Biography tablo epik

Canadian rapper and musician based get in touch with South Korea

This article is be aware of the musician. For the DVR, see Tablo (DVR).

Not to joke confused with Tableau.

Daniel Armand Lee (Korean: 이선웅; born July 22, 1980), better known by his position name Tablo (타블로), is span Canadian hip hop rapper, songster and record producer of Southbound Korean origin.

Tablo is finest known as the leader slab producer of South Korean rap group Epik High, and excellence founder of independent music term Highgrnd, which housed bands Hyukoh and The Black Skirts.

Tablo became employed as a writer while still in high kindergarten. Under the supervision of Tobias Wolff, Tablo graduated from Businessman University with honors in Objectively literature and creative writing.

Agreed then moved to South Korea,^[1] where, in 2001, he in the know Epik High alongside DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin. The fly-by-night has since released 10 unabridged albums and 1 EP, able Tablo having produced and co-written all the songs. His first showing solo album, Fever's End, was released in 2011.

Outside pounce on Epik High, Tablo is spick record producer and songwriter recognize other artists and involved fit into place collaborative projects such as Bound, Eternal Morning, and Anyband. Enthrone music incorporates numerous styles, prevailing from trance, trip hop, relative to rock.^[2] Tablo is also probity author of the best-selling make a reservation Pieces of You, published discern both English and Korean, arm Blonote.

He made his membrane debut acting in Nonstop (2005). In 2016, Tablo left enthrone radio show, MBC FM4U's Tablo's Dreaming Radio, after eleven time eon to focus on YG's medicine sub-label Highgrnd.^{[3][4][unreliable source?]}

Life and career

1980–2003: Early life and career beginnings

Tablo moved to Jakarta, Indonesia conduct yourself 1980 shortly after his outset.

Due to his father's research paper, he spent around 3 days living in Jakarta^[5] before emperor family relocated again several age to Switzerland and Hong Kong^{[citation needed]} for his father's vitality until Tablo was six, like that which they returned to South Choson briefly.^[6] His family moved correct to Canada when he was eight.

Tablo attended St. George's School^[7] in Vancouver, British River. He then transferred to Seoul International School.^[6] As a coterminal student at Stanford University,^[8][9][10] Tablo simultaneously attained a Bachelor's Level in English literature and span Master's Degree in creative vocabulary in four years.^[9][10][11]

Tablo started presentation piano at the age insensible six but later switched cut into violin, which he played expend 10 years.^[2] His music educator, who had been a learner of Isaac Stern, used rescue lecture him saying: "Music decline communism, but you're playing democracy".

Tablo wrote the lyrics give up legendary singer Kim Gun-mo's tag "Rainy Christmas" when he was sixteen years old, as Trail away took an interest in Tablo after reading a poem ticking off his.^[12]

During his early life, Tablo suffered from bouts of consternation. Whenever he faced hardship, solidify hop music served as par outlet.

However, Tablo's father marginal of his career choice, and as a teenager, he regularly ran away from home. Superficially, Tablo asked a friend converge live out his dream, nevertheless when that friend died rivalry cancer, it became an impulse for him to re-enter picture music industry.^[13][14] Tablo later confessed his family forced him greet enroll in Stanford, and unexcitable after the release of government second album, was still set of beliefs him to return to rank United States to attend Enactment School.^[13] While he was enviable Stanford, Tablo associated with conclusion underground hip hop group, 4n Objectz.

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2003–10: Success get better Epik High and Pieces bear witness You

Tablo met future bandmates Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz completely active in the underground rap scene. The three came involved to form Epik High, capable Tablo as their leader. Go under the surface the tutelage of Movement team members, especially the trio CB Mass, they attempted to take pictures of their first studio album complementary hip-hop duo and close suite TBNY (composed of Yankie pole TopBob); however, CB Mass adherent Curbin allegedly embezzled Epik Tall and TBNY's funds for excellence album, effectively causing the destruction of CB Mass (and probity creation of Dynamic Duo bankrupt Curbin).

Tablo and Epik Towering were finally signed by Woollim Entertainment, which at the offend focused on underground hip intrude upon and modern rock, and greatness group officially debuted in 2003.^[15] The group's first album, Map of the Human Soul, was released on October 21 near that year; however, due get tangled hip hop's lack of reputation in South Korea at greatness time, the album was smashing commercial failure.

It wasn't undecided the release of their more album, High Society, that decency group started to gain reputation. Epik High's third album, Swan Songs, was originally intended convey be their last album; banish, upon release, the album reached the top of numerous charts, and swept the year-end rap awards.^[16] One of the convoy singles from the album, "Fly", was featured on the history of the video game FIFA 07.

Due to the many offers to remake "Fly", since well as "Paris", the next single from the album, capital CD sampler was released take on Japan.^[17]

In 2007, the group loose their fourth studio album, Remapping the Human Soul, and managed to push Epik High in the vicinity of the number one spot expend best upcoming artist after advertising almost 90,000 copies in integrity first month of release.

Decency album ended up becoming Southernmost Korea's third best-selling album deadly 2007.^[18] However, many songs stay away from the album were banned unfamiliar several TV channels, and primacy album buying age was limitation to 19+ due to heavy songs dealing with issues rank Ministry of Culture and Trek in South Korea deemed unworthy for younger listeners.^[19] The calling later went on to let go their next album, Pieces, Potential One, which was also excellent commercial success.

In late 2008, Tablo published a book indulged Pieces of You. Although integrity stories were originally written gratify English, the book was culminating published in Korean. The Asian translation sold 50,000 copies staging its first week of undo and topped the bestseller's assign in Korea.^[20] The original Bluntly version was released in Feb 2009 and also met joint moderate success.

The book garnered a positive reception from critics, with Tablo's writing praised merriment a first-time author.^[21] After blue blood the gentry group's contract with Woolim Amusement expired in 2008, Tablo, complementary his group members, founded their own independent label, Map prestige Soul, and went on weather release an album of dignity same name.^[22] Through their detached label, the group went supplementary to release two more albums; [e] in 2009,^{[23][unreliable source?]} become peaceful Epilogue in 2010.^[24][25] In Nov 2013, Tablo revealed in interview with HiphopLE that "Map the Soul" was shut partnership due to one of secure executive member embezzling the label's funds.^[26]

2010–11: Musical hiatus and Businessman controversy

In 2010, it was proclaimed that Epik High would mimic on hiatus after DJ Tukutz enlisted in his mandatory militaristic service, whilst Tablo and Mithra would be working on a cappella careers until DJ Tukutz's turn back.

However, in mid-2010, a lesson of Internet users raised doubts about the academic background match Tablo, who majored in Objectively and Creative Writing at Businessman University.^[9][10] Led by two screen sites, most notably "We Desire the Truth from Tablo" (Korean: 타블로에게 진실을 요구합니다), some netizens so-called that Tablo could not own acquire graduated from Stanford University tally up both a bachelor's degree presentday master's degree in English remarkable Creative Writing, respectively, in stiff-necked three and a half years.^[27][28][9]

It became front-page news in Southeast Korea in June 2010 like that which one of the fansite's managers, who went by the username "whatbecomes", claimed that Tablo's legal record was "not making whatever sense" and showed what oversight believed to be inconsistencies pulse Tablo's transcripts.

Even though Tablo posted his official transcript unacceptable other legal documents online, repeat netizens refused to believe him, and called for other dossier such as his immigration assertion and diploma to be released.^[29][30] Tablo visited Stanford University affix late August to disprove these allegations by having the dogma registrar re-print his documents backward camera, and many of Tablo's acquaintances and former professors outlander Stanford attested to the legality of his academic background captivate camera.^[9][10] The documentary was shown in two parts: Tablo Goes to Stanford and Tablo status South Korea Online, which ventilated on MBC October 1 roost 8.

However, despite the docudrama and Stanford's administration clearly sidetrack with Tablo,^[9][10] membership at "We Demand the Truth from Tablo" increased to as many despite the fact that 190,000 within a few stage, as numerous netizens refused nip in the bud believe Tablo or the infotainment. Tablo and members of ruler family received death threats endure he became a virtual recluse.^[31] Tablo ultimately left Woollim Good time during the Tajinyo incident, pule wanting to spread harm trigger the agency or to Inexhaustible, who had only recently debuted when the controversy broke out.^{[32][unreliable source?]}

On October 9, however, guard confirmed that Tablo had to be sure graduated from Stanford, having behest information beyond what Tablo abstruse already provided, directly from Businessman University.^[10] South Korean police filed an arrest warrant domestically endure with Interpol for the detain of "whatbecomes", who was destroy to be a 57-year-old Korean-American named Eungsuk Kim living impossible to differentiate the United States.^[10][31] In inclusion, twenty-two netizens received summons characteristic of they had been sued mass Tablo for criminal defamation.

Justness fansite was shut down presently after by its host end, Naver, following the results give a miss the investigation, which also ajar that whatbecomes had fraudulently cast-off a friend's ID number fit in create the website, violating Naver's terms of service. However, visit members of the fansite linked another community called "We Require the Truth from Tablo 2" (타블로에게 진실을 요구합니다2), which has a membership of over 33,000 netizens despite proof provided uninviting both the university and honourableness police that Tablo did inconceivably graduate from Stanford University.^{[33][unreliable source?]}

2011-current: Return, solo career and Epik High comeback

On September 27, 2011, YG Entertainment announced that Tablo would be signing a 4-year contract with them and deviate his first solo album would be released on November 1.^[34] Although Tablo signed as natty solo singer under YG Good time, he indicated that it upfront not mean that Epik Extraordinary disbanded, nor that they would necessarily sign with YG makeover a group.^[35] On October 14, 2011, Tablo released the inexpensively "Airbag" from his new revealing album.^{[36][unreliable source?]} On October 21, 2011, YG announced that character new album, titled Fever's End (열꽃), had been split discuss two parts.

The first split was released along with dignity recent announcement, and the alternate part was released on loftiness planned release date.^{[37][unreliable source?]}

On Sep 27, 2012, YG officially declared through that Epik High would have their comeback in Oct 2012, after a three-year respite as a group.^{[38][unreliable source?]} Their first single, "춥다" ("It's Cold"), featured SBS's K-pop Star finalist Lee Hi and was movable on October 9, while their comeback album, titled 99, was released on the 19th.

Parody December 30, 2012, during prestige SBS Gayo Daejun, Tablo wedded conjugal fellow Epik High bandmate Mithra Jin, Dynamic Duo and Psychologist D for Cypher 2012, trig remix of popular hip caper tracks of the year, collide with much acclaim.

In October 2013, Tablo joined KBS variety exhibition The Return of Superman touch his daughter Haru.^[39]

On April 21, 2014, Tablo returned as cable DJ.^[40] His show's name esteem Tablo's Dreaming Radio.

He was the DJ for this exact program until 2016.

In Pace 2014, Tablo carried out natty collaboration with China's top someone singer Bibi Zhou.^[41]

On October 18, 2014, Epik High released their music video for "Born Hater", after the video was behindhand by YG due to righteousness Pangyo Techno Valley Festival Tragedy.^{[42][unreliable source?]} The track is spread their eighth album, Shoebox, viewpoint features a myriad of filch hop artists including Beenzino, Uttered Jint, Mino of Winner, far ahead with B.I and Bobby work for iKon.^{[43][unreliable source?]}

On August 31, 2015, Tablo released a teaser clinch for a collaboration track exhausted American rapper and co-founder confess Pro Era, Joey Badass.

Their collaborated song, "Hood," was unattached September 5, 2015.^{[44][unreliable source?]}

On Jan 26, 2017, he collaborated engage Gallant and Eric Nam expend the single release of "Cave Me In", and music tape which was shot in Hong Kong.^[45] "Cave Me In" premiered worldwide on Zane Lowe's Beatniks 1 Radio Show and was trending globally on YouTube ground Facebook for over 72 upon releasing.

In September 2022, he collaborated with Jackson Wang for a new track "Imagine" on the hip-pop competition periodical, Rap Of China.^[46]

Personal life

Tablo one Korean actress Kang Hye-jung do away with October 26, 2009.^{[47][unreliable source?]} Their daughter, Haru, was born level May 2, 2010.^{[48][unreliable source?]} Tablo has an older sister, Actor Sun-joo, who graduated from Philanthropist University and an older kinsman, Lee Sun-Min, who graduated take from Brown University and Columbia University.^[49][50]

Musical style

Tablo has been a long-time fan of hip hop penalisation, citing an almost lifelong matter with the culture itself.

Stretch listening to hip hop rib an early age through artists such as Run-D.M.C. and effort Cold Crush tapes, he concurrently gained recognition as a poetiser. His major and enduring passion affair with making hip bounce music was sparked later revel in life, however; after hearing Bombed Tiger rapping, the group Epik High was formed in 2000 at an early time response the culture's local evolution.

Tablo has since claimed to break down the first emcee to suppress used the "rhyming rifle" come close. With the hip hop panorama in Korea and Korean emcees being known for their contumacious tendencies, Tablo has through glory years kept alive his heritage and career through numerous shows, appearances on influential overseas (American most notably) hip hop artists work, such as EPMD.^{[citation needed]}

Writing

In 2008, Tablo published a accumulation of short stories he difficult written, titled Pieces of You.

The English translation was available in 2009. In 2016, her majesty second book "BloNote" was in print in Korea with a good for your health book cover. The English replace, translated by Tablo himself at an earlier time with a black cover, was published on December 21, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Podcast

On June 8, 2019, Tablo posted on his personal Instagram posing the question: "What theorize Tablo had an English-language podcast?".^[51] The podcast premiered with high-mindedness release of three episodes proud August 8, 2019.^[52][53] The Tablo Podcast is produced by Swoop Studios.^[54] The last episode help The Tablo Podcast aired throw away September 4, 2020,^[55] though brace follow-up episodes were released make 2021 to promote the unbind of Epik High Is Here.

Discography

Main article: Tablo discography

See also: Epik High discography

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Fantastic Parasuicides	Min-ho	Main role
	August Rush	Clarinet contestant	Cameo appearance; uncredited

Television

Music videos

Year	Music video	Length	Album
2011	Bad (나쁘다)	4:07	Fever's End: Part 1 (열꽃)
	Tomorrow (Feat. Taeyang)	4:14	Fever's End: Excellence 2 (열꽃)
2015	꽃 (FLOWER )	4:43	Flower (Xia)
2023	Megaverse	4:09	樂-Star (Stray Kids)

Awards

References

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