MAXIFAM, Miyagi & Эндшпиль

Miyagi and Andy Panda, who occasionally goes by the name Эндшпиль, meaning endgame, are two Russian MCs from the North Caucasian city of Vladikavkaz. In their home country, the duo is one of the top acts on the hip-hop scene with millions of streams. Miyagi and Andy Panda, who have been big rap fans since childhood, joined forces in 2015 after previously releasing tracks as solo artists. The first joint singles such as "Санавабич", "Вавилон" or "Музыка" (all 2015) were followed by the debut LP Hajime Pt. 1 in 2016, which was supplemented by its successor Hajime Pt. 2 in the same year. The artists, who move freely between vaporwave, trap, dancehall and ragga approaches as well as old-school influences, follow up in 2017 with their third album умшакакалака and the platinum-winning single "I Got Love" (feat. Rem Digga), before Pt. 3 (2018) brings the Hajime trilogy, which began in 2015, to a close.