Yang Hyun-Suk

He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s. After the group disbanded, he founded and became the executive producer and chairman of YG Entertainment, the fourth-largest record company in South Korea.

Yang Hyun-suk
Yang Hyun-suk in 2016
Born	(1970-01-09) January 9, 1970 (age 54) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	YG
Occupations	Entrepreneur Record executive rapper dancer record producer
Known for	Co-founding of YG Entertainment
Spouse	Lee Eun-ju (m. 2010)
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instruments	Vocals drums
Years active	1992–2019 2023–present
Labels	YG
Member of	YG Family
Formerly of	Seo Taiji and Boys
Website	yanggoon.com
Korean name
Hangul	양현석
Hanja	梁鉉錫
Revised Romanization	Yang Hyeon-seok
McCune–Reischauer	Yang Hyŏnsŏk

1992–1996: Seo Taiji & Boys

Seo Taiji & Boys was formed in 1991 with Seo Taiji, Lee Juno and Yang Hyun-seok.^{[citation needed]} Yang said he first met Seo when the musician came to him to learn how to dance when Yang was a dancer (Yang danced in the korean dance crew "Spark"(which as considered as the first korean breaking dance group) and in the dancing group "Park Nam Jung [ko] and friends(박남정과 친구들)"). "Blown away" by his music, Yang offered to join the group and they later recruited Lee who was one of the top dancers in Korea. The group was influential on the Korean music scene, famous for their single, "Nan Arayo" (Korean: "난 알아요", "I Know").^{[citation needed]} The group received criticism for various albums, most notably for the song, "Shidaeyugam" (Korean: 시대유감, "Regret of the Times"), to which the fan backlash led to the abolishment of the Pre-censorship law in 1996.The group disbanded in 1996, with each member pursuing solo activities.

1996–2019: YG Entertainment

In 1996, he established YG Entertainment and released his first solo album which featured a song composed by Seo Taiji.^{[citation needed]} This was their first collaboration since the breakup.^{[citation needed]} Yang Hyun-Suk has produced hugely successful artists under his company, most notably Jinusean, 1TYM, Wheesung, Gummy, Seven, Big Bang, 2NE1, Winner, iKon, Tablo, Epik High, Lee Hi, Blackpink, Treasure and Psy.

Due to recent controversies involving the Burning Sun scandal and other allegations, Yang Hyun-suk announced his plans to step down from all of his positions at YG Entertainment, and his brother Yang Min-suk announced his decision to resign as CEO of YG Entertainment on June 14, 2019.

2023–present: YG Comeback

On December 22, 2022, Yang was acquitted from charges pressed against him and during the first day of 2023, he appeared in a teaser video of YG's newest girl group, Baby Monster, six years after the debut of Blackpink as part of the "YG Next Movement" project.
On November 8, 2023 Yang's previous acquittal of blackmail charges was vacated and he was sentenced to 6 months in prison, suspended for 1 year.

In March 2010, Yang revealed that he knew former Swi.T member Lee Eun-ju, who is 12 years his junior and the younger sister of Sechs Kies member Lee Jai-jin, for nine years. They married in the same year. Yang and Lee have two children together, Yoo-jin and Seung-hyun.

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