Big Baby Tape (Egor Rakitin) is a Russian rapper, songwriter, and beatmaker. Creator and frontman of the musical collective Benzo Gang. He also performs and produces under the alias DJ Tape. He was born on January 5, 2000, in Moscow, Russia.
Listening to this artist's tracks on official streaming platforms, social media, and other services indirectly contributes to financing the war — through taxes paid to the budget of the Russian Federation.
Big Baby Tape's position on the war in Ukraine
On March 1, 2022, Big Baby Tape spoke out against the so-called special military operation in an Instagram Story:
I am against war. War is pain, grief, destruction, the death of civilians and soldiers on both sides. I hope our countries find an opportunity to reach an agreement and that this conflict finally ends. Peace to Ukraine and Russia.
The artist offered no specific commentary distinguishing who the aggressor was and who the victim was in this war. No further statements or actions followed from Big Baby Tape; the rapper chose a stance of silence, continuing his concert tours throughout cities of the Russian Federation.
Following complaints initiated by the head of the Safe Internet League Ekaterina Mizulina, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia opened administrative proceedings against the rapper in connection with the promotion of narcotics (in 8 songs), which subjected the artist to temporary concert cancellations.
In October 2025, Big Baby Tape produced a new track for John Goric titled "Vodka 3", containing the following lines:
Young hazelnut [Oreshnik missile reference], I press launch to fuck you all up here
I screamed: «Free Kursk and all my brothers (Free Kursk)
думаю следует дополнить, так как многое говорит о персонаже
Плюс очевидно що він продовжує жити в рф, платити податки (фінансувати війну) і робити вигляд шо нічого не відбувається. А про його заяву в березні 2022 всі забули через тиждень після її публікації.
Якби він далі качав/відстоював цю позицію то звісно, молодець. Але він обрав позицію мовчазної підтримки російського тероризму