Slava KPSS

Vyacheslav Valeryevich Mashnov (; born 9 May 1990), best known by his stage name Slava KPSS (Слава КПСС) is a Russian hip-hop artist and streamer.

Biography Vyacheslav was born on 9 May 1990 in Khabarovsk and studied at the Khabarovsk Institute of Infocommunications. Before the start of his musical career, Mashnov listened to rappers Noize MC, Kasta, Mnogotochie, as well as rock musicians: Yegor Letov, Boris Grebenshchikov, DDT, Zvuki Mu, Alisa, Agatha Christie and others.

In 2016, Mashnov, under the pseudonym Gnoyny, became a member of the creative rap association Antihype (which also included SD, Khan Zamai and Booker).

Attention to Vyacheslav grew after the battle against Ernesto Zatknites in July 2016, where he criticized Oxxxymiron, accusing him of hypocrisy and calling him "a hype-hungry pig".

The rap battle with Oxxxymiron, which became the most anticipated in Russia, took place within the 2nd season of Versus x #SlovoSPB on 6 August and was published on 13 August. Slava KPSS defeated Oxxxymiron with a score of 5:0. The video became resonant and gained about 10 million views in the first day after publication. After the battle he gave an interview to Yuri Dud for the Internet show "vDud".

Stage names Sulla MC was the first stage name used in 2009–2010. Slava KPSS (Glory to the CPSU) is the main stage name. It is a wordplay, the term slava can be used as glory to, but Slava is also a shortening of the name Vyacheslav. Rapper's father came up with such stage name. Gnoyny (Purulent) is used for rap battles. Ptichiy Pepel (Bird Ash) is the alternative name for battles.

In an interview with Ksenia Sobchak, he stated that he is a vegetarian and adheres to left-wing political views.

In May 2021, Vyacheslav announced that he would run for the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Green Alternative party.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Mini albums