G-DRAGON
Full Name: Kwon Ji Young
Nickname : GD
Position : Main Rapper , Leader
Birthday : August 18 , 1988
Height: 177 cm (5 '9)
Weight : 58 kg (128 lbs )
Blood Type : A
Religion: Christian
Education : Seoul Korean Traditional Arts Middle & High School
Languages : Korean , English, Chinese
Hobbies: Writing lyrics , Composing, drawing
Fun Facts :
•His stage name " G-Dragon " comes from his original name " Ji Yong "
because Ji sounds just like a "G" and Yong means "Dragon ".
•His childhood friend is Kangin from Super Junior .
•He is known for his incredible taste in fashion and is one of the top
fashionista in the idol world .
•Though he appears confident and charismatic on stage and in MVs, GD is extremely shy and modest in real life .
•We he was eight years old he was apart of the kid group " Little Roora".
•Was an SM trainee for 5 years until he decided to quit because he was unsure if music was what he wanted to do .
•He has been with YG Entertainment
since he was 12 years old .
•He and TaeYang were originally
going to debut in a duo hip - hop group " GDYB", but Yang Hyun Suk canceled their debut because he wanted to instead create a 4 to 6 member group (Which is now BIGBANG ).
•Even during his trainee years GD rapped in songs by several big name artist such as Wheesung , SE7EN , and Masta Wu .
•After the members of BIGBANG were finalized , Yang Hyun Suk gave each of the members pendants . GD's was a star with his favorite type of cap on it . It means " To become a big star in the music industry ".
•He produces all of BIGBANG's songs .
•Known in KPOP as a musical genius (To which he denies )
•In 2009 he released his first solo album " Heartbreaker " an received a phenomenal amount of success . But it was later attacked by Sony Music for claims of " Heartbreaker" being too similar to Flo Rida's " Right Round " and " Butterfly " being too similar to Oasis ' s "She's Electric". In the end the music labels for the respective artist said they didn't see any similarities and did not press charges.
•Ironically, GD released another version of "Heartbreaker " featuring Flo Rida.
•His relationship with Yang Hyun Suk is compared to a " father and son relationship ".
•He along side T.O. P formed a sub unit titled "GD& TOP ".
•He has a Sharpei named Gaho (He even talks about him in his rap in GD& TOP 's "Knock Out")
•In 2011 it was announced that GD failed a drug test taken in Japan and had traces of Marijuana in his hair cells. It was revealed that during a party GD had smoked a cigarette from a fan that tasted a bit off , but didn't think much of it since he had never smoked pot before and had also been drinking at the party . Soon after the news broke he stopped all of his up coming events and went on a self-
reflection period .
-pinkyjins
