Education
A graduate of the Turkish Lyceum in Baku (TDV-BTL), he studied journalism at Baku State University.
founder musician Azeri songwriter
A graduate of the Turkish Lyceum in Baku (TDV-BTL), he studied journalism at Baku State University.
The first demo album of the group was released on internet and received thousands views right away. Starting as just a music community grew into a big movement of creative youth. has released two albums: and "Qarada qırmızı" 2008 (engineering Red in black), and performed on big stages of Azerbaijan Republic. There was a generation of young people calling themselves "HOSTed", which means those who follow the ideas described in the songs of group – propaganda of intelligence, justice, free thinking and personality.
In 2010 Qaraqan has started his own project
Royal Pashayev from started work with him as producer and art director Elkhan is performing in unique music genre – spoken word, acoustic hip-hop and jazz poetry where lyrics and music create a magical tandem.
Qaraqan authored more than 200 songs, written for his group and himself. He has released three solo albums: "Qısa Qapanma" 2009 (engineering Short circuit), "Ishiq" 2011 (engineering Light) and "Leykemia" 2013 (engineering Leukemia).
These albums brought Qaraqan on a new level, making him a cult figure in the music art of Azerbaijan.
Qaraqan performed successfully in Norwegian Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic, Ankara and Istanbul (Turkey) within two weeks tour, in Moscow City (Russia) et cetera In 2015 Qaraqan performed in Austin, Texas as an official representative of SXSW Festival. At the same time Qaraqan is a famous book writer
He has published 7 novels which all became bestsellers in his homeland.
His novel "A" (engineering A) and "Mələk" (engineering Angel) were translated into Russian and English languages.
Qaraqan is a member of Union of Azerbaijani Writers, the largest public organization of Azerbaijani writers, poets and publicists. In 2014 he became one of the members of the council of the Union.