Crown J studied abroad in the United States since a young age, and continued his education in the Department of Economics at the University of Santa Monica, then transferred to UCLA.
He had an interest in basketball but had to return to South Korea to fulfill his mandatory military service. During the military service, he found music as his passion.
On March 8th, 2006, after his military duty ended, he released his debut album ONE & ONLY, co-produced by prominent K-Hip-hop artists such as MC Mong and Dynamic Duo.
On August 17th, 2007, he released his second album Miss Me? after WGM in 2008.
He was in a virtual marriage with singer Seo In Young in the popular MBC variety show We Got Married in 2008 where they were called Ant Couple. “Ant Couple” became popular in the show WGM and released a digital single together titled “Too Much.”
Crown J released the first mini-album titled FLY BOY and participated in a string of collaborations with fellow hip-hop artists and pop singers in 2008.
He was also featured in two songs of Seo’s first single Cinderella.
He and Seo left We Got Married in early January 2009 and released his second digital single “I’m Good” on July 13th, 2009.
He returned to the United States in 2009 and released the English version of “I’m Good” featuring American rapper Young Dro on July 13th, 2009.
(Source: channel-korea)
