Jah Khalib

Bakhtiyar Mammadov was born on September 29, 1993, in Almaty to an Azerbaijani father and Kazakh mother.^[1][2] He studied musicology and management in the Kazakh National Conservatory.^[3]

When starting his solo career, he took on the stage name of Jah Khalib. According to him, Khalib is a fictitious name, while Jah is the name of God in Rastafari.^[3] Among his early works, the most popular were "Твои сонные глаза", "SnD", "Сжигая дотла" and "Ты для меня". Soon after, his popularity grew outside Kazakhstan.^[4] He released his first solo album in 2016, named "Если че, я Баха".^[4]

In 2015 and 2016 he was included in the list of stars of show business and sports of the Forbes Kazakhstan magazine.^[4] In June 2017, he won the Muz-TV 2017 Prize for the "Breakthrough of the Year" nomination.^[5] In 2018, he received his first Golden Gramophone Award for the song "Медина" in Moscow.^[6]

In the summer of 2019, he moved to Kyiv, where he continued to work on his album "Выход в свет".^[7] He released the album on 29 October 2019, which contained 14 tracks.

In April 2023, his concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg were cancelled due to his open support of Ukraine.^[8]

He got married in the summer of 2020.^[9] In 2022 he revealed that his wife is Ukrainian, who converted to Islam.^[10]

Studio albums

• KHALIBания души - released in 2015
• Джазовый грув - released in 2016
• Всё что мы любим - released in 2016
• Если чё, я Баха - released in 2016
• E.G.O. - released in 2018
• Выход в свет - released in 2019
• 911 - released in 2020
• Баха и Дмитрий Карантино - released in 2020
• Мудрец - released in 2021