G-Dragon
G-Dragon is a singer, rapper and leader of YG Entertainment band BIGBANG. He is a well established rapper in the company and has been part of YG since 1999.
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Profile
- Stage Name: G-Dragon
- Real Name: Kwon Ji Yong (권지용)
- Birthdate: August 18, 1988
- 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
- Debut: DaeHanMinGook Hip Hop Flex (2001)
- 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 DaeHanMinGook Hip Hop Flex 2001. 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 featuring on other YG artists' albums.
Before BIGBANG were formed G.Dragon and fellow band mate Tae Yang were known as "G.Dragon & YB Tae Kwon", they have 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 self cover of the song he wrote for Taeyang's debut album HOT. In 2009, he releases his first solo album Heartbreaker, which was a succes. The album won various awards and sold more than 100.000 copies. Also this same year, he is featured on his first Japanese solo release, the w-inds.'s single Rain Is Fallin'.
Discography
Albums
- [2009.08.18] Heartbreaker
Digital Singles
- [2008.06.03] Naman Barabwa Part 2 (나만 바라 봐 Part 2)
Collaborations
- [2001.01.xx] DaeHanMinGook Hip Hop Flex 2001 (Hip-Hop Nation, Realize Yourself, G-Dragon)
- [2001.09.04] Perry - Perry By Storm (#1 Storm (feat. Jinusean, Masta Wu), #8 G-Dragon)
- [2002.04.03] Wheesung - Like A Movie (#7 Magic Eye)
- [2002.10.xx] YG Family - 97-YG-02 (#1 Fly Gentlemen, #6 YMCA Yagoodan, #10 WHY BE NORMAL?, #11 A-Yo! (YG Family Version))
- [2002.12.xx] Space Hip Hop Duck OST (G-Dragon & Swi.T)
- [2003.03.07] SE7EN - Just Listen (#1 Intro (with Perry))
- [2003.06.03] Masta Wu - Masta Peace (#2 Scarecrow)
- [2006.03.08] SE7EN - 24/7 (#14 Run (feat G-Dragon and Taekwon))
- [2006.11.02] SE7EN - SE7OLUTION (#7 Can You Feel Me (feat G-Dragon))
- [2006.12.26] Park Bom - Anystar (feat. G-Dragon & Gummi) (MV release)
- [2007.04.19] Lexy - Rush (#7 Super Fly (feat G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang))
- [2007.10.30] Kim Jo Han - Soul Family with JOHAN (#4 So In Love Part2 (Feat. G-Dragon))
- [2008.03.03] Gummy - Confort (#1 Intro : Work it now (Feat. G-Dragon))
- [2008.06.13] Uhm Jung Hwa - D.I.S.C.O (#4 Party (Feat. G-Dragon))
- [2008.09.01] Uhm Jung Hwa - D.I.S.C.O PT.2 (#1 D.I.S.C.O PT.2 (Feat. G-Dragon))
- [2009.05.13] Rain Is Fallin' (w-inds. x G-DRAGON (BIGBANG))
