Miron Yanovich Fyodorov was born in 1985 in
Leningrad, in a family of
Russian Jews. His father is a
theoretical physicist of the
Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics in St. Petersburg and his mother is a
librarian. In St. Petersburg, Miron attended secondary school No. 185. When Fyodorov was 9 years old, his family emigrated to
Essen, Germany. During his studies in Maria Wächtler School, Miron had a 'tense relationship' with his classmates because of his social standing and poor German. At the age of 13, Fyodorov began to write lyrics and rap in
German and
Russian under the name MC Mif (from
Miron
Fyodorov). When he was 15, the Fyodorovs moved to
Slough, England. In 2004, Miron Fyodorov began studying at the
University of Oxford,
Balliol College in the faculty of English. During his studies Fyodorov was the president of the Russian community of Oxford. In 2006 he was diagnosed with
bipolar disorder and had to stop studying, however he managed to continue studying after a break. In June 2008 he graduated from the university with a degree in English literature. After university, Fyodorov moved to the
East End where he restarted his musical career under the name Oxxxymiron. The name is derived from his first name Miron, rhetorical device
oxymoron and
triple X, representing the large amount of profanity in his lyrics. He was not able to find a job because of his perceived
overqualification and had to work as a cashier, a translator, a loader, a guide, a stallman, a tutor, an MC and an office clerk. Fyodorov's life in London formed the basis of the script of the Russian 2015 TV series
Londongrad.
Optik Russia (2008–2010) In 2008, after a seven-year break, Oxxxymiron published a new track
London Against All (). In the same year he joined a German label
Optik Russia where he met Dimitri Hinter (), known by his stage name . In 2009 Oxxxymiron participated in the 14th independent battle on Hip-Hop.ru and reached the semi-finals. One of the main intrigues of the battle was the correspondence confrontation of Oxxxymiron and underground anonymous rapper , which was expressed in mutual disses against each other in the tracks of both performers. However, due to the departure of Miron after the 8th round, the face-to-face confrontation between them never took place. On 26 and 31 July of the same year, Miron's first concerts took place in
Kyiv and
Odesa.
Vagabund (2011) In autumn 2010 Oxxxymiron and Schokk toured countries of
CIS. In a year, Oxxxymiron, Schokk and manager Ivan Karoy aka Vanya Lenin founded an independent label
Vagabund (
Vagabond in German). On 15 September 2011, Vagabund published Fyodorov's first album
The Wandering Jew (), which received a lot of positive reviews. On 30 October 2011
Vagabund gave their last concert. On 1 November 2011 Oxxxymiron left
Vagabund due to conflict between the members of the label and
Moscow rapper
Roma Zhigan.
miXXXtape (2012–2014) , 24 July 2012 On 12 March 2012 Oxxxymiron published
miXXXtape I which includes the best tracks recorded from 2008 to 2011. On 18 October 2013
miXXXtape II: Long way home () was published. It included the best tracks of 2012-2013 and remixed Oxxxymiron's bars from his battle against
Krip-a-Krip in
Versus Battle league.
Londongrad Single (2015–2016) On 25 August 2015 the music video
Londongrad () was published as a teaser trailer for TV series
Londongrad based on Miron's life in
London before restarting his rapper career. On 28 June 2016 Oxxxymiron became the first ambassador of
Reebok Classic in Russia.
2017–present of
St. Petersburg, 28 October 2017 On 28 September 2017 it was announced that Oxxxymiron will star in the film adaptation of
Victor Pelevin’s novel
Empire V. The film's
director is
Victor Ginzburg, famous for the
screen version of the novel
Generation "П". In September 2019, Oxxxymiron unexpectedly took part in the 17th Independent Battle on Hip-Hop.ru and passed the track for the first qualifying round. After that, a certain wave of excitement began around the event, and many famous hip-hop artists also participated (
Egor Kreed,
Noize MC,
L'One,
ST1M,
Yury Khovansky, etc.). On 1 November 2021 Oxxxymiron published a ten-minute-long music video
Who killed Mark?. On 12 November Fyodorov's third mixtape,
miXXXtape III: Time of Troubles, was released. It included 36 songs from 2014 to 2021 and two new tracks among them. The nine-minute single
Who killed Mark?, which preceded the release of the mixtape, was not included in the playlist of the record. , April 2022 In reaction to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oxxxymiron called for an anti-war movement, stating, "I know that most people in Russia are against this war, and I am confident that the more people would talk about their real attitude to it, the faster we can stop this horror." He cancelled six sold-out concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, stating, "I cannot entertain you when Russian missiles are falling on Ukraine. When residents of Kyiv are forced to hide in basements and in the metro, while people are dying." He later said that it was impossible to hold an
anti-war concert in Russia because "total censorship has been implemented, and anyone who speaks out against the war in any way becomes a potential target for criminal prosecution." He went on to announce a series of
benefit concerts in other countries, entitled "Russians Against War", the proceeds from which would be donated to NGOs helping
Ukrainian refugees. The first of these concerts was held in
Istanbul, which has a large Russian diaspora consisting of people who left the country in protest of the invasion. In September, he returned to Russia; the next month, the Russian
justice ministry added him to the list of
foreign agents.. On 4 March 2025, the studio "Libo/Libo" released an investigation by Nastya Krasilnikova titled "Creative method". It published the accounts of three women (Vera Markovich, Viktoria Kuchak, and Viktoria Mikhailova), each of whom accused Oxxxymiron of
grooming. Two of them (Markovich and Kuchak) also accused him of
sexual abuse of minors. On 6 March 2025, one of the women submitted a formal complaint to the
Investigative Committee of Russia.
Battle rap Oxxxymiron is the 7th most viewed battle rapper in the world. Amount of views of his rap battles exceed 120 million on
YouTube. Oxxxymiron participated in the Russian battle rap league
Versus Battle five times and won the first four of them. • 2013 – Oxxxymiron vs.
Krip-a-Krip (3:0) • 2014 – Oxxxymiron vs. Dunya (won by vote of crowd) • 2015 – Oxxxymiron vs.
Johnyboy (5:0). This battle was watched 1 million times during one day and became the most popular battle in the world. Oxxxymiron and Versus Battle league attracted the
King of the Dot host
Organik's and Dizaster's attention. • 2016 – Oxxxymiron vs.
ST (3:0). This battle was watched 4 million times during one day. • 2017 – Oxxxymiron vs.
Slava KPSS (Versus Battle x #SLOVOSPB) (0:5). This battle was watched over 9 million times during the first day and has become one of the most watched battles in the world. Also Oxxxymiron performed at the
Canadian rap battle league
King of the Dot: • 2017 – Oxxxymiron vs. Dizaster is scheduled as a Main Event for
King of the Dot's World Domination 7 event (without judges). This battle became highest viewed on YouTube channel
King of the Dot. Oxxxymiron after the battle with Dizaster thanked
Slava KPSS for an opportunity to work on the mistakes. According to him, if not for that rap-battle in August, there would not have been such a historical rap-battle in October against Dizaster. == Discography ==