On April 23, a wedding ceremony and an unofficial, solemn part of the wedding of rap artist Matvey Melnikov and model Maria Gural took place in Moscow. Their wedding raised many questions, since the lovers got married last year, in the summer. However, the wedding and the formal part, with guests, in wedding dresses and with all the traditions, it took place only in April of the current year. The bride explained why she and her husband decided to do this.

On August 5, 2016, the artist of the Black Star label, 27-year-old Mot (Matvey Melnikov - real name) married model Maria Gural. The newlyweds did not organize a magnificent celebration: they came to one of the Moscow registry offices in jeans and white T-shirts. After the wedding ceremony, the lovers went on their honeymoon to Singapore.

A year after the marriage was registered, something else happened in the family an important event. Matvey and Maria got married in church.

And the end of the month was not chosen by chance; they met on April 23 three years ago. For the first year, the lovers lived in different cities, and separation was not easy for them, however, they managed to overcome all life’s difficulties.

There have been a lot of requests on the Internet regarding Mota and Gural. Among them: “Maria Gural, biography, Wikipedia”, “Maria Gural, age, Mot”, “Mot’s wife Maria Gural, biography”, “Maria Gural, photo in a swimsuit” and others.

“You don't have to have wings to fly. The main thing is to have people in life who won’t let you fall...” – Maria Gural wrote after the event happy event in her life.

Both Maria and Mot have repeatedly stated in their interviews with journalists that they have many envious people who want to separate them. But apparently, the love of the stars has withstood all the tests.

The model says that the motives for such an act are actually quite banal: the couple decided to make the whole process simpler and divide it into an official and an unofficial part. This way, she said, there was less hassle in preparing for the ceremony. However, over time, the couple decided to slightly change the plan of action. If initially Mot and Gural planned to play the ceremonial part in Greece, then, in the end, they decided to organize it in Moscow.

"I have the most best wife in the world!” the rapper captioned one of the photos.

In a day sacred rite Mot and Maria looked amazing. The couple's fans were especially delighted with the bride's snow-white dress with a long train. “Wow, Maria, you are gorgeous, good luck to you family life“,” “Awesome, Masha, the most beautiful,” “And he has the best wife in the world, very beautiful,” “How beautiful,” fans congratulated the couple (Spelling and punctuation are the author’s - Note ed.).

Maria in given time 26 years old, she was born in Lviv, her mother is Ukrainian, and her father Jewish roots. She studied after school in Kyiv, her father had an idea to send her abroad for this, but her mother was against it, so the choice fell on Kyiv.

Maria's height is small, just one hundred and sixty-three centimeters. The girl’s birthday is January 17th, and she recently celebrated another one. Mot dedicated to his bride, and then to his wife many musical compositions. And Maria starred in his videos, and from there people began to recognize her. They met their future husband casually, through social networks, and then he invited her to meet. After this, the couple never separates; they are now constantly together. Maria constantly supports her husband in all his endeavors.

– It feels like a grandiose holiday is planned! How many guests do you plan to invite?

We planned to take only 20-30 people with us to Greece, but now the list has increased significantly, but we are glad that we have the opportunity to invite more friends. We are now expecting approximately 100 guests at our wedding.

– Tell us about the design details. Will there be a dress code for guests?

It will be a real spring fairy tale, everything will be done in white and green colors and decorated with flowers. I can’t point out any special design details. When Yulia Shakirova gets down to business, bright details absolutely everyone becomes! But, probably, we are still putting a lot of emphasis on the veranda, which we will decorate and present especially beautifully. There is also a presidium where the bride and groom will sit. Well, in my opinion, there’s no way without a dress code. Since we want everything to be perfect, we also thought through this point. We ask guests to choose outfits in powdery shades, preferably green. I really hope that all our guests will be imbued with an atmosphere of tenderness and warmth. Spring is always the birth of something new, the anticipation of happiness...

Of course, as at any wedding, the guests will be entertained by artists, and in general our program itself is very rich, full of surprises. They didn’t even miss the fact that Real Madrid would be playing against Barcelona that day, because my husband is an ardent fan of this team, and I’m sure that the brightest moments will be football ones! We plan to bring the match to the main screens. Therefore, no one will forget this wedding!

– After the wedding, of course, the honeymoon! Where will you go?

Our honeymoon will only last four days, since Matvey, thank God, has a tight schedule, so we will enjoy a short weekend in Greece, and a full-fledged vacation awaits us in August.

Photo: personal archive Maria Melnikova

– You and Matvey create the impression of a very happy couple. However, the path to happiness was not easy. When you started building a long-distance relationship, was it difficult?

We are actually very happy. And you are right again, the path was not easy, but it seems to me that any relationship must overcome difficulties. At a distance you especially learn to trust, at a distance you especially appreciate and understand how important it is for you.

- Let's remember how he proposed. Were you very worried?

Matvey proposed in Thailand, we went to an island that local residents called Thailand's Maldives. This is a place of extreme beauty, but Matvey probably knew about it, so he took us on a tour. The time had come to set sail, almost everyone had changed clothes and were settling into the boat, when Matvey decided to take another dip. I didn’t understand why he wanted to return to the hotel wet, but I didn’t argue, I did as the man said. I dived, and when I emerged, I saw very worried eyes and heard cherished words, I was overwhelmed with emotions. You know, I wanted to say so much, but I couldn’t say a word. It was indescribable, fabulous, and, of course, I will remember this for the rest of my life.

Everyone probably knows the story of how we met! We actually met in social network, he found me as a friend of our mutual friend, liked me vertically, horizontally and sideways and wrote me a personal message. We talked, and when I came to visit best friend, who lived in Moscow at that time, met. From that moment on, everything somehow began to spin quickly, and now we are husband and wife.

Photo: personal archive of Maria Melnikova

– Are you jealous of Matvey’s fans?

Maybe this happened in some early period of our communication. But obvious conflict situations I don't remember. Now I can say with confidence that I respect each of his fans, since these people share the love for my husband’s work, moreover, I am Matvey’s most ardent fan, I am always completely delighted with everything he does and understand, of course well, everyone else.

– Do you live in Moscow or outside the city? Are you a city person or do you want peace and quiet?

We live in Moscow. Until recently, I would have answered you unequivocally that I am a city person and country life has always passed me by, but recently for Matvey’s birthday I gave him a surprise. We went out of town and stayed there for two days. I wanted to take a break from everything, to be in peace and quiet, and that trip sank into my soul so much that now it seems to me that I value city life and country life equally.