VovaZiLʹvova

VovaZiLʹvova
Background information
Born (1983-12-30) 30 December 1983
Lviv, Ukraine
Origin Ukraine
GenresHip-hop
OccupationRapper
Years active2005–2014, 2019–
Websitehttp://www.youtube.com/VovaZiLvovaTV/

Volodymyr Parfeniuk[a] (born 30 December 1983), known professionally as VovaZiLʹvova[b], is a Ukrainian rapper based in Los Angeles, California.[1][2]

Biography

Volodymyr Parfeniuk was born in Lviv on 30 December 1983 to a family of a dental technician and a dancer.[3] He graduated from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts and began working as a TV host on the M1 Ukrainian music channel. There, he met Roman Verkulich, with whom he recorded his first tracks.[3] Parfeniuk started writing his own lyrics in 2002 and began performing in 2005. In the next year, Parfeniuk became the anchorman of the hip hop show VovaZiL’vova on the channel and released his first album.[4] He emigrated to the United States in 2014 and stopped producing music until 2019. He writes his music together with his wife, performs for the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and donates some of his revenue to the Ukrainian military that is repelling the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Parfeniuk is described as the face of Ukrainian-language hip hop music in the 2000s.[4] He performed in the Ukrainian language, some of his music was also released in Russian and Polish.[2]

Discography

Albums

  • Wine, Ladies, Gramophone (2006)[5]
  • Yoy #1 (2007)[6]
  • Yoy #2 (2012)[6]
  • Beautiful other (2013)[5]
  • Music of joy in troubled times (2020)[5]
  • Little Ukrainian Rap Almanac (2023)[5]

Singles

  • What is in the heart (2021)[7]
  • I was looking for you. I found you (2021)[7]
  • Sun (2021)[7]
  • Voice (2023)[7]
  • I am not at war. But war is in me (2024)[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Ukrainian: Володимир Парфенюк
  2. ^ Ukrainian: Вова зі Львова

References

  1. ^ Matviychuk, Iryna (28 June 2023). ""Вова зі Львова" та Уляна Малиняк - про українських артистів за кордоном, Світлану Лободу та свій творчий фронт. Інтерв'ю Голосу Америки". Voice of America (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  2. ^ a b Hnat, Marta (11 June 2024). "Вложился в развитие украинской музыки и уехал за границу: чем сейчас занимается Вова зі Львова" [Invested in the development of Ukrainian music and left the country: What Vova zi Lvova is doing now]. 24 Kanal (in Russian).
  3. ^ a b c "Вова зі Львова: біографія та творчість. Як став відомим Володимир Парфенюк" [Vova zi Lvova: biography and work. How Volodymyr Parfeniuk became famous]. lviv-day.com (in Ukrainian). 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Де зараз Вова зі Львова - головне обличчя україномовного репу 2000-х" [Where is Vova zi Lvova now - the main face of Ukrainian-language rap of the 2000s]. RBK Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 28 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "VovaZiLvova". Spotify. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b "VovaZiL'vova". music.i.ua. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Vova zi Lvova". Discogs. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
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