Block B
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Block B at the 2015 KCON
From left to right: Jae-hyo, Park Kyung, Zico, U-Kwon, P.O, Tae-il, B-Bomb |
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | www |
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Block B (Korean: ) is a South Korean boy group created by Cho PD, active since 2011. The group consists of seven members: Tae-il, B-Bomb, Jae-hyo, U-Kwon, Park Kyung, Zico and P.O.
In February 2011, Cho PD announced that he would be spending $1.4 million USD to create a seven-member hip hop group under his "Creating Korea's Eminem Project". On April 13, 2011, their debut music video for "Freeze!" was released, but banned by the Commission of Youth Protection because they felt that it was too sexy for Korean television. As a result, the song could not be sold to minors under the age of 19, and the video could not be aired before 10 pm. On April 15, 2011, Block B made their live debut on KBS Music Bank. The group followed up with another track, "Wanna B." A mini album, New Kids on the Block, was released on June 23, 2011.
On June 22, 2011, the first episode of MTV's eight-episode series Match Up! was aired featuring Block B and B1A4. On October 16, 2011 MTV started airing a series of specials for the Match Up series that followed Block B as they promoted in Japan.
Welcome to the Block, their second mini album, ran into some controversy: two songs from the album were banned as inappropriate for minors by The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (MOGEF) and KBS.
In February 2012, Block B came under fire for a mistranslation of a video from an interview that had taken place in Thailand a month earlier. In response, the members issued letters of apology and released a video on their record company's YouTube channel. As result of this incident, leader of Block B, Zico, also shaved his head to demonstrate his remorse.
Block B returned in October 2012 with their first full-length album, Blockbuster. The title track "Nillili Mambo" was well received and ranked number 10 on Billboard's World Albums Chart."
On January 3 it was reported that Block B had filed a suit against their agency to ask for their exclusive contract to be nullified.
According to media reports, the Block B members filed against Stardom at the Seoul Central District Court, stating, "During the signing of the exclusive contract, it was promised that in addition to providing proper training opportunity and facilities, we would be paid on every 25th of the following month… However, the agency has not paid us for nearly one year since April of 2011." (It's not clear whether it is 2011 or 2012 since the quote in the article states that it is nearly a year, but April 2011 would be well over a year).
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