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BewhY μ΄λ³μ€ | |
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| π BewhY wearing a dark outfit, appearing to rap into a microphone onstage BewhY performing in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Lee Byung-yoon (1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 32) Daejeon, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
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| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 2012βpresent |
| Label | Dejavu Group |
| Member of | $exy $treet & Yello Music |
Spouse | Lee Eun-hyun (m. 2020βpresent) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | μ΄λ³μ€ |
| RR | I Byeongyun |
| MR | I PyΕngyun |
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Lee Byung-yoon (Korean: μ΄λ³μ€; born June 15, 1993),[1] better known by his stage name BewhY (λΉμμ΄), is a South Korean rapper and member of the $exy $treet & Yello Music crew. He gained recognition after winning Show Me the Money 5 in 2016.[2][unreliable source?][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Lee Byung-yoon was born on June 15, 1993, in Daejeon, South Korea, and raised in Incheon. He has one older brother.[4][5] During his first year of high school, he developed an interest in becoming a rapper and making music.[5]
Influences
[edit]Lee credits South Korean hip hop group Dynamic Duo as an influence on his music,[6] as well as Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Chance the Rapper, and Daft Punk.[6]
He has also stated that his rap skills have been influenced by gospel music and funk.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Lee is known for being a devout Protestant Christian[8][9][unreliable source?] and has referenced his faith in many songs.[10]
In October 2020, Lee married his longtime partner, Lee Eun-hyun, whom he had been dating for eight years.[11] The two met at church when they were both 20 years old.[12][unreliable source?] On January 13, 2023, his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter.[13]
Lee enlisted in the South Korean military on August 23, 2021, where he served as a Marine Corps police officer for the Korea Coast Guard.[11] He was discharged on April 22, 2023.[14]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [15] | |||
| Time Travel |
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β | βN/a |
| The Blind Star |
|
13 |
|
| The Movie Star |
|
38 |
|
| "β" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
EPs
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [15] | |||
| The Blind Star 0.5 |
|
β | βN/a |
| NEO CHRISTIAN |
|
βN/a | βN/a |
| 032 Funk |
|
N/A | N/A |
| "β" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Mixtapes
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Be the Livest |
|
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Sales (DL) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [20] | ||||
| As lead artist | ||||
| "Waltz" | 2014 | β | βN/a | Non-album singles |
| "Swimming Bananas" feat. Keebo |
β | |||
| "The Time Goes On" | 2015 | 17 |
|
Time Travel |
| "In Trinity" | β | βN/a | Non-album singles | |
| "Shalom" | 2016 | β | ||
| "Forever" | 2 |
|
Show Me the Money 5 | |
| "Day Day" feat. Jay Park |
2 |
| ||
| "Fake" (μνμ part 2) | 39 |
| ||
| "Dejavu" | 2017 | 32 |
|
The Blind Star |
| "Hewgeso" (ν΄κ²μ) | 73 |
| ||
| "Scar" (νμ ) | β |
|
The Blind Star 0.5 | |
| "Red Carpet" | 44 |
| ||
| "My Star" | 64 |
|
The Blind Star | |
| "Gottasadae" (κ°λΌμ¬λ) | 2019 | 63 | βN/a | The Movie Star |
| Collaborations | ||||
| "Freezing" (μΌμ΄) with Bill Stax, C Jamm, Konsoul & Scary'P |
2015 | β | βN/a | Non-album single |
| "I'm Not the Person You Used to Know" (λκ° μλ λ΄κ° μλ) with Simon Dominic, One, G2 |
2016 | 2 |
|
Show Me the Money 5 |
| "XamBaqJa" (μλ°μ) with Simon Dominic |
29 |
| ||
| "Puzzle" with C Jamm |
3 |
|
Non-album single | |
| "International Wave" with Talib Kweli |
64 |
| ||
| "Someday" with Asura |
100 |
| ||
| "Uno" (μ°λ
Έ) with Big K.R.I.T. |
2017 | 97 |
| |
| "Like Me" with A$AP TyY & C Jamm |
β | βN/a | ||
| "Karma" with Babylon, Verbal Jint, the Quiett, TakeOne, Nucksal |
2018 | β | βN/a | Caelo |
| "Side by Side" | 2020 | β | βN/a | Sweet Home |
| "β" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Filmography
[edit]Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Network | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Suits | KBS2 | Himself | Cameo ep. 3-4 | [32] |
| 2021 | The Penthouse: War in Life 3 | SBS | Lee Byung-hoon | Cameo ep. 14 | [33] |
Variety shows
[edit]| Year | Network | Program | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mnet | Show Me the Money 4 | Contestant |
| 2016 | Show Me the Money 5 | Contestant, Winner of Season 5 | |
| 2018 | The Call | Cast | |
| 2019 | Show Me the Money 8 | Judge | |
| 2020 | Show Me the Money 9 | Judge |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Melon Music Awards | Top Ten Artists | βN/a | Won | [34][unreliable source?] |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best Rap Performance | "Puzzle" (with C Jamm) | Won | [35] | |
| 2017 | Gaon Chart Music Awards | Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop) | βN/a | Won | [36] |
| Korean Music Awards | Rookie of the Year | βN/a | Nominated | [37] | |
| Best Hip Hop Song | "Forever" | Won | [38] | ||
| Korean Hip-hop Awards | Artist of the Year | βN/a | Nominated | [39] | |
| Hip Hop Track of the Year | "Forever" | Won | [40] | ||
| Collaboration of the Year | "β© 1,000,000" (with G-Dragon, Okasian and CL) | Nominated | [39] | ||
| 2020 | Korean Hip-hop Awards | Hip Hop Track of the Year | "Gottasadae" | Nominated | [41] |
| Music Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Korean Music Awards | Best Rap & Hip Hop Song | Nominated | [42] |
References
[edit]- ^ λΉμμ΄ νλ‘ν (in Korean). Naver.
- ^ "Watch: "Show Me the Money 5" Final Winner and Performances Revealed". Soompi. July 16, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ Kim, Ji Young (September 27, 2017). νκ΅ νν©μ΄ μ μΈ λ§μ΄ μ‘μ§! BewhY [I owe you a lot of Korean hip-hop! BewhY]. W DONG-A (in Korean). Retrieved September 25, 2020.
- ^ Amarca, Nico (October 25, 2017). "Meet BewhY, the Gucci-Obsessed Korean Rapper Taking Over America". Hypebeast. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b Kim, Alice (June 7, 2022). "Korean rapper BewhY prays God will accept his heart on the day of glory". God Reports. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b Libert, Jean (February 21, 2020). "Exclusive Interview: BeWhy the Rap Star". The Kraze Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Leary, Edward (April 26, 2024). "Exclusive Interview: BewhY Talks Artist Life After Miltary [sic] + Are K-Pop Idols Real Rappers?". MyMusicTaste. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Korean Rapper 'BewhY': 'All of This Is Not Mine but His Story'". Christianity Daily. May 22, 2023.
- ^ "BewhY Opens Up About His Religious Faith and Unapologetic Confidence in His Rapping Skill". Soompi. August 19, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Roots, Brandon (March 28, 2022). "The Birth of Korean CHH Part II: BeWhy β Neo-Christian?". Rapzilla. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b Kim Min-ji (July 13, 2021). [λ¨λ ] ν©κ΄ν¬, 'ν« λΉνλ―Ό' μμ¦2 MC λ°ν...λ°μνΒ·ν°νλμκ³Ό νΈν‘ [BewhY enlists on August 23rd... Compulsory military service as maritime police [official position]]. News1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Kim, Uin (October 22, 2020). "BewhY Announces Marriage to Girlfriend of 8 Years". Soompi. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Oh Yun-ju (January 13, 2023). λνΌ λΉμμ΄, κ΅° 볡무 μ€ λλ ..."λ μ΄μ μ λΉμμ΄" [Rapper BewhY, gave birth to a daughter while serving in the military... "I'm now Abby Why"] (in Korean). MyDaily. Retrieved January 13, 2023 β via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Chae-yeon (March 17, 2023). μ μ΄νΒ·μ‘λ―ΌνΈ κ°κ³ , νλ―ΌΒ·μμΌμ΄ μ€κ³ ..κ³μλλ μ°μκ³ κ΅°λ³΅λ¬΄ λ°ν΅ν°μΉ [Oh!μ μ΄μ] [J-Hope and Song Min-ho go, Taemin and Young-K come... Continued military service in the entertainment world [Oh!]] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved March 18, 2023 β via Naver.
- ^ a b "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015.
- "The Movie Star β Week 31, 2019". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ 2017λ 09μ Album Chart.
- ^ 2019λ 08μ Album Chart.
- ^ "EP on Bugs". June 15, 2020.
- ^ "EP on YT Music".
- ^ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. "Gottasadae β Week 37 of 2019". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ a b 2016λ Download Chart.
- ^ a b c 2016λ Download Chart.
- ^ a b 2016λ 07μ Download Chart.
- ^ 2017λ 05μ Download Chart.
- ^ 2017λ 24μ£Όμ°¨ Download Chart.
- ^ 2017λ 25μ£Όμ°¨ Download Chart.
- ^ 2017λ 36μ£Όμ°¨ Download Chart.
- ^ 2017λ 38μ£Όμ°¨ Download Chart.
- ^ Cumulative sales of "International Wave":
- ^ 2016λ 40μ£Όμ°¨ Download Chart.
- ^ 2017λ 11μ£Όμ°¨ Download Chart.
- ^ "BewhY tries acting for the first time in 'Suits'". Kpop Herald. May 4, 2018.
- ^ Park Hyo-joo (September 11, 2021). νν 3'μ κΉμ§ λ±μ₯ν λΉμμ΄..."곧 κ΅°λ κ°λλ€" μμ²μ νμ [Bewhy, who made a surprise appearance in 'Penha 3'... "I'm going to the military soon" viewers laugh]. Money Today (in Korean). Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ "The Winners of the 2016 Melon Music Awards". Soompi. November 19, 2016. Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "'2016 MAMA' μ¨μΌXλΉμμ΄, 'PUZZLE'λ‘ λ² μ€νΈ λ© "μμΌλ‘λ 꼴리λ λλ‘"". The Kookje Daily News (in Korean). December 2, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Winners at the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "KMA2017: Nominees for 14th Korean Music Awards". February 7, 2017.
- ^ "KMA2017: 14th Korean Music Awards Winners". February 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "Nominees List". Korean Hip Hop Awards (in Korean). Retrieved January 27, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ νκ΅ νν© μ΄μμ¦ 2017 μμμ λͺ©λ‘. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean). February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Korean Hiphop Awards 2020". www.koreanhiphopawards.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ Mathew, Ilin (January 23, 2020). "How and when to watch Korean Music Awards 2020". International Business Times, Singapore Edition. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
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