Kazakh musician Imanbek Zeikenov was nominated for the GQ’s annual Men of the Year Awards in the category ‘Discovery of the Year’. He is already a Grammy-winning artist. He won the award for the remix of the song Roses by SAINt JHN. Before the rise to fame, Imanbek was a simple railway worker in the Kazakh town of Aksu.
Stand-up comedian from Oskemen Yevgeniy Chebatkov was nominated in another category ‘Face from the Screen’, while Scriptonite from Pavlodar received a nomination for the ‘Musician of the Year’. In addition, a famous filmmaker from Kazakhstan Timur Bekmambetov has all the chances to win in the category ‘Producer of the Year’.
Translation by Assem Zhanmukhanova
Editing by Saule Mukhamejanova
