The WORD he recently released his new songs and his fans are going crazy on social media. His self-titled album “GTK” went gold, according to the record label’s Instagram update.

LEX – he is a “musical phenomenon” – achieved this too. Within a short time he “broke” all the records and climbed to the top. The songs “Bats”, “True Love” and “Worst Generation” are the ones that have stood out with more than 2.8 million. reproductions each. In total, LEX’s “GTK” album had exceeded 25.5 million. streams on Spotify.

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LEX (stage name of Alexis Lanaras) from Thessaloniki created a buzz from the first moment when he released his fourth personal album, “G.K.T.” (an anagram of his debut, ten years ago, “T.G.K.”, which means “Art for Stickies” and, hopefully, turned into “For Culture”).

“They challenge the records I break / I change shoes and jump like Milto”raps on “Cognac.” Most people – and especially the media – dealt with him after his monumental concert at the Panionio stadium in the summer of 2022. And it is true that over 20,000 young people idolized him, with the rapper writing a new page in the history of Greek rap.

So who is LEX?

He hates interviews and says everything he has to say through his lyrics and music. The new generation – and not only – adores him. Many have called him the “poet” of the angry generation, and they may be right.

Without the support of the media and advertising tricks, LEX “broke” records in the Greek discography, just as he fills all the stages he gives concerts. His music is not “music for brats”, as some have bluntly described it, it does not encourage violence, it speaks its own “truth” with which many identify.

He himself writes in the foreword of the book “LEX, a cement star” that he is just a rapper and that he has never been a “poet of the new generation”, as many have characterized him. “Poetry I feel carries a spiritual education more than a hip-hop verse. Yes, the lyric is powerful, yes, the lyric has something to say, but in rap, the interpretation, the tap, is very important. There are many parameters. Rap to me is not an ideology, it’s a medium, like writing. Of course, I don’t stop observing certain aesthetic codes, I won’t violate them.”

His real name is Alexis Lanaras, he was born on September 25, 1984 in Thessaloniki and grew up in the area of ​​Faliro. He first started as a graffiti artist in 2G (Good Guys), who in 1999 decided to get involved in music, creating the North Stars. They released 4 records with North Stars, but decided to disband and pursue a solo career. In between, LEX had created Anapoda Kapela together with Mikros Kleftis – they released their only album in 2007 entitled “De mas xes kalah”. Three years later, in 2010, his solo career began.

His first album was released in 2014 with the title “Humble and Hungry”. At that time of the still deep economic crisis, his songs spoke about social inequalities, the fringes and delinquent behaviors with a denunciation, which seemed to mature even more with “2XXXX” and reach a ceiling with “METRO” in 2022 That is, success did not come suddenly, the soil had been cultivating it for years.

LEX doesn’t talk about other people’s lives. He talks about his own experiences in the poor neighborhoods of the day laborers and how it is intertwined with petty crime, dreams, misery and even violence. One will find this life of his, not only in a distant scenario, but if he looks next to him…