Tiger JK during an autograph event in Bundang, December 2018
Background information
Birth name
Seo Jung-kwon
Also known as
JK, Drunken Tiger, DT
Born
(1974-07-29) July 29, 1974 (age 49)
Origin
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Korean hip hop
Occupation(s)
Rapper
record producer
entrepreneur
actor
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1995–present
Labels
Oasis Records
Feel Ghood Music
Spouse
Yoon Mi-rae
(m. 2007)
Children
1
Korean name
Hangul
타이거 JK
Revised Romanization
Taigeo JK
McCune–Reischauer
T'aigŏ JK
Birth name
Hangul
서정권
Hanja
徐廷權
Revised Romanization
Seo Jeong-gwon
McCune–Reischauer
Sŏ Chŏngkwŏn
Musical artist
Seo Jung-kwon (Korean: 서정권; born July 29, 1974), also known as Tiger JK, is a Korean-American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur based in South Korea. He is best known as a founding member of Korean hip hop group Drunken Tiger. He has also founded two record labels, Jungle Entertainment and Feel Ghood Music.[1] He is a member of the South Korean hip hop trio MFBTY.[2]
He is considered a highly influential figure in the development of Korean hip-hop and is credited with helping bring the genre into the Korean mainstream.[3][4][5]The Los Angeles Times referred to him in 2011 as "perhaps the most popular Korean rapper in America, Asia and the world."[6]
^"Tiger JK leaves Jungle Entertainment and founds FEELGHOOD MUSIC". All Kpop. July 31, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^"Korean Hip-Hop Supergroup MFBTY Made an Album Just for Their Twitter Followers". Vice NOISEY. June 25, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^"Korea's Hip-Hop Legend Tiger JK is a Rebel with a Cause". KoreAm Journal. January 1, 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^"Drunken Tiger Talk Hip Hop's Early Days in South Korea: "It Was a Secret Society"". Fuse. January 13, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^"Drunken Tiger's Tiger JK Opens Up About His Hip-Hop Career And How He Fits Into The Wide Realm Of K-Pop [KpopStarz Exclusive]". KpopStarz. January 11, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
^Brown, August (December 2, 2011). "Asian rapper set to roar across L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
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entertainment agency founded by TigerJK in 2013. Originally created in July 2013 by MFBTY to house the new group and their members (TigerJK, Yoon Mi-rae, and Bizzy)...
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with TigerJK on new song 'Tiger'". NME. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022. The St. Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation...
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when he started performing alongside Drunken Tiger member TigerJK and later featured on Drunken Tiger's 6th album. Bizzy was born in New Zealand on February...
throughout his career including Warren G, MFBTY, Primary, Wale, Fall Out Boy, TigerJK, Honne, Lil Nas X, Younha, Erykah Badu, and Anderson .Paak. RM's career...
Dynamic Duo, H1ghr Music's Jay Park of AOMG and Dok2 of Illionaire Records, TigerJK and Bizzy of Feel GHood Music, and Zico and Dean of Fanxychild. Over 12...
hop group, Drunken Tiger. Before he met TigerJK he performed as a DJ, in small clubs in New York City and Los Angeles. Shine met JK in a rap event, and...
ID 7C4-2901-5 I NEED U". JASRAC. Retrieved November 19, 2021. 알아요 By RM & JK Of BTS. SoundCloud. May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on August 6,...
their English-speaking ability and access to American culture. TigerJK of Drunken Tiger and his wife Yoon Mi-rae, then a member of a Korean-American hip-hop/R&B...
Retrieved June 22, 2012. "브라이언, 타이거JK 참여한 신곡 '너 따윈 버리고' 공개 (Brian reveals his new single, 'Let This Die' featuring TigerJK)" (in Korean). TV Report via Nate...
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