Danny Ahn

Early life

Ahn was born in Seattle, Washington and holds American citizenship, although he later moved to South Korea with his family and spent most of his schooling years there. He and g.o.d bandmate Joon Park are first cousins; Ahn's father is the youngest sibling of Joon's mother.

Beginnings

Ahn's professional career began with his debut in the K-pop industry as a rapper for singer Uhm Jung-hwa. He was later recruited by his cousin Joon and songwriter-producer and JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young for a project group which was supposed to a mixed-gender six-piece band with the tentative name "GOT6". Between 1997 and 1998, Ahn's friend Son Ho-young, Yoon Kye-sang and a female singer were recruited through auditions. However, the female singer was dropped and replaced with Kim Tae-woo, then still a high school student. The group eventually became a five-man boy band and named g.o.d, short for "Groove Over Dose".

1999–2005: Success with g.o.d

After a lukewarm response to their debut performance in January 1999, the group went on the become one of the most popular K-pop groups in the 2000s. He gained attention for his unique rapping style.

2006–2013: Solo activities and projects

Ahn ventured into the radio industry prior to g.o.d going on hiatus in late December 2005. He served as a radio DJ on KBS Cool FM and has hosted shows such as Kiss the Radio and Danny Ahn's Music Show.

Ahn released his solo album on May 28, 2007, featuring the digital single "If It Were A Dream", which featured a cappella group Sweet Sorrow. Alongside his music career, Ahn also took roles in TV shows and films. In 2008, he appeared in Crazy Waiting, also known as The Longest 24 Months. He appeared as Baek-ho in the KBS drama, The Slave Hunters. He appeared in KBS Let's Go Dream Team! Season 2, and was the leader of the team. He also appeared as Manager Baek Nam-jung in The Fugitive: Plan B alongside Rain, Lee Jung-jin, Daniel Henney and Lee Na-young, and in The Innocent Man with Song Joong-ki and Moon Chae-won. He was a permanent guest on SBS's talk show Strong Heart.

Despite g.o.d going on hiatus, Ahn has reunited with his bandmates several times for collaborations. He, Son Ho-young and Park Joon-hyung were featured in the song "Memories and Remembrance" (기억과추억), from Kim Tae-woo's mini album T-Virus. He also joined Kim and Son to perform their hit song "Lies" on the Music Bank special celebrating 600 episodes and at the 2012 Korean Music Festival in Los Angeles.

In May 2012, Ahn starred opposite Dave K. Wong as Gye Dong-hee, a friend to Ryu's Seung-hyuk in Channel A's Goodbye Dear Wife. He served as a commentator/host on We Got Married along with Lee Ji-hye, with hosts Park Mi-sun and Kim Jung-min before leaving the show on May 31, 2014. In 2013 he joined Top Gear Korea to host the fourth season.

Ahn was part of a project "group" called HotSechgodRG, which comprises of himself and four other members of first-generation idol groups who were born in the same year (1978). The group was first conceived after former H.O.T member Moon Hee-joon invited Ahn, Tony An (H.O.T), Eun Ji-won (Sechs Kies) and Chun Myung-hoon (NRG) to create a reality show version of the television series Reply 1997 in which they would meet up at a rented house to chat and reflect on their heyday. The show was called Handsome Men of the 20th Century and also featured special guests, mainly their former bandmates and contemporaries. The group has also launched a music video and performed on Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend. The following year, in 2014, they starred in Where is My Superhero? on OnStyle.

2014–present: g.o.d reunion and other activities

In early 2014 he reunited with his g.o.d bandmates to prepare for their eighth album to celebrating fifteen years since their debut. He was personally involved in the composition of several songs, especially the rap.

Personal life

Ahn has revealed that he has had a total of five girlfriends in the past, with two of them being celebrities. Regarding his views on dating, Ahn has stated, "I won't publicly announce my relationship while I'm dating, but I'm going to confidently date her in public. But when I find someone that I really want to spend the rest of my life with, I'm going to make a public announcement."

He has one older sister.