Dynamic Duo ( ko, 다이나믹듀오) is a South Korean hip hop duo that consists of rappers

Choiza Choi Jae-ho (; born March 17, 1980), known professionally as Choiza (), is a South Korean hip hop recording artist. He and Gaeko comprise the hip hop duo Dynamic Duo, which rose to fame upon the release of their debut album ''Taxi Driver'' in ...

and

Gaeko Kim Yoon-sung (born January 14, 1981), known professionally as Gaeko (, literally ''dog's snout'') is a South Korean hip hop recording artist. He and Choiza comprise the hip hop duo Dynamic Duo, which rose to fame upon the release of their de ...

. They rose to fame with their 2004 debut album, ''

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'', which became the best-selling Korean hip hop album ever. They are signed to

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, a hip hop record label that they founded in 2006.

History

Choiza and Gaeko were friends since childhood and debuted in 1999 with the hip hop trio

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. The group released three albums before breaking up in 2003 after it was discovered that CB Mass' third member was stealing money from the group. Dynamic Duo debuted the following year with the album, ''Taxi Driver''. It became the best-selling hip hop album in

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, with sales of 50,000 copies in the first month after its release. Their second album, 2005's ''Double Dynamite,'' won Best Hip Hop Album at the 2006

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. After establishing hip hop record label

in 2006, Dynamic Duo released their third album, ''Enlightened'', in 2007. That year, they also won Best Music Video at the

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for their song, "Attendance Check." They released two more albums, 2008's ''Last Days'' and 2009's ''Band of Dynamic Brothers'', before both Choiza and Gaeko began their

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on October 12, 2009. Before being dispatched, both received basic military training at the same camp in

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. Choiza and Gaeko have also individually produced and recorded their own singles through the 'NOWorkend' project- a series of singles that has come out of their label Amoeba Culture representing songs from the label's artists that shows a completely different side of themselves to their fans. In 2013, their 7th full-length album titled "Lucky Numbers" was scheduled for release in July. The album featured artists such as

Hyolyn Kim Hyo-jung (; born December 11, 1990), better known by her stage name Hyolyn (효린), is a South Korean singer and songwriter, now under the management of her own self-started production company Bridʒ. She is a former member of the South Kor ...

SISTAR Sistar (, often stylized as SISTAR) was a South Korean girl group formed in 2010 by Starship Entertainment. The group consisted of Hyolyn, Bora, Soyou and Dasom. They made their official debut with the song " Push Push" on 3 June 2010. Their ...

, Primary,

Zion.T Kim Hae-sol (born April 13, 1989), known as Zion.T (), is a South Korean Hip Hop Music, hip hop and Contemporary R&B, R&B singer signed to The Black Label, a subsidiary label of YG Entertainment managed by Teddy Park and Kush. He has released ...

and Supreme Team. Their 8th album, "Grand Carnival" was released in November 2015.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official Website
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