Russ Millions

Russ Millions

Artist

Shylo Batchelor Ashby Milwood (b. 20 March 1996), popularly known as Russ Millions (short for ‘Russian’, name changed due to controversy with the American rapper Russ) is a rapper from Lewisham, South London. He is a member of the Splash Music Group (SMG) drill collective.

Russ caused controversy when he dissed 814 rapper Showkey in his tune with Maj and SP, “Tribute 811”. The track came a week just after Showkey and Mdot were stabbed to death. The track was a a reply to Showkey’s dissing of YB, a member of SMG, in “Vavavoom”.

He is also known for the popularisation of the dance ‘'Gun Lean’'.

In January 2019, Pressplay (popular UK Drill outlet) renamed Russ' name on all of his videos to ‘Rush’. Russ himself was not happy with Pressplay for doing it. Pressplay claimed they were forced to change Russ' name after being asked by American rapper Russ' legal team. Most of Russ' videos are blocked in the US and Canada, possibly related to the name problem. This was later changed back, and Russ now goes by ‘Russ Millions’.