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G-Dragon

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G-Dragon promoting STILL ALIVE (2012)

G-Dragon is a Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, producer and leader of YG Entertainment group BIGBANG. He is a well established rapper in the company and has been part of YG since 1999. In 2010 he joined fellow member T.O.P to form the unit GD&TOP.

Profile

  • Stage Name: G-Dragon
  • Real Name: Kwon Ji Yong (권지용)
  • Birthdate: August 18, 1988 (1988-08-18) (age 36)
  • Blood Type: A
  • Height: 176cm
  • Weight: 56kg
  • Education: Seoul Korean Traditional Arts Middle & High School
  • Skills: Rapping, dancing, beat boxing, composing, singing, and languages (Chinese, English)
  • Hobbies: Drawing pictures and listening to music
  • Likes: Fashion, acting, cooking, crispy donuts, dogs, cars, the drawing ‘is it stars or skeleton’, books (poems, mangas, and magazines), watching cartoons, and himself

Information

G-Dragon initially debuted as a child hip-hop artist in 2001 participating in the album 2001 Daehanminguk Hip Hop Flex, where he appeared as "2G-Gon" and "G-Gon". In 2002 he was scouted by YG Entertainment and began his four years as a trainee. In that time G-Dragon never released an album and was limited to be featured on other YG artists' albums.

Before BIGBANG was formed, G-Dragon and fellow band mate Taeyang, known as "G-Dragon & YB Taekwon" at the time, performed as a duo at concerts such as SE7EN's "First SE7EN" as rappers and backing dancers.

In 2006 G-Dragon was selected first, and also as the leader, for the line-up of the group BIGBANG. Since then he has also participated as a composer for many BIGBANG songs.

G-Dragon makes his solo debut in 2008 with the single "Naman Barabwa Part 2", a new version of "Naman Barabwa" from Taeyang's debut album HOT. In 2009, he releases his first solo album Heartbreaker, which was a success. The album won various awards and sold more than 120.000 copies. Also this same year, he was featured on his first Japanese solo release, the w-inds.'s single "Rain Is Fallin'". In December 2009, G-Dragon held his first solo concert "Shine a Light" for which controversy arose about obscenity and suggestive content towards minor audiences. Two DVDs (a regular edition and a censored edition) and a live album of the concert were released in early 2010.

On May 29, 2010 G-Dragon, along with w-inds., received at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan the "Best Collaboration Video" award for the collaboration song "Rain Is Fallin'".

Discography

Albums

Mini Albums

Live Albums

Digital Singles

DVD

Collaborations/Others

Credits

G-Dragon in Perry "Storm" PV (2001)
G-Dragon promoting "BIGBANG Is V.I.P" (2006)
G-Dragon promoting Heartbreaker (2009)
G-Dragon promoting "Shine a Light" concert (2009)

BIGBANG

Daesung

G-Dragon

GD&TOP

Moo Ga Dang

Seungri

Taeyang

YMGA

Filmography

Music Videos

  • [2001.08] Perry - Get ready
  • [2003.11] 1TYM - Hot
  • [2004.11] Jinusean - Telephone Number

Awards

  • [2007.11.17] MNet MKMF "Best Music Arrangement" (Lies)
  • [2009.??.??] Cyworld Digital Music Awards "Song of the Month (September)" (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.06] Inkigayo #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.10] M! Countdown #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.11] Music Bank #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.13] Inkigayo #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.18] Music Bank #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.20] Inkigayo #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.09.25] Music Bank #1 (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.11.21] Mnet Asian Music Awards "Best Album of the Year" (Heartbreaker)
  • [2009.12.16] MelOn Music Awards "Best Album of the Year" (Heartbreaker), "2009 Top 10"
  • [2010.03.01] 2009 Cyworld Digital Music Awards "Ting's Choice Award"
  • [2010.05.29] MTV Video Music Awards Japan "Best Collaboration Video" (Rain Is Fallin') (with w-inds.)

External Links

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YG Family: G-Dragon
Songs · Images · BIGBANG
Korean Albums
Korean Mini-Albums
Korean Live Albums
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Korean Vinyl LPs
Korean Digital Singles
Korean DVDs
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Japanese Albums
Japanese Mini-Albums
Japanese DVDs
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Official Website

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BIGBANG
G-Dragon · Taeyang/SOL · T.O.P · Daesung/D-Lite
Topics
Songs · Images · GD&TOP · GDxTaeyang · 2NE1 · Former Members: Seungri/V.I
Korean Albums
Korean Live Albums
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Korean Mini-Albums
Korean Singles
Korean Digital Singles
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Korean DVDs
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Japanese Albums
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Japanese Best Albums
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Other Japanese Albums
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Japanese Mini-Albums
Japanese Singles
Japanese Digital Singles
Japanese DVDs
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Box Sets
Official Website: Korean Japanese
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