Pierre Narcisse is the "chocolate hare" of the Russian pop music world. The native Cameroonian became a real Russian, managed to win the love of the public, but, to everyone's regret, released only one full-fledged solo album. How did he get to Russia? Why did his singing career suddenly stop and what is he doing now?
Mudio Mukutu Pierre Narcissus is a Russian pop singer, a participant in one of the seasons of the legendary Star Factory. His hit "I am a chocolate rabbit" became a real folk song that sounded from all windows. Why has he recently appeared in scandalous shows, and not on the stage of concert halls? How is his career and personal life developing? Which of the gossip about him is true, and which is the fiction of journalists or a PR move?
Biography of singer Pierre Narcissus
The future star of the Russian pop scene hails from Cameroon. Pierre was born on February 19, 1977, in the family of a financier and businessman. The boy's mother graduated from one of the French universities and works in a large bank, his father was educated in Germany, is engaged in the development of his own business, and quite successfully. According to family legend, the ancestors of the family belonged to the Cameroonian shaman caste.
Parents tried to develop Pierre and his older brother in many ways - the boys attended creative circles and sports sections, mastered the musical direction. Pierre graduated from school in the class of playing the tenor saxophone.
Pierre Narcissus came to Russia after graduating from a comprehensive school with in-depth study of foreign languages in Cameroon. The young man was invited by a relative who lived at that time in the Moscow region, so that the boy received a good higher education.
Pierre entered the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University, became a member of the international KVN team, worked in a casino at the same time, dabbled in acting and even played a cameo role in Nikita Mikhalkov's film.
"Star Factory" and the film career of Pierre Narcissus
The young Cameroonian was already ready to return to his homeland, as he was "bothered" by the Russian frosts and everyday problems. The movie stopped him - he was cast for a small role in the "Siberian Barber" by Mikhalkov.
In 2001, he became co-host of Yana Churikova on the MTV Russia TV channel, and then Star Factory came into his life. In 2003, he successfully passed the casting, became the ward of Maxim Fadeev.
After the end of the project, Fadeev took a talented Cameroonian under his wing. Together they recorded several hit songs, shot clips on them, released the album "Chocolate Bunny", which included the best songs of the performer:
- "Kiss-kiss"
- "Grape juice",
- "I am a chocolate bunny"
- "Re-looks"
- "Mamba" and others.
For this work, Pierre Narcissus was awarded the high title - Honored Artist of Ingushetia, received many musical awards on a Russian scale.
Sports and business in the life of Pierre Narcissus
Pierre dreamed of a career in sports since childhood - he was engaged in boxing at home, was a leading member of the football team and showed great promise, according to the coaches. But the passion for music at the age of 13 changed the plans of the young man. However, sport is present in his life even now - he plays in amateur football teams, took part in a sports TV show, the direction of which was boxing.
Pierre Narcisse's peak of popularity has long been over, but he managed to make music his business - he writes songs, acts as a DJ, hosts at large and individual events, tours, and even tried to promote his daughter in the world of show business.
Tours, corporate parties, selling their own compositions, participating in TV shows bring a good income for the "chocolate bunny". In addition, he starred in several more films - "Frost", "Goldfish", "New Adventures of Aladdin", "Loser", "Golden Key", in the documentary project "The Diamond Hand". Pierre Narcisse, according to him, has no plans to leave Russia or change the direction of his activities.
Personal life of singer Pierre Narcissus
Immediately after the completion of the Star Factory-2 project, Pierre married the Russian model Kalacheva Valeria. In 2005, the couple had a daughter, Caroline. The family looked happy, but soon publications began to appear in the media about Pierre's abuse of both his wife and daughter.
The singer himself was reluctant to discuss this topic, but he was happy to talk about his daughter's successes. The girl really showed good results in tennis, studied foreign languages, was fond of music, tried herself in vocals. In public, the family did not hide a warm relationship, but the singer's fans learned about what was happening at home only many years later - in 2015.
The couple parted, but Narcissus tried to return love - until 2017, he did not give his wife a divorce. Sometimes they reappeared at social events together.
A real scandal around Pierre's drunkenness and assault broke out when his new passion, Suvorov Marianna, accused him of the same sins - beating and rape. The scandal was followed by a trial, rumors became a topic for several TV shows at once. Narcissus's wife filed for an official divorce and even forbade him to meet with his daughter for a while.
As a result, the scandal came to naught. While there is no new information in the media about the novels of Pierre Narcissus. It is only known that he resumed meetings with his daughter, and his wife does not oppose them.
Now Pierre Narcisse continues to develop his creative career, willingly takes part in a TV show, helps his ex-wife in raising her daughter, but, in his own words, there was no hope of reuniting with his family.
