G-DRAGON

G-Dragon

Stage Name : G-Dragon Real Name : Kwon Ji Yong (용/yong in Korean means Dragon)

Position in Big Bang : Team Leader / Rapper

Birthdate : August 18, 1988

Height : 170cm Weight : 54kg

Blood-type : A

Family Members : Parents & Older Sister

Education Background : Seoul Korean Traditional Arts Middle & High School Specialty : Rapping, Dancing, Beat Boxing, Composing, Singing, Chinese, & English. Hobby : Drawing Pictures & Listening to Music

Personality : He is pretty bright… when he’s quiet he is extremely quiet.He lightens the mood a lot. He leads the group.His senses are fast, has high self esteem and likes to be outstanding.

Likes : fashion, acting, cooking, crispy donuts, dog, cars, the drawing‘is it stars or skeleton’ books ,watching cartoons, and him self.

Debut:
G-Dragon debuted at the age of 12, by participating in the Korean Hip Hop Flex album in 2001, as the third oldest member of the group. In 2002, he was scouted to YG Entertainment and , after several years of training, debuted alongside 4 other members as Big Bang in 2006. The formation of the group was documented on television. The group first gained notoriety with the song "La La La". Since then, they have enjoyed success with their songs "거짓말" ("Lies"), "마지막 인사" ("Last Farewell"), 하루하루 ("Day by Day"), 붉은노을 ("Sunset Glow") and 천국("My Heaven"). Of the members in Big Bang, G-Dragon is known to be heavily involved with the production of their albums. He has wrote and compose the majority of the group's songs.G-Dragon's first solo song, a cover of Maroon 5's "This Love", was featured on Big Bang's first album.

G-Dragon was awarded as one of the "Style Icon of 2008" on behalf of his fashion and as one of the best eight composers of 2008.Additionally, he won "Most Influential Men of 2008" sponsored by Arena Megazine on behalf of his style.

After helping produce fellow member Tae Yang's debut album, G-Dragon recorded his own version of the album's lead song "나만바라봐" ("Look At Me Only"), entitled "나만바라봐 Part 2" ("Look At Me Only Part 2"). He debuted as a solo artist via the release of his debut album Heartbreaker in 2009. The lead single "Heartbreaker", along with "The Leaders", "A Boy", "Hello", and "She's Gone" were a hit, topping various charts upon release.The album has sold over 100,000 copies in South Korea since its release. In December 6, 2009, G-Dragon held his first solo concert, "Shine a Light", which was met with criticism following complaints of obscenity and suggestive content. G.Dragon had collaborated with W-inds in 'Rain is Fallin' ' from their 'Rain is Fallin/Hybrid Dream' Double A side Single.