Dakota is the creative pseudonym of the famous Russian performer Margarita Gerasimovich. The singer became famous thanks to the season 7 show "Star Factory" and the project "X-Factor. Main Stage".
Childhood and education
Margarita Sergeyevna Gerasimovich was born in 1990 in the capital of Belarus - Minsk. She was born in a rather poor and incomplete family: there was no father in her life, his role was played by his grandfather on the part of his mother. He received a pension, and the girl’s mother - a tiny teacher’s salary at school. Rita repeatedly remembered that the purchase of every new item in her family was a real event. Nevertheless, she was surrounded by real care, therefore, recalls her childhood exclusively with warmth.
The mother of the girl in the first years of her life began to notice her musical talent and amazing hearing. Rita Gerasimovich studied modern songs, and then performed them for relatives. Despite the difficult financial situation, mother and grandfather still decided to give young talent to a music school, where she began to study the piano and vocals. With her music choir, she traveled to many European countries.
Already at the age of 11, Margarita wrote her first song, and in high school founded her own rock band. The very young age of the performers did not allow them to break through and become famous. After graduating from music school, Gerasimovich entered the vocals studio, which she graduated with honors. It was in his student years that the young performer takes the pseudonym "Dakota".
Participation in TV projects
The first talent show was unsuccessful. At the age of 15, the singer performed an English song in the Belarusian program "Star Stagecoach", because of which she was accused of lacking patriotic feelings for her native country and expelled from the project. Two years later, the performer flew to Moscow to test herself again.
Dakota’s new project was season 7 of the Star Factory show. She did not win this contest, but the love of the audience was obvious: during the project, the song Rita was downloaded the most times. However, this period became very difficult for her. Her grandfather died, and during the program itself she had to listen to a lot of rude criticism. In addition, she simply did not have enough money for musical instruments. After the contest, she temporarily decided to quit performing songs and write them for others. Among her customers were stars such as Christmas tree and Loboda.
The singer did not dare to start a solo career for a long time, but her spouse, the Russian performer Vlad Sokolovsky, helped her in this. He supported her in the decision to appear in the project "Main Scene", and then became the sound producer of her track "Halfman", released in 2016. Since this year, the singer has been actively engaged in her musical career, regularly performing songs of her own authorship.
