B.I
B.I was born in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on October 22nd, 1996 and is the Rapper. At the age of 27, B.I biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
At 27 years old, B.I has this physical status:
After over two years of training, B.I took part on the Mnet reality survival program WIN: Who Is Next as a contestant under Team B. Because Team A won the program, B.I continued as a trainee under YG Entertainment. On May 14, 2014, it was revealed B.I and label-mate Bobby would compete in Mnet's Show Me the Money 3. During the show's run, B.I released the digital single "Be I", which he wrote and co-produced with Choice37 and became the first single from the show to top charts. He was only 17 years old and a trainee at the time.
In September 2014, it was announced Team B would return to compete on survival program Mix & Match, where filming began in midst of B.I's appearance on Show Me The Money. The show resulted in the debut of Team B, alongside trainee Jung Chan-woo, under the group name iKon. In October 2014, B.I featured in label-mate Epik High's lead single "Born Hater" alongside Beenzino, Verbal Jint, Bobby, and Winner's Mino; they performed track together at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
On September 15, 2015, iKon released the warm-up single "My Type", followed by lead singles "Rhythm Ta" and "Airplane". In December 2015, B.I and fellow member Jinhwan joined the cast of JTBC's Mari and I. In June 2017, B.I along with member Bobby, featured in label-mate Psy's studio album 4X2=8 on the track "Bomb". B.I also featured in Seungri's debut studio album, The Great Seungri, released on July 20, 2018, on the track "Mollado". In December 2018, B.I received the Songwriter of the Year award at the 10th Melon Music Awards for iKon's single "Love Scenario" from their studio album Return. B.I was cast for JTBC2's variety show Grand Buda-guest in 2019. He featured on label-mate Lee Hi's single "No One" and co-produced the track "1, 2" from her extended play (EP) 24°C.
Despite leaving iKon and YG Entertainment in June 2019, B.I wrote and composed four of the five songs in his former group's 2020 EP I Decide, including the title track "Dive", released by YG Entertainment on February 6, 2020.
On September 28, 2020, B.I was appointed as the executive director of IOK Company. On January 11, 2021, it was revealed that B.I would feature on Epik High's upcoming tenth studio album Epik High Is Here 上 (Part 1) on the song "Acceptance Speech", which was released on January 18, 2021, along with the rest of the album.
On March 19, 2021, B.I released the charity single album, Midnight Blue (Love Streaming), through IOK Music affiliate 131 Label, whose name is derived from the shape of the letters "B" and "I" together. His debut single album contained three self-written and self-composed songs. An animated music video for lead single "Midnight Blue" was also released on the same day. All tracks had been previously released, partially, as demos via B.I's SoundCloud between 2020 and 2021.
On May 7, 2021, 131 Label announced the release schedule for B.I as a solo artist. This included a global single "Got It Like That" featuring Destiny Rogers and Tyla Yaweh, released on May 14, 2021, and his first full-length studio album, Waterfall, released on June 1, 2021. A cinematic music video for the title track "Illa Illa" was also released alongside the album. The music video surpassed 12.7 million views on YouTube within the first 24 hours of its release, breaking the record for the most viewed K-pop male solo artist debut music video within the first 24 hours.
On August 25, 2021, it was revealed that B.I would feature on his former label-mate Lee Hi's upcoming third studio album 4 Only on the song "Savior", which he wrote and composed. The music video for "Savior" was released on September 3, 2021. Supposedly distributed on August 27, the song was officially released on all platforms on September 9, 2021, along with the rest of the album.
On October 1, 2021, B.I released the digital single "Lost At Sea (Illa Illa 2)", a reinterpretation of "Illa Illa", featuring Bipolar Sunshine and Afgan.
On November 11, 2021, B.I released the first half of his second studio album, Cosmos, including the lead single of the same name. On November 25, he made an appearance on TV5's Lunch Out Loud, a Philippine variety show. In January 2022, B.I became the first K-pop and Asian act to participate in the digital performance series made by The Recording Academy to spotlight artists from around the world, called GRAMMY Global Spin. He performed the song "Nineteen", which was part of his album Cosmos.
In May 2022, B.I announced his global album project Love or Loved, with a pre-release collaborative single with Soulja Boy titled "BTBT", featuring DeVita, which was released on May 13. On June 27, he released the single "Lullaby" with Chuu as a collaboration with Dingo Music.
In August 2022, B.I joined the UNIVERSE platform, a South-Korean fandom and artist communication space.
On October 11, 2022, 131 announced that B.I had resigned from his position as an executive director of IOK Company and 131 would go on as an independent label. The label had previously rebranded from 131 Label to 131 (ONE THREE ONE), or 131 for short, on January 30, 2022 and welcomed its first artist other than B.I on September 30, 2022.
In October 2022, B.I announced the first part of his global project, the studio album Love or Loved Part.1, was to be released on November 18, 2022, including the pre-release single "BTBT" and a new lead single "Keep Me Up".