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Jang Dong Woo Biography and Music Career

Jang Dong-woo (: 장동우; : 張東雨; born November 22, 1990), commonly known as Dongwoo, is a singer, rapper, and actor. He is the main rapper and lead dancer of South Korean and . 

 

Biography[]

He was trained under for years. He is a former schoolmate of 's eldest, .Prior to debutre-debut, he and performed as a back-up dancer for various music promotion show 's Run

On February 15, 2013 Dongwoo graduated from Daekyung University's Practical Music program. He along with members Sunggyu, Hoya, Sungyeol and L, received the 'Proud Daekyung University Student award'.

On September 2, 2016, it was announced that Dongwoo's father had died from a chronic illness.

Career[]2010: Debut with Infinite[]Main article:

Dongwoo debuted as a member of South Korean boy group in 2010. The group officially debuted on June 9,2010.

2012–14: Solo activities and Infinite H[]Main article:

In September 2012, Dongwoo, along with fellow Infinite member Hoya, formed a sub-unit called Infinite H, releasing their first extended play titled in early-2013. The sub-unit has a different musical direction and style concept from Infinite, placing their focus on each member's rap and performances ability.

In January 2012, he was featured in Baby Soul and Yoo Ji-a single, "She Is a Flirt". The same year he performed with Sunggyu and Baby Soul on Immortal Songs 2 for the song "Woman On the Beach".In December 2012, Dongwoo along with band member Hoya acted as double MCs for show.

In August 2013, he and starred in 's "Mamama" music video. The duo contributed to the lyrics of the song.

In November 2014, he featured on Nicole's extended play First Romance, track titled "7-2-Misunderstanding".

2015–present: Solo activities[]

In February 2015, Dongwoo along with and acted as a special MC for . Dongwoo made his debut as a musical actor, in the musical In The Heights. Dongwoo plays the role of main lead "Usnavi" along with Yang Dong-geun, Jung Won-young and Key. The musical was produced by SM C&C, a subsidiary of , and ran from September 4 to November 22 at 'Blue Square'. On July 18, he was a special MC for Music Core.On July 26, 2015, Dongwoo along with group member , hosted KBS Cool FM's Show as a guest. In 2015, he along with 's Baro featured in Ami's track .

In October 2016, he released his first self-produced song with vocals featured by Yoon So-yoon, titled "Embedded in Mind". The song was for webtoon Lookism.

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