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Bang Yong-guk

バン・ヨングク　/　ばん・よんぐく

Rapper from South Korea

March 31, 1990 (age 36)　・　Seoul, South Korea

rapper
singer
songwriter

My Take

What I respect about Bang Yong-guk is that he never coasted on idol-group polish. He cut his teeth in Seoul's underground hip-hop scene as Jepp Blackman before fronting B.A.P, writing, producing, rapping and singing his own material. When he left TS Entertainment in 2018 he didn't vanish, he kept building as a solo artist on his own terms. That self-sufficiency is rare in a manufactured-pop world. To me he reads less like a packaged star and more like a working artist who happened to pass through the idol system, and that's exactly why his work holds up.

Overview

Bang Yong-guk (Korean: 방용국; born March 31, 1990), also known mononymously as Yongguk (용국), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who served as the leader of boy group B.A.P up until his departure from TS Entertainment in August 2018. He made his musical debut in 2008 as a member of an underground hip hop group called Soul Connection under the alias of "Jepp Blackman".

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bang Yong-guk
Name (Japanese): バン・ヨングク
Reading: ばん・よんぐく
Born: March 31, 1990 (age 36)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Horse
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rapper / singer / songwriter / record producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Yuhan Technical High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bangstergram/
Xhttps://x.com/BAP_Bangyongguk
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%AF

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