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Jay wanted to give this artists a chance but because he couldn’t bring all of them to AOMG, he founded H1ghr Music.

The name 'H1ghr Music' was chosen by Jay and Chacha because they want to go h1ghr on every aspect of their life, music wise and human wise. 

AVATAR DARKO

He is an American rapper 

He was raised in Seattle but born in Russia

He has Ukranian/Russian heritage

He’s been actively rapping since 2012

His music is defined as emo grunge trap

He has a Soundcloud profile

He has a lot of tattoos

BOYCOLD

His real name is Jung Sung Won (정성원)

He is a producer

He is part of Yelows Mob

He produced the song “Puzzle” by C.Jamm and BewhY

He produced songs by artists like SIK-K and Crucialstar

GROOVY ROOM

Hangul:  그루비룸

They are a producer duo made up of Park Gyujeong and Lee Hwimin

They debuted on February 25, 2015

They are part of Yelows Mob

Their watermark is “Groovy everywhere”

They have produced songs both for Khiphop and Kpop artists like Bastarz, Owen Ovadoz, Cheetah and Jay Park

They won the award “Producer of the Year” in the Korean Hip Hop Awards 2017

They released their first album by themselves because they wanted to avoid people thinking their success is due to the support and promotion of a label

They don’t want to “separately become Pharrel and another to be Chat Hugo”

They produced the famous  응프리스타일 (Eung Freestyle), by DPR Live, Owen Ovadoz, Flowsik, Punchnello and SIK-K

They are participating as mentors in High School Rapper 2.

Lee Hwimin

His full name is Lee Hwi Min (이휘민)

He was born on May 08 1994

He is a producer, part of the duo GroovyRoom

He has a tattoo on his left arm

He is part of the crew OTC (Outside the Circlce)

Park Gyujeon

His full name is Park Gyu Jung (박규정)

He is a producer, part of the duo GroovyRoom

He is part of the crew OTC (Outside the Circle)

He was born on December 12 1994

He currently attends Korea University

G.SOUL

Hangeul:  지소울 

His real name is Kim Ji Hyun (김지현)

He is a singer, songwriter and producer

He was born June 16 1988

He is 173cm and 60kg

His blood type is AB

He appeared in several TV and radio shows

He has collaborated with artists Like Hoody, Zico, Dumbfoundead and Code Kunst

He debuted on January 19 2015

He started as a trainee in JYP when he was 12 years old because he catched JYP’s attention after appearing on “Talent Development Project 99%” in 2001

He was trainee of JYP for 15 years (9 of which in America)

He was about to debut in America, but his debut got cancelled

He was the first artist of JYP’s sublabel, “Estudio J”

He has a tattoo on his left arm (a rose) and on a finger of his left arm

He is friends with Wonder Girls

JARV DEE

He is from Seattle

He has dropped three albums over his seven year career: Satellites Swishers & Spaceships, Dopamine and The Red Eye Jedi.

He has actively been in the scene since 2012

He started off by posting songs on his Soundcloud profile

JOTEE

His real name is Cho Taewon

Woota and him work as managers in H1ghr Music

Jotee is part of Korean Assassins crew and Rivers crew.

Both Woota and Jotee were in My little television ep with Jay and Loco

Jotee (with the rest of KA boys) does bboying in Appetizer MV 

Jotee is in Jay’s Tonight MV

JP THE WAVY 

He is a Japanese rapper

He has a lot of tattoos

He publlished an EP, Wave Tape

pH-1

He has been actively rapping since 2015

He made his Korean debut with the song “Perfect”

He has a duo with Owen Ovadoz, called Sous Chefs

He has collaborated with artists like Jay Park, Sik-K

He has recently published his EP, “The Island Kid”

Hwimin and Gyujeong love to ‘torture’ him

He came up with his stage name in high school.

His stage name stands for PH- Park Harry and 1 and Won have similar sound, Won is part of his korean name, JooWon

When he was a child, he wanted to be a footbal player

He plays the paino 

PHE R.E.D.S

He is a singer, songwriter and producer

He is also a member of Jay Park’s crew AOM 

He has already dropped two mixtapes and is working on a third one

He fell in love with music after singing along to Linkin Park with his friends in elementary school

His first EP was called Whiskey & Gummy Bears

He was part of US Air Force Airman

He was on 24 hours of reality this year

  RAZ SIMONE

He is an American rapper

He is from Seattle

He produces, raps, sings, designs graphics, and directs videos 

He owned a club by the age of 19

He is the CEO & founder of a music company called Black Umbrella, and started his career in 2012

He says his influences are his life experiencies

He has a Sounclound profile

He didn’t listened to any music when he was young

He started rapping after he realised he was rapping when he wrote poetry

He featured in Jay Park’s “Success Crazed” and the song “Only One” from Everything You Wanted

He was forced to halt all activities, including his tour, after facing unfair criminal charges for a gun that he legally owned

SIK-K

In hangul: 식케이

Also: Young Hot Yellow

His real name is Kwon Min Sik

He is Yelows Mob’s leader

He was born on February 26 1994

He released his first mixtape (Lonely Sound) in 2011

He is part of the crew OTC (Outside the Circle)

He is in H1ghr Music Records

He recieved so much help from Jay when he made the Flip album.

He speaks English well

He moved to Vancouver in middle school

He was part of a Vancouver based crew in 2011

He currently atends Sejong University

In 2015, he joined Show Me The Money 4 and  made it to the TOP 16 in Team AOMG but was eventually dropped out of the line-up

He likes artists like Drake and Wiz Khalifa

He would like to collaborate with Taeyang

He wasn’t expecting the Eung Freestyle to become so famous, he feels really thankful about that

His favourite food is sushi

WOODIE GOCHILD

He participated in SMTM6 as part of Jay Park & Dok2′s team

He has the septum piercing (Idk if it’s fake)

He’s part of the Ytc4 life crew

He’s the youngest in H1gher Music

He became know in SMTM6 because of his pigeon like noises and his energy (he couldn’t keep still and kept dancing and bouncing around everywhere).

He was a dancer during Boi B’s “Horangnabi” performance in SMTM.

WOOGIE

He is a producer

He was first recognized in 2015 for producing for Bryan Chase, BFree and others

WOOTA

His real name is Woo Kanghui ( 우강희)

He is a member of Animation Crew

He participated in America's got talent show with Animation Crew

Jotee and him work as managers in H1ghr Music

Both Woota and Jotee were in My little television ep with Jay and Loco

YULTRON

He is part of  Transparent Agency and H1ghr Music

He is a producer, singer/songwriter, and rapper

He has both arms covered by tattoos

He’s based in Las Vegas

He has experimented with rock and EDM (Electronic Dance Music)

He loves sushi

He is Vietnamese-American

He has plugs

He has collaborated with artists like Jay park, Honey Cocaine and Bone Thugs

He released the song “stronger”. “Stronger” was originally  created as a tribute to his late grandparents but he then dedicated it to a fan who was hit by a drunk driver on his way back home after one of Yultron’s shows and passed away

He sells his own merch

His first mixtape, Skywalker, features a track with Honey Cocaine called “Flexin”

“Girl Scout Cookies” is his more representative track

I’m back with a new facts post! This took a while. However, I’m still lacking a lot of info so, if you know anything about these guys don’t doubt to tell me! If anything is wrong, do tell me as well. Thank you <3

I’m not sure about facts in italics

Sources:

https://slayinkorea.com/2017/06/06/whos-who-in-h1ghr-music-the-hip-hop-artists-from-seattle/

https://thekhoployalist.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/taking-a-deeper-look-at-h1ghr-music/

This week we're playing some tracks I've had on backlog for a while now. Songs from the likes of Nieah, Kim Na Young, Taeyoon, & more. Plus new stuff from Yaeji, LYn, & Park Boram. Artists and songs are all over the place but the vibe remains the same. Enjoy!

KMEWM 025 Tracklist:. 1. Dumbfoundead - Water feat. G. Soul 2. Yaeji - Therapy 3. LYn - On & On feat. Chancellor 3. Chancellor - Surrender feat. LYn 4. Park Boram - WHY, YOU? feat. Sameul Seo 5. Millic - Door feat. Jang Pil Soon 6. ZICO - Behind the Scene 7. One - Gettin' By 8. Lee Bada - Memories feat. Konsoul 9. SHINee - Don't Let Me Go 10. Lotion fnk - love beach more 11. Bang Yongguk - Yamazaki 12. Jvckie Wai x Futuristic Swaver - Life Sucks 13. J.Slow - 올빼미 14. Crush - Don't Be Shy feat. Sik-K 15. Heize - Dark Clouds feat. nafla 16. Kim Na Young - 어른이 된다는게 17. Taek - 우린 함께 늘 18. Taeyoon - No Name 19. Kyoung Min - 완벽한 날씨 20. Nieah - Baby I 21. Jeebanoff - Right Here feat. Rick Bridges 22. Eyedi - Type (K) feat. 김효은 23. Samuel Seo, Qim Isle - Monk feat. 죠지 24. NCT 127 - Sun & Moon 25. G-Dragon - Middle Fingers-Up

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