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Having grown up in a hostile environment, Jangmi has learned from an early age that the best way to face adversity is to fight fire with fire. She’s wasted her life away, making music and being angry at the world– accepting her fate as a dying rose. The dying rose, however, finds herself reviving in a new garden, in the form of Empire, Inc. Now she finds herself making music with a purpose other than cursing out the rest of the world for leaving her in a harsh situation. Her music style and world view has matured and she continues to make music by herself and with others, although very modestly. She hopes to show to her fans that there are other ways to recuperate from sadness and tragedy than the ones she’s known growing up.

Eric was born to a single mother in Inglewood, California after his father decided to be with the mistress who’d gotten pregnant from their affair. Even knowing what she knew, his mother made it her job to never speak ill of Eric’s father, wanting him to form his opinion on his own. Weekends were spent with the man and his new family, Eric always getting treated horribly when he was there by his father, but his stepmother tried her best to make him feel as if he was apart of the family. This would stick with him forever, because he knew that deep down she was a good woman despite what she did to his family. He turned to music in middle school, noting Nas and Jay Z as some of his biggest influences. When he and his mother moved to Korea in high school, he eventually dropped out to focus on his rapping completely, which his mother was against, but once he made it into Legion she became supportive.

hip-hop soon became the daegu-born rapper’s favorite at quite a young age. though his admiration for the genre was tolerated in korea, australian kids didn’t see eye to eye with the beats and lyrics during youngsu’s two-year-long stay on the island. after returning to korea and settling down in seoul with his family, he decided to pursue his dream. youngsu regularly attended a few clubs for his early underground activitites - freestyle rap sessions, rap battles, friendly get-togethers. later on, choosing the alias ‘young ares,’ reflecting on the fact that he was often praised for coming up with witty lyrics, be it personal disses or social issues (therefore declaring war as ares would do), his mental health and his view on the world provided inspiration for his self-produced songs, generally dealing with depression, general and social anxiety, his family, and his miserable love life. soon, youngsu became a grown man and so did young ares. after joining empire inc., he changed his name to ΛRES but his music remained the same.