Jakub Bartłomiej Badach, known professionally as Kuba Badach, was born on August 24, 1976, in Poland. He is a singer who began his music career with the band Poluzjanci and later joined The Globetrotters. Badach's initial breakthrough came with the release of Tak po prostu (2000) by Poluzjanci. His solo career started with the album Gwiazdkowe cuda in 1988, followed by Tribute to Andrzej Zaucha in 2009 and Oldschool in 2017. Badach has won two Fryderyk Polish Recording Industry awards and became a coach on the 15th season of The Voice of Poland.