Ukrainian rapper took fury over war to Eurovision after brother killed
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It feels really bad, the worst emotions I had in my life actually.” open image in gallery Otoy was forced to identify the remains of his own brother The rapper’s music reflects his fury and he accuses Russia of trying to “destroy” Ukraine and its culture. “The reason we’re doing it is we are really tired of that Russian b******t – trying to destroy Ukraine, our culture, our musicians.” Not only has the 24-year-old tackled the war through his music, he volunteered on the frontline last summer by salvaging the bodies of dead soldiers and bringing them back to their families. I think, give me a couple of minutes, then everything will be OK – but I never wake up because that has continued for more than a year.” open image in gallery Otoy juggles many different roles – from musician, to volunteer, to IT worker, to fundraiser – during Moscow’s frequent attacks on the Ukrainian capital He is hopeful the war will come to an end his year but says the road to recovery after that will not be easy. “It will be a hard time – receiving bodies back, lots of funerals, lots of rebuilding cities, people returning to their houses and realising there’s no home because it will have been destroyed,” he said.
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