[news] YG Artists and Tattoos

JoongAng daily published an interesting English article about tattoos on March 16: Fighting for art on a natural canvas.As you may be aware, getting tattoos in parlors is currently illegal in Korea, where they’re considered a medical procedure that should only be done by doctors. The article outlines the efforts of the Korean Tattoo Association to regulate tattooing in Korea. The association was founded last year, after a revision to medical laws that would make tattoos legal was proposed by the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs. The revision was scrapped and the tattooist who appealed...

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[news] Big Bang’s CF partner ‘Lollipop girl’ to be revealed on Mnet on 22nd March

It has been known that Big Big Bang ‘Lollipop Girl’ will be revealed through Mnet on 22nd March.There will be a large scale event ‘Lollipop Girl Selection Project’ jointly organised by LG, CYON and Mnet where the Lollipop girl will be selected to be Big Bang members’ partner for the CF as well as the chance to do the photoshoot filming with Big Bang this summer. The winners will also be awarded 1million KRW each.With that, the application for the selection was held online from 10th February till 2nd March on CYON homepage. About 10K participates signed up.And 12 final participants were chosen...

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[news] Prosecution will not book G-Dragon

The prosecution suspended its investigation of obscenity charges against pop singer G-Dragon on Tuesday.Prosecutors said it decided to suspend its plan to indict the singer, who had been accused of simulating sex on stage with a female dancer during a concert in December.Criticism from netizens was especially severe because the audience was made up mostly of pre-teens.After the show, the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs filed a complaint against the singer and his management agency on charges of obscenity.The prosecution said it had made its decision because the singer had only...

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[News] SM, JYP, YG, Star Empire etc form joint venture to establish KMP Holdings

The 7 representative local entertainment companies in Korea YG Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, SM Entertainment, Star Empire, Media Line, Can Entertainment, Music Factory etc will come together for a joint venture to set up KMP Holdings. There are plans for KMP Holdings to build on its competency in terms of music service enterprise, broadcast programmes production enterprise, as well as digital music retail enterprise. Also, it is established to provide a new variety of quality music content through its own contents service platform to consumers for the development of the Korean music...

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[Picture] YG's Girlfriend shows off sexy body in bikini!

Lee Eun Jo (a.k.a girlfriend of YG) shows off her sexy body in bikini.A photo of Lee Eun Jo in sky blue bikini started to float online.She is gaining much attention now when YG officially announced about their relationship.She really has great body,don't you think so? Picture credits to allkpop!...

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[NEWS] Message from YG!

* YG contacted Flo Rida and Flo Rida is featuring in G-Dragon's 'Heartbreaker' (i.e. he laid down a rap for a new version of the song)>. This featured version of the song will be released somewhere around the end of March in G-Dragon's concert live album. Also, the money will be donated to charity.* G-Dragon's concert 'SHINE A LIGHT' DVD will be released in April in two versions. No-edit version and the 19 and younger version.* In the first half of the year Se7en, Taeyang, Gummy and 2NE1 are planning to release albums and in the last half Big Bang, 2NE1, TOP, Daesung and Seungri will be active....

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[News] Fair Trade Committee Investigating All Celebrities In SM

The Fair Trade Committee (FTC) has launched an investigation regarding all the celebrities associated with SM Entertainment (SM) regarding the accordance of their contracts to the FTC's regulations and many fear that a 'Second TVXQ dispute' will arise.According to the office of Jo Mun Hwan (member of the Grand National Party). the FTC has instigated an investigation of the contracts of 53 artistes of SM including Girls Generation, Super Junior and TVXQ, whose three members (Xiah Junsu, Micky Yoochun, YoungWoong Jaejoong) are locked in a legal dispute with the agency.According to the written answer...

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[News] YG, “Se7en will be coming back with new music”

What kind of music will singer Se7en comeback with this earlier half of the year?This will be Se7en’s comeback after being away from the Kpop scene for a long time when he started preparations for his American debut in 2006, and his comeback album will be released in around May-June.YG Entertainment representative Yang HyunSeok has also gave the promise, “He will not be doing the usual style but will be back showing a new image and with new music.”A YG rep said on 4th March, “In order to present good music, we are currently workig on the recordings works after receiving many songs from many composers.”Of...

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[video] YG family, Big bang and 2ne1's My Youtube Campaign Message

Check out campaign video's of Big Bang and 2ne1 from YG entertainment!Look's like YG is checking up on youtube! Youtube is known as the portal for Kpop fans and Korean Entertainment, so its no doubt news spread fast on youtube.Check out their english too~ with CL's flawless english and Bom's american accent no doubt these girls can pass English with flying colors.Same goes for big bang, also speaking in english!the basic purpose of the video is for fans to subscribe to their offical youtube pages, with the link provided by YG.Check them out:credits: YGEntertainment @ Yout...

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[picture] More Big Bang SOLO and Group Lollipop 2 Pictures

It's Big Bang Spazz time! just right after they released the CF song Lollipop Part 2 for LG Lollipop, they also released photo's along with it! How fantastic can it get??High quality wallpaper size photo's have been released and i have the opportunity to share it to you fellow VIP's. After almost 1 year ++ of being MIA in the korean scene, finally this year big bang is going back to its home town.With the search of the lollipop girl on the works that will collaborate with big bang for this endorsement, this is not the end of it.Check out the photo's below. Now, Some of it are wallpaper sizes very...

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[news] Big Bang's "GARA GARA GO!!" MV nominated as BEST Choreography MV of 2009!

Space Shower Music Video Awards held by Space Shower TV will be held again this year. Like last year, the emphasis of the MVAs will be done through the internet and connected booklets. 70 productions have been nominated in 14 categories from the music videos released in 2009, with each category containing an award, such as the “BEST YOUR CHOICE,” which is selected through viewer polling; “BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR,” which is chosen from all of the videos combined; and the “BEST ARTIST” award, which is chosen from the artist who produced the year’s most outstanding music video.Beginning February 14th,...

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[news] Big Bang featured in TIME Magazine

For the past 20 years or more, Japan has successfully sold its superinfectious brand of pop music in other Asian markets. Now the South Koreans want to follow suit. The vocalist Rain - among the TIME 100 in 2006 - remains the international face of K-pop, but a host of other artists are eager to follow in his wake. Their appeal to Western audiences remains niche - Rain himself has struggled to make an impression in the U.S., despite a ton of MTV appearances and onstage backup from the likes of Omarion and Diddy. That leaves Japan as the prime foreign market for the talented, preening young acts...

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[news] GD 15-Part Interview Pt.12- “My solo album was a gamble”

Kwon Jiyong’s ‘Heartbreaker’ saw the light of this world on August 18, 2009. This day also happened to be G-Dragon’s birthday.”It was actually scheduled to be out in April, but I didn’t like it. I didn’t feel like a piece of work that I’d been looking forward to for ten years; there was just something missing. I didn’t know how long it would be til my turn to go solo came again.. That one album was a gamble for me.”During the preparation of his solo album, Big Bang started Japanese promotions. During the months they were active there, if there was nothing on G-Dragon’s schedule for even a single...

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[Interview] Aimee Lucas Interview Talking About Big Bang And YG Family

Lyna : For YG Family fans, I’m sure they are very interested to know something about them. We already know that some of Big Bang, 2NE1 and other YG artists know how to speak English. I read your previous blog post in MySpace about Big Bang and wondered if your first impression about them is still the same. G-Dragon: Leader. Stylish, motivator, confidence, fearless. I like g-dragon! I always find an item of clothing that I like each time I see him. One day it’s his hat and another it’s his top but most of the time it’s the way he wears it. Plus, he can dance. I think I like his tats most...

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[News] YG wants to start the year strong

According to OSEN, YG will be starting the first half of the year strong by Gummy, TOP, Daesung & 2NE1's comeback.It is reported that Gummy will be singing the OST for a drama and Taeyang will then be releasing his solo album.Daesung will be releasing his solo album and solo activities will start late-january or early-february after Taeyang & Big Show Concert ends, it is said that he'll reveal two songs from his album during the concert and TOP will be releasing his solo album next and all solo activities will start mid-february or early march!2NE1 will then be releasing their 1st album...

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[News]YG Entertainment Moving to Own Company Building

YG Entertainment, which represents entertainers Se7en, Big Bang, and 2NE1, will move to a seven-story office building of its own in Hapjeong-dong Mapo-gu at the end of January. YG Entertainment CEO and co-founder Yang Goon said, ”It has been 12 years since we established the agency. We would like to reestablish our determination by trying to remember when we first begin.”Yang launched the business under the name of Yang Goon Production in the basement of a small building in Hapjeong-dong in 1997 after the breakup of Seo Tai-ji & Boys. YG’s upcoming move holds special meaning for Yang because...

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[News]YG Will Start The Year Right And Strong

According to OSEN, YG will be starting the first half of the year strong by Gummy, TOP, Daesung & 2NE1's comeback.It is reported that Gummy will be singing the OST for a drama and Taeyang will then be releasing his solo album.Daesung will be releasing his solo album and solo activities will start late-january or early-february after Taeyang & Big Show Concert ends, it is said that he'll reveal two songs from his album during the concert and TOP will be releasing his solo album next and all solo activities will start mid-february or early march!2NE1 will then be releasing their 1st album...

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[News] 2NE1 ‘I Don’t Care’ is 2009 Cyworld Best Hit song, also YG’s 3rd consecutive #1 on the annual chart

The newcomer group which took the Kpop world by storm last year, 2NE1’s first minialbum title song ‘I Don’t Care’ is announced as Cyworld 2009 Best Hit Song.According to Cyworld 2009 Annual popular song chart, 2NE1 ‘I Don’t Care’ is #1. The song is composed and written by YG Entertainment producers Teddy and Stony Skunk, and has been revealed in various versions like electronic, house, unplugged and musical versions, one of the hot topics of Kpop world last year.Other than 2NE1’s ‘I Don’t Care’, Big Bang-2NE1 collaboration ‘Lollipop’ is at #5 on the chart, while Park...

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[NEWS] YG office relocation scheduled in late January!

BIGBANG and 2NE1 are all set to move into their new YG office building to celebrate the upcoming Korean Lunar New Year Day next month (it’s on 10/02/14 which is also the Valentine's Day plus BIGBANG Electric Love Tour period in Japan)All YG Family members such as BIGBANG,2NE1,Se7en and Gummy will relocate in this 7-storey office built near the Han River in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu district around the end of January this year.The company stated that the old office space, also in the same area, which they have been renting since 1997 is already incovenient for YG because they have been wanting to...

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