Popular in the early 2000s, Russian performer Oscar (Shamil Malkanduyev), who moved to the United States many years ago, confessed to prostitution. The video recording of the subscriber's conversation with the artist was published by the telegram channel Mash.
According to her, Oscar is waiting for customers on the street in Queens (New York), the fee is from $ 6. On the face is a strange make—up, which, according to the former artist, is protection from aggressive clients. During a casual conversation, Oscar offered to sing a song of his own composition, and as a result, he performed Lana Del Rey's Ride song to the guitar.

A friend of the artist, who collected money for his support, says that Oscar never took the sleeping bag and warm clothes he bought for living on the street. Also, for some reason, he does not withdraw benefits from his account, preferring to earn money by prostitution.
Oscar thundered in 2000 with the release of the album "Running on the edge of a knife" with the hits "Smear vaseline" and "Between me and you", for the last composition he received the "Golden Gramophone". Under this name, two more albums were released a year later. In 2005, already as Shamil, the artist released the disc "Oscar is killed — Shamil is detained."
As reported by EADaily, in 2020 he declared himself a woman Scarlett, last spring he changed his female pseudonym and became Gemma. Under this name, Oscar posted several songs in English and Russian, but failed to achieve his former popularity.
Earlier it was reported that Oscar is homeless, despite the fact that his relatives paid for his apartment, hangs out in bars. It was also claimed that he wants to return to Russia.