Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Dynamicduo to embark on first-ever tour of Europe in September

Korean hip-hop act Dynamicduo will hold its first-ever European tour in September, its agency Amoeba Culture said Tuesday.

2024-05-21

Universal Music to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop and itself with special event

Universal Music will hold a special hip-hop event on Dec. 16 to commemorate both the genre’s 50-year-old history and the company's 50th anniversary.

2023-12-07

HYBE buys QC Media, hip-hop label and management company

HYBE America is buying QC Media Holdings, an Atlanta-based hip-hop label and management agency, for 314 billion won ($249 million). The acquisition target was established in 2013 by Pierre "P" Thomas and Kevin "Coach K" Lee. As a label, it ...

2023-02-09

Hip-hop trio Epik High to release new album 'Strawberry' on Feb. 1

Hip-hop trio Epik High will release its new album “Strawberry,” on Feb. 1, said Ours. Co. on Wednesday. Ours. Co. is a label established by the trio themselves. The new release will ...

2023-01-19

Producer, rapper Jay Park and producer Slom to release EP at 6 p.m.

Rapper and producer Jay Park and producer Slom are dropping an EP together, Park's label More Vision said Tuesday. Park and Slom were producers of Team Slay for Mnet's hip-hop audition show "Show Me the Money Season 11."

2023-01-17

Hip-hop trio Epik High to release single on Oct. 25

Hip-hop trio Epik High will release its single “Face ID” on Oct. 25, according to its music label Ours Corporation Tuesday. “Face ID” is a pre-release single from the group’s upcoming 10th album “Epik High Is Here Part 2.” The remainder of the...

2021-10-12

[THINK ENGLISH] 개그맨 정준하, MC 민지라는 이름으로 ‘I Say Woo!’ 발매 예정

Comedian Jeong Jun-ha will release a rap song sometime this month under the alias MC Minzy, according to PR agency HNS HQ on Tuesday. Teaser images for the rap song titled “I Say Woo!” were uploaded on Jeong’s Instagram on Tuesday, showing...

2021-06-24

Rapper Ravi blooms as a musician with his latest EP 'Roses'

It’s rare that a musician sees immediate success. It often takes multiple tracks and albums for them to develop their own sound. Rapper Ravi has pinned his hopes on his new EP “Roses,” which he thinks will be his pivotal work that defines him as ...

2021-06-03

'High School Rapper' to air first episode tonight

The fourth season of teenage hip-hop audition program "High School Rapper" will begin tonight on cable channel Mnet, with the show's judges saying it will be a competition between "the most powerful and unique contestants yet." "The contestants' ...

2021-02-19

'Show Me The Money' goes back to the basics

The ninth season of cable channel Mnet's hip-hop audition program "Show Me The Money" will go back to the basics of rap after years of bringing the genre closer to the public through varied types of hip-hop, its producers said on ...

2020-10-16