Teddy Park
Korean-American rapper and music producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978)[1] is a Korean–American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. When he was 17 years old, Park and his friend Danny flew to South Korea during summer vacation to audition for YG Entertainment.[1] Both were signed immediately, and after finishing high school in the States, moved to Korea to pursue music.
Teddy Park | |
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박홍준 | |
Born | Park Hong-jun (1978-09-14) September 14, 1978 (age 45) Seoul, South Korea |
Education | Diamond Bar High School |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1998–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-hip hop |
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Member of | |
Teddy Park | |
Hangul | 박홍준 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Bak Hong-jun |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Hong-chun |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 테디 박 |
Revised Romanization | Tedi Bak |
McCune–Reischauer | T'edi Pak |
In 1998, Park debuted in the hip hop group 1TYM with his friend Danny, Jinhwan, and Baekyoung.[1][2][3] Together, the group recorded five studio albums with Park as their primary songwriter and producer. After his performing career with 1TYM ended in January 2006, Park became an in-house producer for YG Entertainment and co-founded The Black Label in 2016. He has co-produced and co-written songs for YG artists such as Jinusean, Seven, Big Bang, 2NE1, Lee Hi, Blackpink and Jeon Somi, as well as Uhm Jung-hwa and Sunmi.[4][5]