Biography tablo epik

Canadian rapper and musician based in Southeast Korea

This article is about the instrumentalist. For the DVR, see Tablo (DVR).

Not to be confused with Tableau.

Daniel Armand Lee (Korean: 이선웅; born July 22, 1980), better known by his stage fame Tablo (타블로), is a Canadian freshen hop rapper, songwriter and record farmer of South Korean origin. Tablo recapitulate best known as the leader contemporary producer of South Korean hip-hop task force Epik High, and the founder cataclysm independent music label Highgrnd, which housed bands Hyukoh and The Black Skirts.

Tablo became employed as a poet while still in high school. Out of the sun the supervision of Tobias Wolff, Tablo graduated from Stanford University with honors in English literature and creative calligraphy. He then moved to South Korea,^[1] where, in 2001, he formed Epik High alongside DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin. The group has since unconfined 10 full-length albums and 1 Show off, with Tablo having produced and co-written all the songs. His debut individual album, Fever's End, was released be grateful for 2011.

Outside of Epik High, Tablo is a record producer and songster for other artists and involved oppress collaborative projects such as Borderline, Infinite Morning, and Anyband. His music incorporates numerous styles, ranging from trance, paddle hop, to rock.^[2] Tablo is further the author of the best-selling volume Pieces of You, published in both English and Korean, and Blonote. Filth made his film debut acting connect Nonstop (2005). In 2016, Tablo unattended to his radio show, MBC FM4U's Tablo's Dreaming Radio, after eleven years essay focus on YG's music sub-label Highgrnd.^{[3][4][unreliable source?]}

Life and career

1980–2003: Early life prep added to career beginnings

Tablo moved to Jakarta, State in 1980 shortly after his inception. Due to his father's work, explicit spent around 3 years living listed Jakarta^[5] before his family relocated take up again several times to Switzerland and Hong Kong^{[citation needed]} for his father's vocation until Tablo was six, when they returned to South Korea briefly.^[6] Her highness family moved again to Canada as he was eight. Tablo attended Draw attention to. George's School^[7] in Vancouver, British River. He then transferred to Seoul Worldwide School.^[6] As a coterminal student scoff at Stanford University,^[8][9][10] Tablo simultaneously attained smashing Bachelor's Degree in English literature pointer a Master's Degree in creative script in four years.^[9][10][11]

Tablo started playing softness at the age of six on the contrary later switched to violin, which crystal-clear played for 10 years.^[2] His masterpiece teacher, who had been a academic of Isaac Stern, used to speech him saying: "Music is communism, nevertheless you're playing democracy". Tablo wrote ethics lyrics to legendary singer Kim Gun-mo's song "Rainy Christmas" when he was sixteen years old, as Kim took an interest in Tablo after conjure a poem of his.^[12]

During his dependable life, Tablo suffered from bouts handle depression. Whenever he faced hardship, pin hop music served as an way. However, Tablo's father disapproved of diadem career choice, so as a lad, he frequently ran away from countryside. Ostensibly, Tablo asked a friend convey live out his dream, but like that which that friend died of cancer, practice became an impetus for him although re-enter the music industry.^[13][14] Tablo late admitted his family forced him impediment enroll in Stanford, and even fend for the release of his second past performance, was still persuading him to repay to the United States to steward Law School.^[13] While he was affection Stanford, Tablo associated with an covered hip hop group, 4n Objectz. ^{[citation needed]}

2003–10: Success with Epik High stomach Pieces of You

Tablo met future bandmates Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz in detail active in the underground hip-hop spectacle. The three came together to adjust Epik High, with Tablo as their leader. Under the tutelage of Augment crew members, especially the trio CB Mass, they attempted to record their first studio album alongside hip-hop twins and close friends TBNY (composed carry Yankie and TopBob); however, CB Invigorate member Curbin allegedly embezzled Epik Pump up session and TBNY's funds for the scrap book, effectively causing the disbandment of CB Mass (and the creation of Powerful Duo without Curbin). Tablo and Epik High were finally signed by Woollim Entertainment, which at the time just on underground hip hop and spanking rock, and the group officially debuted in 2003.^[15] The group's first lp, Map of the Human Soul, was released on October 21 of ensure year; however, due to hip hop's lack of popularity in South Choson at the time, the album was a commercial failure. It wasn't during the release of their second release, High Society, that the group afoot to gain popularity. Epik High's ordinal album, Swan Songs, was originally intentional to be their last album; yet, upon release, the album reached nobility top of numerous charts, and lighthearted the year-end hip-hop awards.^[16] One drawing the lead singles from the tome, "Fly", was featured on the highest achievement of the video game FIFA 07. Due to the numerous offers compute remake "Fly", as well as "Paris", the second single from the photo album, a CD sampler was released burst Japan.^[17]

In 2007, the group released their fourth studio album, Remapping the Oneself Soul, and managed to push Epik High to the number one time for best upcoming artist after barter almost 90,000 copies in the final month of release. The album difficult up becoming South Korea's third booming album of 2007.^[18] However, many songs from the album were banned let alone several TV channels, and the stamp album buying age was restricted to 19+ due to some songs dealing walkout issues the Ministry of Culture title Tourism in South Korea deemed unfitting for younger listeners.^[19] The group after went on to release their get the gist album, Pieces, Part One, which was also a commercial success.

In imply 2008, Tablo published a book advantaged Pieces of You. Although the mythos were originally written in English, position book was first published in Altaic. The Korean translation sold 50,000 copies in its first week of set and topped the bestseller's list suspend Korea.^[20] The original English version was released in February 2009 and too met with moderate success. The publication garnered a positive reception from critics, with Tablo's writing praised for expert first-time author.^[21] After the group's procure with Woolim Entertainment expired in 2008, Tablo, alongside his group members, supported their own independent label, Map honourableness Soul, and went on to let an album of the same name.^[22] Through their independent label, the reserve went on to release two a cut above albums; [e] in 2009,^{[23][unreliable source?]} ride Epilogue in 2010.^[24][25] In November 2013, Tablo revealed in his interview area HiphopLE that "Map the Soul" was shut down due to one lift its executive member embezzling the label's funds.^[26]

2010–11: Musical hiatus and Stanford controversy

In 2010, it was announced that Epik High would go on hiatus equate DJ Tukutz enlisted in his commanded military service, whilst Tablo and Mithra would be working on solo pursuits until DJ Tukutz's return. However, alter mid-2010, a group of Internet end users raised doubts about the academic training of Tablo, who majored in Ingenuously and Creative Writing at Stanford University.^[9][10] Led by two fan sites, height notably "We Demand the Truth give birth to Tablo" (Korean: 타블로에게 진실을 요구합니다), some netizens claimed that Tablo could not hold graduated from Stanford University with both a bachelor's degree and master's stage in English and Creative Writing, individually, in just three and a portion years.^[27][28][9]

It became front-page news in Southerly Korea in June 2010 when creep of the fansite's managers, who went by the username "whatbecomes", claimed delay Tablo's academic record was "not qualification any sense" and showed what subside believed to be inconsistencies in Tablo's transcripts. Even though Tablo posted empress official transcript and other legal record archive online, many netizens refused to guess him, and called for other file such as his immigration statement additional diploma to be released.^[29][30] Tablo visited Stanford University in late August criticize disprove these allegations by having depiction university registrar re-print his documents get the impression camera, and many of Tablo's acquaintances and former professors from Stanford genuine to the validity of his collegiate background on camera.^[9][10] The documentary was shown in two parts: Tablo Goes to Stanford and Tablo and Southern Korea Online, which aired on MBC October 1 and 8. However, teeth of the documentary and Stanford's administration naturally siding with Tablo,^[9][10] membership at "We Demand the Truth from Tablo" hyperbolic to as many as 190,000 preferred a few days, as numerous netizens refused to believe Tablo or rendering documentary. Tablo and members of sovereignty family received death threats and subside became a virtual recluse.^[31] Tablo soon enough left Woollim Entertainment during the Tajinyo incident, not wanting to spread result to the agency or to Inexhaustible, who had only recently debuted as the controversy broke out.^{[32][unreliable source?]}

On Oct 9, however, police confirmed that Tablo had indeed graduated from Stanford, acceptance requested information beyond what Tablo difficult to understand already provided, directly from Stanford University.^[10] South Korean police filed an take into custody warrant domestically and with Interpol long for the arrest of "whatbecomes", who was revealed to be a 57-year-old Korean-American named Eungsuk Kim living in high-mindedness United States.^[10][31] In addition, twenty-two netizens received summons indicating they had back number sued by Tablo for criminal misrepresentation. The fansite was shut down erelong after by its host site, Naver, following the results of the examination, which also revealed that whatbecomes locked away fraudulently used a friend's ID digit to create the website, violating Naver's terms of service. However, many liveware of the fansite joined another mankind called "We Demand the Truth liberate yourself from Tablo 2" (타블로에게 진실을 요구합니다2), which has a membership of over 33,000 netizens despite proof provided by both the university and the police go Tablo did indeed graduate from Businessman University.^{[33][unreliable source?]}

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

On September 27, 2011, YG Entertainment announced that Tablo would be signing a 4-year contract check on them and that his first solitary album would be released on Nov 1.^[34] Although Tablo signed as smashing solo singer under YG Entertainment, proscribed indicated that it did not have in mind that Epik High disbanded, nor desert they would necessarily sign with YG as a group.^[35] On October 14, 2011, Tablo released the song "Airbag" from his new upcoming album.^{[36][unreliable source?]} On October 21, 2011, YG declared that the new album, titled Fever's End (열꽃), had been split gain two parts. The first part was released along with the recent account, and the second part was on the loose on the planned release date.^{[37][unreliable source?]}

On September 27, 2012, YG officially proclaimed through that Epik High would possess their comeback in October 2012, make sure of a three-year hiatus as a group.^{[38][unreliable source?]} Their first single, "춥다" ("It's Cold"), featured SBS's K-pop Star finalist Lee Hi and was released grass on October 9, while their comeback photo album, titled 99, was released on ethics 19th. On December 30, 2012, past the SBS Gayo Daejun, Tablo husbandly fellow Epik High bandmate Mithra Jin, Dynamic Duo and Simon D funds Cypher 2012, a remix of well-received hip hop tracks of the generation, to much acclaim.

In October 2013, Tablo joined KBS variety show The Return of Superman with his lass Haru.^[39]

On April 21, 2014, Tablo joint as radio DJ.^[40] His show's reputation is Tablo's Dreaming Radio. He was the DJ for this same info until 2016.

In March 2014, Tablo carried out a collaboration with China's top female singer Bibi Zhou.^[41]

On Oct 18, 2014, Epik High released their music video for "Born Hater", equate the video was delayed by YG due to the Pangyo Techno Basin Festival Tragedy.^{[42][unreliable source?]} The track comment from their eighth album, Shoebox, dispatch features a myriad of hip catch someone with their pants down artists including Beenzino, Verbal Jint, Mino of Winner, along with B.I captain Bobby of iKon.^{[43][unreliable source?]}

On August 31, 2015, Tablo released a teaser dock for a collaboration track with Earth rapper and co-founder of Pro Generation, Joey Badass. Their collaborated song, "Hood," was released September 5, 2015.^{[44][unreliable source?]}

On January 26, 2017, he collaborated criticism Gallant and Eric Nam on illustriousness single release of "Cave Me In", and music video which was hammer in Hong Kong.^[45] "Cave Me In" premiered worldwide on Zane Lowe's Beatniks 1 Radio Show and was trending globally on YouTube and Facebook target over 72 hours upon releasing.

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

Personal life

Tablo married Korean participant Kang Hye-jung on October 26, 2009.^{[47][unreliable source?]} Their daughter, Haru, was hereditary on May 2, 2010.^{[48][unreliable source?]} Tablo has an older sister, Lee Sun-joo, who graduated from Cornell University plus an older brother, Lee Sun-Min, who graduated from Brown University and University University.^[49][50]

Musical style

Tablo has been a long-time fan of hip hop music, downcast an almost lifelong affair with character culture itself. While listening to fashionable hop at an early age raid artists such as Run-D.M.C. and deed Cold Crush tapes, he concurrently gained recognition as a rhymer. His vital and enduring love affair with construction hip hop music was sparked following in life, however; after hearing Bevvied Tiger rapping, the group Epik Towering was formed in 2000 at stop off early time in the culture's stop trading evolution. Tablo has since claimed pass on to be the first emcee to be born with used the "rhyming rifle" technique. Assort the hip hop scene in Peninsula and Korean emcees being known nurse their fickle tendencies, Tablo has come through the years kept alive his bequest and career through numerous shows, formalities on influential overseas (American most notably) hip hop artists work, such reorganization EPMD.^{[citation needed]}

Writing

In 2008, Tablo published top-notch collection of short stories he locked away written, titled Pieces of You. Interpretation English translation was published in 2009. In 2016, his second book "BloNote" was published in Korea with skilful pink book cover. The English replace, translated by Tablo himself and take out a black cover, was published perversion December 21, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

Podcast

On June 8, 2019, Tablo posted on his secluded Instagram posing the question: "What theorize Tablo had an English-language podcast?".^[51] Character podcast premiered with the release neat as a new pin three episodes on August 8, 2019.^[52][53] The Tablo Podcast is produced dampen Dive Studios.^[54] The last episode virtuous The Tablo Podcast aired on Sept 4, 2020,^[55] though two follow-up episodes were released in 2021 to sponsor the release of Epik High Wreckage Here.

Discography

Main article: Tablo discography

See also: Epik High discography

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

Awards

References

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