Young K

Young K
DAY6 Live & Meet in Taiwan, July 21, 2017
Native name 강영현
Born Kang Young-hyun
(1993-12-19) December 19, 1993
South Korea
Alma mater Dongguk University
Occupation
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • bass guitar
Years active 2015–present
Labels JYP Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 강영현
Hanja 姜榮玄
Revised Romanization Kang Yeong-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer Gang Yŏng-hyŏn

Kang Young-hyun (born December 19, 1993),[1] known professionally as Young K, is a South Korean musician, singer, songwriter and rapper. He is best known as the bassist, vocalist and rapper of South Korean rock band Day6.

Early life

Kang was born on December 19, 1993 in Ilsan, South Korea. He moved to Toronto, Canada to attend high school at York Mills Collegiate Institute. He went by his English name, Brian Kang, during that time. On October 5, 2017, he received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Dongguk University.

Career

During his time in high school, Kang pursued music in a three-member band called "3rd Degree." They performed at various locations in Toronto and put up videos on YouTube (including some original songs composed by Kang).

In 2010, Kang and his bandmate, Don Lee, were contacted by JYP Entertainment for an audition and was accepted as trainees. Lee later left JYP to pursue medical studies. Kang went on to appear in the fourth episode of WIN: Who is Next?[2] as a part of JYP's rapping team with GOT7's Mark Tuan and Jackson Wang against the combined rapping teams of Team A and Team B, where he became known for the verse, "YG, get an attitude!" He was also a part of JYP's vocalist team alongside his eventual Day6 bandmates Junhyeok, Jae, Sungjin and Wonpil.

In 2014, Kang was selected as a member of five-member rock band 5Live under JYP, but their debut was cancelled. The band was reformed as Day6 after the addition of drummer Dowoon in 2015.

Kang has been credited with much of the songwriting in Day6's discography. He has also been featured as rapper in various JYP label mates' singles, such as Baek A-yeon and Park Ji-min.

Discography

Songs

Title Year Peak chart position Sales
(DL)		 Album
KOR
[3]
As featured artist
"Shouldn't Have" (Baek A-yeon feat. Young K) 2015 1
  • KOR: 2,001,387[4]
 Non-album singles
"Sky High" (Park Sae-byul & Likes, Likes feat. Young K) — N/A
"Young해" (Park Ji-min feat. Young K) 2016 157 19 to 20
"—" denotes that the song did not chart in the region.

References

  1. ↑ "Young K :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Preview of YG vs JYP trainees on 'WIN' revealed | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. ↑ Charted songs:
    • "Shouldn't Have".
    • "Young해".
  4. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Shouldn't Have":
    • "Download Chart (Domestic) – 2015 (see #6)". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
    • "Download Chart (Domestic) – The First Half of 2016 (see #78)". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "2016년 35주차 Download Chart (see #97)" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
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