The young but ambitious rap trio Kalush loudly announced itself on the Ukrainian
music scene with the very first track «Не маринуй» (‘Don’t Pickle Me Up’)
uploaded on their YouTube channel in 2019. Naming his band after his native town
of Kalush, the frontman Oleh Psiuk uses provincial slang and local topics of
urban life to connect with the band's audience. After the premiere of the video
for the track «Ти гониш» (‘You Kidding’) Kalush signed a contract with the
American hip-hop label Def Jam. This was the first time Def Jam undertook the
promotion of a little-known Ukrainian ba...