Milen Hristov Karabakalov (born November 15, 1992), known professionally by his stage name 2Strong Beatz, is a Bulgarian musician, beatmaker, rapper, and songwriter. 

With close friends from his neighborhood and high school, in 2009, 2Stgong has formed a hip-hop group Street Army, with whom he recorded numerous songs and performed at different events. After nearly two years the group was disbanded and 2Strong has followed a production career with a passion for creating instrumentals. 2Strong Beatz has been nominated for the Bulgarian’s Beatmaker of the year award in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Career

2Strong’s beat-making debut outside of Street Army came out in 2012 after his collaboration with the rapper Braketo. The video for their first collaboration song “Emotsiya” (Engl. “Emotion”) included the famous Bulgarian rapper Misho Shamara a.k.a Big Sha. After that, 2Strong and Braketo have partnered on several projects, and later, 2Strong has produced songs for Braketo’s label colleagues from Vendetta Production. 2Strong’s music has been used as a soundtrack in Braketo’s TV show “Otpravna tochka” (Engl. “Starting Point”). 

2Strong Beats have joined forces with other Bulgarian beatmakers for the Beat Dealerz beat-mixtape series. He participated in Beat Dealerz volume 3 (2012) and Beat Dealerz volume 4 (2016). 2Strong also has joined the Bulgarian beatmaker Tr1ckmusic for the beat-mixtape Beat ‘em up volume 1 (2012). 2Strong Beatz is known for his collaboration with the Bulgarian artist (music producer and beatmaker) Iron Soundz. They have joined forces with several other beatmakers for their beat-mixtapes It’s a Trap volume 1 (2013) and It’s a Trap volume 2 (2014). His solo beat-tape came out in 2017 with the title 2Strong EP. 

Personal Life

2Strong got a 3rd degree of professional qualification in the profession "Mechanical technician" from his high school - Ivan Hadjienov Vocational High School. He also got a bachelor’s degree from the Technical University of Gabrovo in the profession “Industrial Management”. 2Stong was a member of his high school basketball team, with whom he won the city championship twice – in 2009, 2010. He has won the school’s 3x3 basketball tournament in 2011 as well. 2Strong also participated in several 2x2 streetball tournaments.

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