Rufat Mehdiyev was born on 7 July 1969 in Baku. From 1976 to 1986 he studied piano at the 26 Baku Commissars Palace of Culture. From 1986 to 1992 he studied at the Faculty of Geology and Geography of Azerbaijan State University. He began pursuing music in 1989. He has worked as a singer since 1992. He appeared in the film-programmes "Qish Nagili" ("A Winter's Tale", 2002) and "Baharin Nagili" ("A Spring's Tale", 2008), produced by Space Television. He died of a stroke on 1 February 2011. He was buried at the Nizami district cemetery.
