Ivan Vitalyevich Petunin, known as Walkie, was born on May 24, 1995, in Belorechensk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Inspired by Eminem and 2Pac, he began rapping at 14 and started participating in rap battles on the Slovo battle site in 2012. After joining the army in 2015, Walkie returned to St. Petersburg in 2016 and gained attention with a staged fight against rapper Abbalbisk. In 2017, he released several albums and participated in numerous battles, including some on Versus. Walkie's health issues led to a diagnosis of mania and schizophrenia. On September 30, 2022, he released a video on Telegram, opposing the Russian mobilization for the Russo-Ukrainian war, and died by jumping from a high-rise building, releasing his final album Walk Out Boy 3 that day.
