Native name 정일훈 Years active 2012 (2012)–present Siblings Joo Role Actor | Name Jung Il-hoon Full Name Jung Il-hoon | |
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Occupation Singer-songwriterComposerDancerRapperActor Albums Complete, Beep Beep, Born to Beat, Press Play, Thriller | ||
Jung Il-hoon (Hangul: 정일훈; born October 4, 1994), simply known as Ilhoon, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is the main rapper of the South Korean boy group BtoB. He is well known for his multiple song featurings with artists such as Hyuna and G.NA and as an assistant MC in the variety show Weekly Idol. Ilhoon made his acting debut as he starred in the drama Webtoon Hero: Tundra Show in 2015. He was also known for inventing and popularizing the gestures for "Gwiyomi Player".
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Biography
Jung Ilhoon was born on October 4, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated in Hanlim Multi Art School and attended Korea College of Media Arts with acting course. He is the younger brother of singer Joo.
BtoB
Ilhoon debuted as the main rapper of the boy group BTOB in 2012. The group made official debut on Mnet's M! Countdown on March 22.
Solo Activities
Since 2012, Ilhoon has been continuously appearing on variety show Weekly Idol as a special MC/assistant MC together with Apink's Bomi. Ilhoon had his last broadcast in Weekly Idol on its 206th episode. In 2012, he collaborated with 4minute's Gayoon with the song "My Love By My Side" that was for My Love By My Side Musical. He also featured in Hyuna's "Unripe Apple" which was a track from Hyuna's second EP Melting.
In 2013, he was featured in 2YOON's Harvest Moon EP for the track "Nightmare" where he showed his impressive rapping skills. His featuring activities continued as he was later on revealed to be collaborating with G.NA for her title track "Oops!" of Beautiful Kisses EP.
In 2015, Cube Entertainment announced Hyuna's title track for A+ will be featuring BtoB's Ilhoon. The track was entitled "Roll Deep" (Because I'm The Best). He also participated in the making of the album. But he was only able to perform with Hyuna two times as there was a conflict with other BTOB schedules. He was replaced by Cube Entertainment's trainee, Kim Hyojong. Later in 2015, Ilhoon joined the line-up for Unpretty Rapstar 2's semi-finals episode as he performed with contestant Jiyoon for the track "This Ain't Me".
He also made his acting debut on 2015 with "Webtoon Hero: Tundra Show" as Kim Sungmin.
On May 24, 2017, it was revealed that Ilhoon will be releasing a self-composed track on May 30. On May 26, it was revealed that Ilhoon's solo song is titled "Fancy Shoes".