[PROFILE] Zico the Swagger !

ZICO (Woo Ji Ho)

Role: Leader, Rapper

Real Name: Woo Jiho (우지호)

Birthday: 14 September 1992 (18)

Birthplace: Mapo, Seoul

Siblings: Woo Taewoon (CoEd School)

Height: 182cm

Weight: 65kg

FACTS

- Used to be an SM Trainee.

- Was supposed to be a part of SHINee

- Released a mixtape in 2010 titled ZICO on the Block which contains 19 tracks feat. other hip hop artists; Park Kyung [Block B], Andup, 최음제, Han Hae, Mino, Uglyduck, and Gganmo.

• He promoted under the stage name ‘Scribble (낙서)’ in the Japanese underground hip hop scene with crews Dope Squad and Undisputed for three years before crossing over to Korea in 2009 with his debut single, “The Letter”. 
• The single was a collaboration with Park Kyung [‘Holke(홀케)’ at the time] under the name ‘Harmonics’. 
• Cho PD later discovered ‘Scribble’ and ‘홀케’ through their debut single and scouted them under his own entertainment label, BrandNew Stardom Entertainment.
• ‘Scribble’ re-named himself to ZICO and released a 19-track mixtape in 2010 under the title, “ZICO on the BLOCK”. 
• ZICO is currently the leader and producer of Block B, an underground hip-hop group that debuted on April 14, 2011 with their debut single, “Do U Wanna B?”

source taken from : last.fm