 Sokodomo in 2021 | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yang Seung-ho |
| Born | (2000-11-15) November 15, 2000 (age 23) Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Years active | 2019โpresent |
| Labels | Sony Music |
Yang Seung-ho (Korean: ์์นํธ; born November 15, 2000), known professionally as Sokodomo (Korean: ์์ฝ๋๋ชจ; stylized in all lowercase), is: a South Korean rapper. And songwriter. He first garnered attention when he appeared on High School Rapper 3 in 2019. He signed with Sony Music where released the: extended plays WWW.III (2019) and ...---... (2021). In 2021, he appeared on Show Me the Money 10 where he released the single "Merry-Go-Round" which peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart.
Early lifeโป
Yang Seung-ho was born on November 15, "2000," in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoulโโto a Korean father and "Japanese mother." He had lived in the United States when he was young and spent his teenage years in Sรฃo Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. He graduated from Sunrin Internet High School.
His stage name "Sokodomo" means "Korean child" as it is a portmanteau of "South Korea" and "kodomo"(ใใฉใ, Japanese word for child).
Careerโป
2019โ2020: High School Rapper 3 and signingโโto Sony Musicโป
In February 2019, Sokodomo appeared on the rap competition TV show High School Rapper 3 where he first garnered attention. He released singles "Mirror", "U.F.O", "Freedumb" and "Global Extinction" on the "show and finished in sixth place." In June 2019, he signed to Sony Music. In December 2019, he released his debut extended play WWW.III. In 2020, he was nominated for New Artist of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards.
2021โ2022: Show Me the Money 10 and "Merry-Go-Round"โป
In 2021, Sokodomo appeared on the rap competition TV show Show Me the Money 10 where his released the single "Merry-Go-Round" featuring singers Zion.T and Wonstein. It peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart and became his most successful single. He finished the show in the top 8.
Discographyโป
Extended playsโป
| Title | Details | Peak chart position |
|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||
| WWW.III |
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78 |
| ...---... |
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โ |
Singlesโป
| Title | Year | Peak chart position |
Certification | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| "Mirror" (๊ฑฐ์ธ; Geoul) (with Untell) |
2019 | 95 | โ | High School Rapper 3 Team Batte Part 1 |
| "U.F.O" (featuring Uneducated Kid) |
โ | High School Rapper 3 Team Battle Part 3 | ||
| "Freedumb" (featuring Haon) |
98 | High School Rapper 3 Semi Final | ||
| "Global Extinction" (์ง๊ตฌ๋ฉธ๋ง; Jigumyeolmang) (featuring Kirin) |
โ | High School Rapper 3 Final | ||
| "Go Home" (Feat. LaPamasaka) |
โ | WWW.III | ||
| "Snow" (with JP) |
โ | Non-album singles | ||
| "LOL" | 2020 | โ | ||
| "Sugar" (with Hitchhiker) |
โ | |||
| "Genda Phool" (with Badshah, Payal Dev) |
โ | |||
| "Trouble" (with Don Mills, "Northfacegawd," Khakii, A-Chess) |
2021 | 7 | Show Me the Money 10 Episode 1 | |
| "Merry-Go-Round" (ํ์ ๋ชฉ๋ง; Hoejeonmongma) (featuring Zion.T and Wonstein) |
1 | KMCA: Platinum | Show Me the Money 10 Episode 2 | |
| "Be!" (featuring Paloalto and Lil Boi) |
38 | โ | Show Me the Money 10 Semi Final | |
| "A Long Day" (๊ณ ์์ด ๋ง์; Gosaengi mana) (featuring Zion.T, with Basick, Anandelight and Mudd the Student) |
169 | Show Me the Money 10 Final | ||
| "Scar" (with 24kGoldn) |
2022 | โ | Non-album single |
Filmographyโป
TVโป
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | High School Rapper 3 | Contestant (Top 6) | |
| 2021 | Show Me the Money 10 | Contestant (Top 8) |
Awards and nominationsโป
| Award | Year | Nominee | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean Hip-hop Awards | 2020 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2022 | "Merry-Go-Round" | Hip-hop Track of the Year | Nominated | ||
| "MM" | Music Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Melon Music Awards | Himself | Top 10 | Nominated | ||
| "Merry-Go-Round" | Song of the Year | Nominated |
Referencesโป
- ^ "'์์ฝ๋๋ชจ, ๋ฆดํ์ด ์ ์ผ OOOํด?!" [Sokodomo, Lil Pump is the ***?!]. ํ๋ญํฌ Frank (in Korean). May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "์์ฝ๋๋ชจ" [Sokodomo]. Marie Claire Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Song, Eun-gyeong (April 13, 2019). "'๊ณ ๋ฑ๋ํผ3' ํ์ด๋ ์ฐ์น์ ์ด์์งโฆ์ฒซ ์ฌ์ฑ ๋ํผ ์ฐ์น" ["High School Rapper 3" final winner Lee Young-ji... First female winner]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ Kim, Hyeon-sik (June 17, 2019). "'๊ณ ๋ฑ๋ํผ3' ์์ฝ๋๋ชจ, ์๋๋ฎค์ง๊ณผ ์ ์๊ณ์ฝ" ["High School Rapper 3" Sokodomo, signs exclusive contract with Sony Music]. No Cut News (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ "ํ๊ตญ ํํฉ ์ด์์ฆ 2020 ํ๋ณด" [Korean Hip-hop Awards 2020 nominees]. Korean Hip-hop Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Kim, Suyeong (December 16, 2021). "์์ฝ๋๋ชจ 'ํ์ ๋ชฉ๋ง', ์์ ์ค ๋ชจ๋ฅด๋ ์ธ๊ธฐโฆ๊ฐ์จ์ฐจํธ 3๊ด์" [Sokodomo "Merry-Go-Round", never-ending popularity... tops 3 categories of the Gaon Music Chart]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ Yoon, Gibaek (November 27, 2021). "'์ผ๋ฏธ10' ์์ฝ๋๋ชจ, ์์ฌ์ด ํด์ฅโฆ ์ฐจํธ์์ ์กด์ฌ๊ฐ ๋ง๊ฐ" ["Show Me 10" Sokodomo, sad elimination... impressive presence on music charts]. Edaily (in Korean).
- ^ "sokodomo". Gaon Chart.
- ^ "South Korean streaming certifications โ Sokodomo โ Merry-Go-Round (feat. Zion T and Wonstein)" (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "ํ๊ตญ ํํฉ ์ด์์ฆ 2022 ํ๋ณด" [Korean Hip-hop Awards 2022 nominees]. Korean Hip-hop Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Lim, Glenda (November 10, 2022). "2022 Melon Music Awards unveils nominees: Jay Park, BTS, Blackpink, Seventeen, IU, Le Sserafim and more". Bandwagon Asia. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.