Connect-R is a musician well known in Romania, who was born June 9, 1982, in Bucharest. His real name is Ștefan Relu Mihalache and he has a gypsy origin. Ștefan began his career at the age of 8. Then he was a danser and a member of the dance group
Primăvara which in romanian means
spring. When he was 15 years old he bacame interested in hip-hop and for the first time he entered the recording studio to record his first song "Observ". In 1999 he released a new song named "Operație pe suflet deschis" which means "Open-soul surgery". In 2000 he colaborated, for the first time, with the band
R.A.C.L.A. which was a big star in romanian show business. In 2006 he bacame the first rapper which took part in the Eurovision Song Contest as a representative of Moldova. He performed a song named "Loca" with Arsenie Todera who is well known from the fact that he was a part of a trio "O-Zone" which in 2004 released the most famous song of the summer "Dragostea din tei". This event opened the door to his further career and in 2007 Connect-R recorded his first album Dacă dragostea dispare (in english
If the love dissapear). Three years later he founded his own record company named
Rappin’ On Production. In 2012 he recorded a new album "From Nothing to Something''.
Today Connect-R is one of the most popular artist in Romania and his songs gain more and more attention not only in his country but also in Europe. Thanks to a fact that he records his songs not only in romanian but also in english he can be listened in different parts of the world. His latest song "Se poarta vara" ("It's wearing summer") was recorded with Nicole Cherry - the new young romanian artist. The song describes the warmest time of the year.
"Vara nu dorm" (I don't sleep in the summer time) is one of my favorite songs because this song I have heard when I have visited Romania for the first time. I participated in the summer course of the romanian language and one day our teacher gave us a piece of paper with the lyrics of the songs about summer. One of the songs was "vara nu dorm" performed by Connect-R. Since then I have started listening to his songs because all of them give me a possitive energy.
