Lee Min-hyuk (rapper, born 1990)

Lee Min-hyuk (born November 29, 1990), commonly known as Minhyuk or Huta, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, actor, and presenter.

He is a member of the South Korean boy group BtoB.

He has appeared in multiple supporting roles in television series such as A New Leaf and Sweet, Savage Family.

Lee Minhyuk was born on November 29, 1990, in Seoul, South Korea.

He graduated from Kwangsung High School and attended Dankook University, where he majored in film studies and continued to take his master's degree at Inha University majoring in culture management.

Prior to debuting in BtoB, Lee Min-hyuk had been active as an underground music artist, going by the moniker 'Huta'.

In 2008-2009, alongside other underground artists Block B's Zico (then Nacseo) and Park Kyung (then Holke), they released a mixtape track "Nar.BINO" (여전히).

Lee received training for 7 months, but as a musical student, he already had solid basic skills.

Lee, together with fellow members of BtoB, Seo Eunkwang, Im Hyunsik, Jung Ilhoon, and a former Cube BtoB trainee Lee Minwoo (now ex C-Clown member T.K) acted in the JTBC show, I Live in Cheongdam-dong as a member of the fictional boy group 'Invincible Chungdam No. 5', before officially debuting as BtoB.

On March 20, 2012, Lee was cast as the MC for SBS MTV's The Show along with Yook Sung-jae, a future member of BtoB.

Lee made his debut as a member of boy-group BtoB in 2012.

The group made their official debut on March 21, 2012, on M! Countdown.

In 2012, Lee was cast in a variety show, tvN's The Romantic & Idol 2.

He also had multiple appearances since 2013 on Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2.

On January 22, 2013, he starred in the MBC variety and sitcom Reckless Family 2.

In May, he made a guest appearance in the Mnet musical TV series Monstar, playing the role of Malo, a member of the group Man In Black.

On September 4, he starred in tvN's Fantastic Tower, playing the male protagonist Min Ho who died 15 years ago but came back to life.

In 2014, he received supporting roles in the dramas A New Leaf and the idol special of Love & War 2.

Lee is also known for his athletics abilities, as he was crowned as the MVP of the 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships, where his group, Team B, won and Lee won three gold medals and one silver medal.

In 2015, joined the cast of Sweet, Savage Family.

He also starred as a lead in the web-drama Nightmare Teacher.

Lee featured as a rapper under the stage name Huta in Postmen's "I'm OK", released on July 14, 2015.

Lee released the self-produced "Purple Rain" featuring Cheeze as part of BTOB's solo project series, Piece of BTOB on August 10, 2017.

Later in the year on December 6, Childlike (유치해도) produced by Lee was released.

In 2018, Lee made his solo debut in Japan with his first Japanese EP, Summer Diary, released on July 25 with a total of five tracks.

In January 2019, Lee's solo Korean debut was announced with an all self-composed album, Hutazone.

The album contains a total of eleven songs, including a Korean version of "All Day", "It Must Have Been A Dream" and "You Too? Me Too!", featuring Yook Sungjae and Jeon So-yeon, respectively.

He held his first solo concert, Hutazone: Two Night in February 2019 at the Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin District, Seoul.

Lee made his silver screen debut in the historical action film, The Swordsman, as Gyeom Sa-bok.

Since November 1, 2021, 'KBS COOL FM', a Korean radio channel, has been hosting a radio program called 'BTOB's Kiss the Radio' at 10 p.m. every night.

On November 5, 2021, Lee released the digital single "Good Night".

On June 27, 2022, Lee released his second studio album, Boom.

BtoB, including Lee, departed from Cube in November 2023.

In February 2024, BtoB announced the establishment of BtoB Company for the group activities and for Lee's solo activities.

Lee enlisted as a conscripted police officer on February 7, 2019.

On October 27, 2020, Cube announced that the currently active members of BtoB have formed a unit called BtoB 4U consisting Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub and Peniel.

The unit debuted on November 16 with their first mini-album, Inside and title track "Show Your Love".

He was discharged on September 12, 2020.

South Korean news outlet Osen reported on July 14, 2021, Lee has undergone COVID-19 testing (rapid antigen and PCR test) after his vocal teacher tested positive for the virus.

Fortunately, his results came negative, but he still went into self-quarantine as a precautionary measure following government guidelines.