RAP STAR

Chapter 70 [verse 12. Gwanju Up!]

The 888 crew returned to their daily lives. To be precise, Sanghyun, Junhyung, Hayeon, and Sangmi, who had to return to school, returned to their daily lives.

The 888 crew members, who were having a lively meal and drinks at the Stars Record studio, fell asleep around 4 a.m. and woke up around 2 p.m.

Due to Bae Inhyuk's crazy safe driving for the road traffic safety commercial shoot, they returned to Gwangju at 8 a.m.

"I won't ever let Inhyuk drive for my brother again." Until he could obtain his driver's license on October 3rd next year, it seemed better to use trains or buses.

"Ugh-" Sanghyun yawned widely. He had been dozing off since the morning classes, and it seemed Junhyung was the same. Whenever he checked on Junhyung after waking up briefly, he was still asleep.

"Hey, you crazy idiots. Are you chickens?" "I don't know. I'm sleepy." "Haven't you eaten?" "I haven't. We'll be off work in a few hours anyway." "Is this a company? Getting off work?"

Sanghyun waved his hand at Wucheol, who was supposed to wake them up, and went back to sleep. Just napping during class wasn't enough; they needed to sleep deeply during lunch break.

Even as he dozed off, Sanghyun smiled contentedly, recalling the Club Homi performance. "He killed it."

It had only been two days, but the heat from the performance hadn't died down. And it was the same on the online hip-hop community, HipHopEMI. Starting with critic Ryu Jehyun's post in the early morning of the performance day, various posts began to flood the community.

Of course, since the Club Homi performance itself was excellent, the topics of the posts were very diverse. However, among them, what listeners mentioned the most was undoubtedly about the 888 crew.

When it came to the 888 crew, there were two types of posts that dominated. Firstly, there were inquiries about the members of the 888 crew.

• Who are the members of the 888 crew? How many are there in total?
• Who were the two female rappers that performed then? That pretty girl was really good, wasn't she?
• Both of them looked pretty to me?
• Am I the only one interested in Park Inhak? He's totally my type.
• Are you a female?
• No, I'm a guy.

Following Sanghyun and Junhyung, Hayeon received the most positive evaluations. Perhaps it was obvious because, excluding Yoon Mirae, there weren't many skilled female rappers in Korean hip-hop yet. While Hayeon's rapping skills weren't extraordinary, her style, combining the delicacy typical of women with the toughness of hip-hop, was enough to earn bonus points from listeners.

Of course, the most attention was focused on Sanghyun.

• How old is Lee Sanghyun? He looked really tall in the video. How tall is he?
• He didn't look that tall to me when I saw him at the venue?
• It's probably because the stage was high. Stars Record's Woo Yeonwoo is 188 cm tall but didn't look that tall.

Posts kept pouring in without a break, but there wasn't anyone providing clear answers. In fact, it couldn't be helped. Apart from Sanghyun and Junhyung, who were known through the show business, there was hardly any information available about the other members of the 888 crew to the outside world. Eventually, when it reached the point where even nonsense like Sanghyun's rap name being 'Lee Sanghyun' with a separate real name surfaced, an annoyed Sangmi organized and posted an article on HipHopEMI.

* The Reality of the 888 Crew

° J.Bro (Shin Junhyung), born on March 15, 1988.
Representative song: "Move It," 'Eight, Eight, Eight'
Position: Hollywood-style leader of the 888 crew.
No dating experience. Severe forgetfulness.