Official website (http://www.yanggoon.com/)
Yang Hyun-suk
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South Korean music producer, rapper and singer (born 1970)
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Yang Hyun-suk, also known by the Revised Romanization Yang Hyeon-seok and the McCune–Reischauer romanization Yang Hyŏn-sŏk, is a figure in the entertainment industry. His professional career began in 1992.
He is associated with YG Entertainment, an entertainment company. This organization provides profiles for various artists, including Blackpink, Treasure, BabyMonster, and Winner.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Yang Hyun-suk is referenced by 242 other articles, and connects out to BigBang, Babymonster and Treasure.
It sits within the topics 1970 births, 20th-century South Korean male singers and 21st-century South Korean rappers.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Seoul, South Korea
Known for
- BABYMONSTER - 'Last Evaluation'2023
- Modern Korea — Self (archive footage)2019
- Yoo Byung Jae: Too Much Information — Self2018
- YG Treasure Box — PDG2018
- Straight — Self (archive footage)2018
- Explained — Self (archive footage)2018
- Stray Kids — YG2017
- Stray Kids — YG (archive footage)2017
- MIXNINE — Self - Judge2017
- Spotlight — Self (archive footage)2015
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-01-09 ) January 9, 1970 (age 56) , Seoul , South Korea
- Other name
- YG
- Occupations
- Entrepreneur Record executive rapper singer dancer record producer
- Known for
- Co-founding YG Entertainment
- Spouse
- Lee Eun-ju ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
- Genres
- K-pop hip hop
- Instruments
- Vocals drums
- Years active
- 1992–2019 2023–present
- Label
- YG Entertainment
- Formerly of
- Seo Taiji and Boys
- Website
- yanggoon .com
- Hangul
- 양현석
- Hanja
- 梁鉉錫
- Rr
- Yang Hyeonseok
- Mr
- Yang Hyŏnsŏk
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Yang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Seoul
- Occupation
- rapper
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- YG Entertainment
- Official website
- www.yanggoon.com
- Image
- 161110 양현석.png
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- date of birth
- 1970-01-09
- Revised Romanization
- Yang Hyeon-seok
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Yang Hyŏn-sŏk
- Commons category
- Yang Hyun-suk
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- member of
- Seo Taiji and Boys
- name in native language
- 양현석
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Yang Hyun-suk (Korean: 양현석; born January 9, 1970) is a South Korean music executive, rapper, singer, dancer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s. After the group disbanded, he founded and became the executive producer and chairman of YG Entertainment, the fourth-largest record company in South Korea.
Career
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