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South Korean Hip Hop
Korean hip hop, also known as K-hip hop or K-rap, is a subgenre of Korean popular music. It is widely considered to have originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and has since become increasingly popular, both in Korea and abroad. While Korea's hip hop culture includes various elements such as rap, graffiti, DJing, turntablism, and b-boying, rapping comprises a significant part of the culture. The term "hip hop" is largely recognized and understood as "rap" in Korea. Characteristics Linguistic hybridization The interplay between the Korean language and English has been used as a technical and aesthetic device in Korean hip-hop. Many Korean hip-hop songs boast syllabic similarities that could be interpreted in either language. The bilingual aspect of this music is one distinguishing factor between Korean hip hop and American hip hop. As early-stage Korean hip-hop was heavily influenced by African-American hip hop, Korean hip-hop artists naturally started using A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Taiji And Boys
() was a South Korean music group active from 1992 to 1996. The three members of the boy band, Seo Taiji, Yang Hyun-suk and Lee Juno, experimented with many different genres of popular Western music. Seo Taiji and Boys was highly successful and is credited with changing the South Korean music industry by pioneering the use of rap in Korean popular music and utilizing social critique, despite pressure from ethics and censorship committees. The band won the Grand Prize at the Seoul Music Awards in both 1992 and 1993. In April 1996, ''Billboard'' reported that the band's first three albums had each sold over 1.6 million copies, with the fourth nearing two million, making all four some of the best-selling albums in South Korea. History After the breakup of the heavy metal band Sinawe in 1991, Seo Taiji switched gears and formed the group Seo Taiji and Boys with dancers and backing vocalists Yang Hyun-suk and Lee Juno. Yang said he first met Seo when the musician came to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongdae, Seoul
Hongdae () is a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea near Hongik University, after which it is named. It is known for its urban arts and indie music culture, local shops, clubs and entertainment. The area is located in Mapo-gu in the western end of Seoul, stretching from Seogyo-dong to Hapjeong-dong. Name Hongdae () is an abbreviation of Hongik Daehakgyo, Hongik University (홍익대학교). The term 'hongdae' is usually used in regards to Hongik University which has one of the top fine arts colleges in South Korea. Characteristics Under the influence of Hongik University (Hongdae) which is well known for its prestigious art college, the neighborhood was built on a foundation of artistic souls since the 1990s. In the early days, thanks to then-cheap rent, budget musicians and street artists started moving into the ateliers of the Hongdae area. In the true sense of the word, the Korean indie scene started from the two bands, Sister's Barbershop and Crying Nut at Hongdae in the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nucksal
Lee Jun-yeong (; born March 24, 1987), better known by his stage name, Nucksal (), is a South Korean rapper. He debuted in 2009 as a member of the hip hop duo Future Heaven, and became one of the most popular rappers in South Korea's underground hip hop scene. He gained mainstream recognition in 2017 after finishing in second place on the TV rap competition show, ''Show Me The Money 6 The sixth season of the series Show Me the Money, known as Show Me the Money 6 (also referred to as SMTM6), premiered on June 30, 2017 and ended on September 1, 2017. It is on broadcast every Friday at 23:00 KST on Mnet. The season features ju ...''. Personal life On July 1, 2022, it was confirmed that Nucksal had been dating a non-celebrity woman for two years. They were married on September 24, 2022, in the presence of friends and family in Gangnam, Seoul. Discography Studio albums Singles Filmography Television shows Web shows Radio shows Music video appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bewhy
Lee Byung-yoon (Hangul: 이병윤; born June 15, 1993), better known by his stage name BewhY (Hangul: 비와이), is a South Korean rapper and member of '$exy $treet & Yello Music crew'. Initially he chose 'BY' as a stage name, but changed it to 'BewhY' to give a meaning to the name. The name was given by rapper C Jamm, an old friend from high school. Bewhy won first place on Show Me the Money 5 The fifth season of the series Show Me the Money, known as Show Me the Money 5 (also referred to as SMTM5), premiered on May 6, 2016 and ended July 15, 2016. It is on broadcast every Friday at 23:00 KST on Mnet. Mnet's fifth season of SMTM fea ... in 2016, and childhood friend C Jamm came in second on the show. Bewhy is known for being a devout Christian. Personal life In October 2020, Bewhy married his non-celebrity partner who he had been dating for 8 years. Bewhy is scheduled to enlist in the military on August 23, 2021, where he will serve as a Marine Corps police officer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groovy Room
GroovyRoom (Hangul: 그루비룸) is a South Korean DJ, music producing and composing duo consisting of Park Gyu-jeong and Lee Hwi-min. They mainly produce hip-hop songs such as boom bap and trap. The songs they produce have a producer tag called "Groovy Everywhere". GroovyRoom released their debut single "Loyalty" in 2016 and their first EP ''Everywhere'' in 2017. In 2019, they released their first collaboration project album with Ambition Musik's Leellamarz titled Room Service. They have received several music awards including Producer of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards and Best Hip-hop Maker Award at the Soribada Best K-Music Awards. In March 2021, the duo announced they had launched AREA, a new label in partnership with their current label H1ghr Music H1ghr Music (stylized as H1GHR MUSIC) (Hangul: 하이어뮤직레코즈) is an international hip hop and R&B record label founded by Korean American musician Jay Park and long time Seattle affiliate Cha Cha Malone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justhis
Heo Seung (Hangul: 허승, born May 7, 1991), better known by his stage name Justhis (Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...: 저스디스), is a South Korean rapper. He released his first album, ''2 Many Homes 4 1 Kid'', on June 14, 2016. He is a member of crew IMJMWDP and is currently signed to GROOVL1N. Discography Studio albums Instrumental/Remix albums Collaborative albums Charted singles Filmography Television show Notes References {{Authority control 1991 births Living people South Korean male rappers South Korean hip hop singers 21st-century South Korean male singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HiphopLE
HiphopLE is a Korean online music magazine which was founded in November 2010 by Heman. The magazine mostly focuses on "Urban music" such as hip-hop and R&B. Its goal is to improve the understanding and provide easier approach for Korean people to urban music. It provides worldwide news, subtitled music videos, editorials, interviews, and also hosts various events such as album sales and concerts. The name "HiphopLE" stands for "Hiphop Limited Edition" and the slogan is "One Step Closer to Hiphop and R&B Music", which plays as an intro on the most of the video that LE presents. The voice is recorded by Kayla J.Yoo, the editor of HiphopLE. History Since 2009, Heman had been running his blog called "heQmentary", which provided up-to-date hip-hop & R&B news outside of Korea, and eventually, he came to a point where he wanted a well-organized website. After recruiting a few editorial writers and translators for the English lyrics, he designed and made the page to open the site in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gugak
Korea refers to music from the Korean peninsula ranging from prehistoric times to the division of Korea into South and North in 1945. It includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist traditions. Together, traditional Korean music is referred to as ''gugak'' (Hangul: 국악), which literally means "national music." History Proto-Three Kingdoms of Korea Not much is known about music from the Proto-Three Kingdoms of Korea period (before 57 BCE). It is believed that Korean people practiced shamanistic rituals involving music at agricultural festivals. Tomb murals and ceramics from this period depict string instruments with complex features that suggest the instruments were quite developed. Three Kingdoms of Korea The Three Kingdoms of Korea refers to the period from 57 BCE to 668 CE when the Korean peninsula was ruled by three kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. Each kingdom was known for favoring different musical inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentatonic Scale
A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to the heptatonic scale, which has seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and minor scale). Pentatonic scales were developed independently by many ancient civilizations and are still used in various musical styles to this day. There are two types of pentatonic scales: those with semitones (hemitonic) and those without (anhemitonic). Types Hemitonic and anhemitonic Musicology commonly classifies pentatonic scales as either ''hemitonic'' or ''anhemitonic''. Hemitonic scales contain one or more semitones and anhemitonic scales do not contain semitones. (For example, in Japanese music the anhemitonic ''yo'' scale is contrasted with the hemitonic ''in'' scale.) Hemitonic pentatonic scales are also called "ditonic scales", because the largest interval in them is the ditone (e.g., in the scale C–E–F–G–B–C, the interval found between C–E and G–B). (This should not be confu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trot (music)
Trot (, ) is a genre of Korean popular music, known for its use of repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections. Originating during the Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation of Korea in the first half of the 20th century, trot was influenced by many genres of Music of Korea, Korean, Music of Japan, Japanese, Music of the United States, American, and Culture of Europe#Music, European music. Trot has been around for almost 100 years and its distinct singing style has been continuously evolving. Trot music developed in rhythms during Japanese colonial rule. After the liberation of the Korean peninsula and the Korean War (1950-1953), artists such as Lee Mi-Ja, Choi Sook-ja, Bae Ho, Nam Jin, Na Hun-a, Joo Hyun-mi and many others helped to make trot popular. With the rise of K-pop from the 1990s onwards, trot music lost some popularity and was viewed as more old-fashioned. However, from the 2000s onwards, young trot singers such as Jang Yoon-jeong (singer), Jang Yoon-jeong, Hong J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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