Yaktak

Yaroslav Mykolaiovych Karpuk, known professionally as Yaktak, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter of pop and hip-hop.

Biography

Karpuk's grandparents nurtured his love for music since childhood. His maternal grandmother teaches at the Stara Vyzhivka Children's Music School, and his grandfather teaches at the Stara Vyzhivka Vocational Lyceum.
Karpuk graduated from the gymnasium in his family's village. He is studying at the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts.
In 2019, Karpuk took part in the 5th season of the Ukrainian television show "Holos.Dity", got to the super final and took 2nd place. In 2020, he won first and second places at the World Championships of Performing Arts.
Since 2021, he has been writing his own songs and music for them. The same year he won the Grand Prix at the Chornomorski ihry festival.

In February 2022, he launched his solo project Yaktak in Kyiv.
He has duet works with Jerry Heil, MamaRika, SOBOL, DOVI, Kola, Golubenko. According to the Weekno website, Yaktak holds high positions in the TOP 10 every week.
He was awarded a prize at the Muzvar Awards 2023.
He was selected as one of the finalists of for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Lalala". He finished in fourth position.