Vasya Oblomov is the alter ego of Vasily Goncharov, a musical anomaly who fuses rap and spoken-word polemics with traditional Russian music. A writer, singer, rapper and activist, Oblomov is a true polymath, who, in fact, shuns the title of “rapper”. He prefers instead to see his work in terms of a conversation—his thoughts and words merely projected against a backdrop of sound. Introspective, witty, satirical and heartfelt, he seeks to highlight the inequities of Russia's modern political landscape through lyrical and musical subversion.