Tiger Jk's Biography And Facts'

Publish date: 2024-05-08

Tiger Jk Biography Facts

Tiger Jk has been appeared in channels as follow: 1theK (원더케이), 필굿뮤직[FeelGhoodMusic].

Born 29 July, 1974 (49 years old).

What is the zodiac sign of Tiger Jk ?
According to the birthday of Tiger Jk the astrological sign is Leo .

Career of the Tiger Jk started in 1995 .

Tiger Jk Wiki

Tiger JK 서정권
Tiger JK during an autograph event in Bundang, December 2018
Background information
Birth nameSeo Jung-kwon
Also known asJK, Drunken Tiger, DT
BornJuly 29, 1974
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresKorean hip hop
OccupationRapper record producer entrepreneur actor
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1995–present
LabelsOasis Records Feel Ghood Music
Associated actsDrunken Tiger MFBTY The Movement Bizzy
 
SpouseYoon Mi-rae ​​
Children1
 
 
Korean name
Hangul타이거 JK
Revised RomanizationTaigeo JK
McCune–ReischauerT'aigŏ JK
Birth name
Hangul서정권
Hanja徐廷權
Revised RomanizationSeo Jeong-gwon
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Chŏngkwŏn
 

Tiger JK is a Korean-American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur 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. He is currently a member of hip hop trio MFBTY.

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.The Los Angeles Times referred to him in 2011 as "perhaps the most popular Korean rapper in America, Asia and the world."

 

Early life

Tiger JK was born in Seoul, South Korea on July 29, 1974. His father, Suh Byung Hoo , was a DJ and one of the first Korean pop columnists, and the first Billboard correspondent in Korea in the 1970s. His family moved to the United States when he was 12, and he was sent to briefly live with an uncle in Miami, Florida, where he practiced Taekwondo, becoming a 3rd "dan" black belt.

He spent his teenage years in Los Angeles, California, where he was one of only a few Korean-American students attending Beverly Hills High School. As a teen in Los Angeles, Tiger JK witnessed the violence between Korean-Americans and African-Americans during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. He later said he wanted to use hip hop to create a dialogue between the two communities.

Tiger JK attended UCLA and graduated with a B.A. degree in English from the Creative Writing program.

 

Personal life

Drug conviction

Tiger JK was arrested for using methamphetamine in Korea in 2000, at the same time that members of the Korean hip hop group Uptown were also arrested on drug charges. Tiger JK said that, though he had used drugs in the past, he had not used them in Korea, and he said that he was ultimately found guilty due to false testimony from the members of Uptown. He spent a month and a half in jail and was given two years probation.

Illness

Tiger JK was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis, a spinal cord condition that affects motor functions, in 2006. He was hospitalized and took a two-year hiatus from performing. As of 2014, he continued to take medication to treat the condition.

Marriage and family

In June 2007, Tiger JK married rapper and singer Yoon Mi-rae in a private ceremony in a Buddhist Temple. The wedding occurred a month before the death of his grandmother who had wanted to see them wed before her passing. Yoon gave birth to their son Jordan in March 2008.

 

Total Music Videos

7

Music Labels

1theK (원더케이), 필굿뮤직[FeelGhoodMusic]

Popular Songs

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