Ukrainian producer and rapper Potap today, May 8, celebrates his birthday. He turns 37 years old.

Editorial site TV. UA collected for its readers 5 little-known facts about the artist in honor of his birthday.

Alexey Potapenko (real name of the singer) was born on May 8, 1981 in Kiev. Potap's father is a military man, and my mother is now a children's swimming coach. Potap also received a master of sports in water polo. At school I studied well.

At school he began to write songs, at the institute - to play in KVN. Potap has 2 educations - a physical education teacher and a water polo coach, and also a Master of Economic Sciences. Thanks to this artist, probably, the business is given.

Glory to Potap came after a duet with Nastya Kamensky in 2006. Their song "Nepar" became a hit, and the union lasted for 11 years.

Now the artists have a creative pause.

The musician has a tradition in the family, according to which the boys were called Andrei and Alexei.

Potap was already married. His first wife was financier Irina Gorovaya. The marriage lasted 15 years, after which the relationship was cracked, and in 2014, Alex and Irina divorced. The couple have a common son Andrew, who is now 9 years old.

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