Dok2
| Dok2 | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lee Joon-Kyung |
| Born | March 28, 1990 |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | Korean hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Years active | 2009–Present |
| Labels | Illionaire Records |
| Associated acts | The Quiett, Beenzino, Epik High, Jay Park, Dynamic Duo, Drunken Tiger Dean |
| Website | Illionaire Records |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 이준경 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I Jun-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Chungyŏng |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 도끼 |
| Revised Romanization | Dokki |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tokki |
Lee Joon-Kyung (hangul: 이준경; born March 28, 1990) better known by his stage name Dok2 (hangul: 도끼, pronounced as Dokki), is a South Korean rapper and co-CEO of Illionaire Records.
Dok2's mother is Korean, and his father is Spanish and Filipino.
While media outlets reported in 2014 that he is a first cousin of Nicole Scherzinger, an American singer formerly of the girl group the Pussycat Dolls, Dok2 said in a 2015 interview, "The report about me being first cousins with Nicole Scherzinger is wrong. We share the same blood, but the relationship is complicated. I haven’t even met her."
Dok2 signed to Future Flow Entertainment when he was 13 years old. By the time he was out of his teenage years, he had written and produced songs for established Korean hip hop groups, including Drunken Tiger, Dynamic Duo and Epik High.
In 2006, under the name All Black, Dok2 and fellow teen rapper Microdot released the album Chapter 1.
He released his first solo mini-album, Thunderground, under Epik High's now defunct Map The Soul label in 2009.
In 2011, Dok2 and rapper The Quiett formed Illionaire Records. Despite its small size, Illionaire Records is considered one of the most influential hip hop record labels in South Korea due to the popularity of its artists.
In 2014, Dok2 was a judge on the third season of the TV rap competition Show Me the Money, where he and The Quiett were the producers behind winning contestant Bobby of the band IKON. They again participated in the show's fifth season and were the producers behind the 2nd running up, Super Bee.
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