Turtles | |
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Origin | South Korea |
Genres | Hip hop |
Years active | 2001–2008 |
Members | Z-E, Keum Bi |
Past members | Subin, Turtleman |
Turtles | |
Hangul | 거북이 |
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Revised Romanization | Geobugi |
McCune–Reischauer | Kŏbuki |
Turtles (Hangul: 거북이) was a South Korean hip-hop group which debuted in 2001. The single "Airplane" (bihaengi) from their fourth album topped the KBS chart in September 2006.
The lead singer, "Turtleman" (born Lim Sung-hoon), died of a heart attack on April 2, 2008; he was found by his manager at his apartment at 2:30pm.
On 2008-09-04, the remaining members (Keum Bi and Z-E) announced the official disbandment. On April 18, 2011 they announced they will be returning on April 28, with a new male member and single.