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Verbal Jint performing '기름같은걸 끼얹나'

Verbal Jint

버벌진트

  • Solo · Male
  • Hip-hop
  • Debuted 2001
  • Active

Verbal Jint performing '기름같은걸 끼얹나' — Photo: Ming J · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Debut
200107.13
Birthday
12.191980
Genre
Hip-hop

Basic info

Verbal Jint is a rapper and producer who widely brought multi-syllable rhyme to Korean rap. His signature songs include 〈좋아보여〉 and 〈충분히 예뻐〉.

Debut
July 13, 2001
Debut agency
Brand New Music
Current agency
Birthday
December 19, 1980
Years active
2001–
Meaning of the Name
The name combines Verbal (of language) with Jint, a nickname taken from his real name.
Genre
Hip-hop
Real name
김진태
Debut reference
Listed by debut year rather than idol generation.

걸어온 길

Was active in the black music club SNP on the PC-communication service Nownuri and released first songs in 1999. Debuted in July 2001 with the EP 《Modern Rhymes》.

Showed a rhyme method that matches multiple syllables in Korean, which greatly influenced later Korean hip-hop rapping. Formed the Overclass crew in 2008.

Gained mainstream popularity with 〈좋아보여〉 from 《Go Easy》, released on Brand New Music in 2011. 〈굿모닝〉 and 〈충분히 예뻐〉 in 2012 also reached the top of the charts.

On June 19, 2016, was caught drunk driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.067%, and revealed it himself on social media before it was reported. Afterward ran the label Otherside and released the full-length album 《변곡점》 in 2021.

Signature songs

  1. 좋아보여 2011 YouTube Spotify
  2. 굿모닝 2012 YouTube Spotify
  3. 충분히 예뻐 2012 YouTube Spotify

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Key releases

  1. 2001.07 Modern RhymesEPDebut album
  2. 2007.11 무명1st studio album
  3. 2008.07 누명2nd studio albumKorean Music Awards, Best Hip-hop Album
  4. 2011.08 Go EasyStudio albumIncludes 〈좋아보여〉
  5. 2012.06 10년 동안의 오독 IStudio album
  6. 2015.12 Go Hard Part 1: 양가치Studio album
  7. 2021.04 변곡점Studio album

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Major awards

  • 2009 Korean Music Awards, Best Hip-hop Album (누명)
  • 2012 Korean Music Awards, Netizen-Selected Male Musician of the Year
  • 2012 Cyworld Digital Music Awards, Song of the Month for June (굿모닝)
  • 2013 Mnet 20's Choice, 20's Hot Rapper

Key records and stories

  • Debuted in 2001 with the EP 《Modern Rhymes》.
  • Won the Korean Music Awards Best Hip-hop Album for 《누명》 in 2009.
  • Revealed himself, before media reports, that he had been caught drunk driving in June 2016.
  • Graduated from the Department of Economics at Seoul National University and went on to Hanyang University Law School.
  • Announced the formation of the hip-hop crew Overclass in 2008.

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