Slatkaristika

Slatkaristika is a Macedonian rapper, singer and producer, born Marko Marinković on 15 August 1986 in Skopje. He mixes hip-hop with pop, has been releasing records since 2004 and is also known simply as Slatkar.

He started making music at twelve, and at fifteen he formed the group Edinstvena Opcija with his friend Skit Skitara; their album Rap tvrdina came out in 2004. In 2008 he was among the founders of the hip-hop crew Toksikologija, with Puka Kozmetika, Skit, Ace NL and others. In May 2009 he signed with Jovanov Records and released his first solo album, Slatkaristika budalo, with "Shopping", "FM", "Da poletam" and "Top".

In July 2009 he gave a concert at the Ancient Theatre in Ohrid, with Toni Zen as a guest, and a concert at the Metropolis Arena in Skopje came out on DVD in May 2010. He has also played the culture halls of Štip and Strumica and the Mladost sports hall in Bitola. With Toni Zen he recorded "Mi casa e su casa" (2007) and "Spušti se dole" (2009), and in July 2010 he and Toksikologija were the guests at Toni Zen's first solo concert in Ohrid.

"Klasika" and "Ekstra, ekstra" followed in 2011, and his second album, Noviot album, in 2012, with "Olabavi me", "Sara", "Razgovor so sovesta" and "Bum Bam". Later singles include "Bumerang" and "Dimi Džam" (2015), the latter with Tyzee and Ferus, "Tik Tak" with Krisko and "Kaži da" (2016), "Terorista" and "Mani" (2017), and "Luda romantika", "Otvoreno pismo" and "Amsterdam" (2018).

In 2019 Slatkaristika released "Dijamanti" with Dva Bona, "Maradona" with Tasko and "Marija", a Macedonian-Greek project, and from that year he has worked with Urban Records. He has also recorded "Vodi me" with Kaliopi and "Eminem" with the American rapper Obie Trice, and his YouTube channel has passed 100,000 subscribers.