Face (rapper)

Face

Ivan Timofeyevich Dryomin (Russian: Иван Тимофеевич Дрёмин; born 8 April 1997), better known by his stage name Face, is a Russian rapper who made his debut in 2015 with his EP Cursed Stamp (Russian: Проклятая печать) and has been producing music since. He has been criticizing the Russian president Vladimir Putin for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and he has been defined as a "foreign agent".

Quotes

• Since my birth, there has been no freedom in this country. Here, bought judges ruin people’s lives.
  • "Russian Rappers Are Giving Up on Putin", Moscow Times, 14 December 2018

"Meet Russia’s most controversial rap star" (2018)

"Meet Russia’s most controversial rap star", Dazed, 26 February 2018

• We brag about fictitious victories over the USA, old military exploits, but today we have nothing to be proud of. People are stuck in the past.

• There are a lot of problems up here. Policemen should protect the people – and here, when you see them, you get fucking scared. There’s no freedom of speech, too. Even when people want to say something, they get scared and keep silent. There’s no change among authorities – Russia is moving back to the USSR, the Stalin times. Poverty is still the main problem.

• I know what it feels like when you survive on your grandparents’ tiny pension, what it feels like when your mother gets religious and literally loses her mind because of it.