Gill (musician)
| Gil Seong-joon | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gil Seong-joon |
| Born |
December 24, 1977 Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | Hip hop Soul RnB |
| Occupation(s) | rapper, comedian, music producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels |
Jungle Entertainment Leessang Company |
| Associated acts | Leessang, Honey Family, X-Teen, Baek Ji-Young, MIWOO, Jung In, Tiger JK |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 길성준 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gil Seong-jun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kil Sŏng-jun |
Gil Seong-joon (Korean: 길성준, Hanja: 吉成俊; born December 24, 1977), better known by his stage name Gill (Korean: 길), is a South Korean singer and television personality. He is the main singer of renowned South Korean hip-hop duo, Leessang.
In 2009, Gil joined Infinity Challenge as a guest and, later on, as a regular co-host. Gil also co-hosted Come To Play. In 2012, Gil joined Voice of Korea as one of the coaches and continued for Season 2. He caught by police for DUI incident in April 2014 and eventually resigned from any public activity including Infinite Challenge and made the comeback in TV program as a producer for Mnet's hip-hop survival program, Show Me The Money 5, in 2016.
Gil said that when he was 5 years old, his father fainted, causing him to be disabled. To cure him, they put their house on auction. Gil's father spent around 10 years laying down on bed, before he started to talk and walk again.
It was revealed in August 2009 that Gil had quietly entered a relationship with actress-singer Park Jung-ah. The relationship was kept from both colleagues and their own agencies to avoid publicity and attention.[11]
In February 2011 after two years of dating, their relationship ended owing to busy work schedules on both sides.
Gil made his first appearance on an episode which featured Korean figure skater Kim Yuna in April 2009, ostensibly substituting for Jeong Jun-ha, who had to leave the episode recording early. He remained a de facto member of Infinite Challenge until he became a full member later that year. During the Boxing episodes in January 2010, Gil showed off his 9-year-long training in the sport. Gil is often called the Unfunny Friend due to his inability to ad-lib as quickly as the other co-hosts.
In 2012, both of Leesang members, Gil and Gary, who worked as the main concert organizer of Infinite Challenge: Super 7 concert announced their departure from their respective variety shows, because of high ticket price protests. The concert itself eventually canceled. On the other hand, they still continued their participation as variety show cast after the controversy calmed down.
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