Tablo
Daniel Armand Lee was born on July 22nd, 1980. He is better known by his stage name Tablo. He is a Korean-Canadian hip-hop recording artist, lyricist, composer, and record producer. Tablo is best known as the leader and producer of veteran Korean hip-hop group Epik High, and the founder of independent music label HIGHGRND (High Ground), which houses bands Hyukoh and The Black Skirts.
Tablo became employed as a lyricist while still in high school. Under the supervision of Tobias Wolff, Tablo graduated from Stanford University with honors in English literature and creative writing. He then moved to Korea, where, in 2001, he formed Epik High alongside DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin. The group has since released ten full-length albums and one EP, with Tablo having produced and co-written all the songs. His debut solo album, Fever’s End, was released in 2011.
Outside of Epik High, Tablo is a record producer and songwriter for other artists and has been involved in collaborative projects such as Borderline, Eternal Morning, and Anyband. His music incorporates numerous styles, ranging from trance, trip-hop, to rock. Tablo is also the author of the best-selling book Pieces of You, published in both English and Korean, and Blonote. He made his film debut acting in Nonstop in 2005. In 2016, Tablo left his radio show, MBC FM4U’s Tablo’s Dreaming Radio, after eleven years to focus on YG’s music sub-label HIGHGRND.
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Tiger JK
Tiger JK was born on July 29th, 1974. He is a South Korean-American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur best known as a founding member of the Korean hip-hop group Drunken Tiger. He has also founded two record labels, Jungle Entertainment and Feel Ghood Music. He is currently a member of the hip-hop trio MFBTY. He is considered a highly influential figure in the development of Korean hip-hop and is credited with helping bring the genre into the Korean mainstream. The Los Angeles Times referred to him in 2011 as “perhaps the most popular Korean rapper in America, Asia, and the world.”
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Simon D
Jung Ki-suck, born on March 9th, 1984, is better known by his stage name Simon Dominic. He is a South Korean hip-hop recording artist. He debuted in 2009 as a member of the hip-hop duo Supreme Team, which disbanded in 2013. As a solo artist, he has released two studio albums: Simon Dominic Presents: SNL League Begins (2011) and Darkroom (2018), and one extended play: Won & Only (2015).
In addition to rapping, Simon Dominic was the co-CEO of the hip-hop record label AOMG from 2014 to 2018. He was also a cast member of South Korean variety shows, including Show Me the Money 5 (2016) and I Live Alone (2018).
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Giriboy
Hong Si-young was born on January 24th, 1991. He is better known by his stage name, Giriboy. He is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer signed to Just Music.
Giriboy began his musical career in 2011 with the single “You Look So Good to Me,” released under Just Music, a label that had been recently founded by rapper Swings. The following year, he released the EP Fatal Album, much of which he had written years earlier as a high school student. He released a second EP titled Fatal Album II later that year.
Giriboy competed on season three of the TV show Show Me the Money in 2014. That year, he also entered the top 100 of the Gaon Digital Chart for the first time with the single “Fluttering Feelings,” a collaboration with singer NS Yoon-G. The song ultimately peaked at #6 on the chart.
In 2015, he appeared on the reality show No Mercy, in which he collaborated on songs with the contestants (who would go on to form the boy group Monsta X) and with established artists Soyou and Mad Clown. He also released the album Sexual Perceptions, which reached #10 on the Gaon Album Chart in March. In 2016, he released his fourth album, Mechanical Album. In 2017, he released his fifth EP titled 5 Songs For Initiation. In December of the same year, he released his fifth album, Graduation.
