Yang Hyun-suk

Yang Hyun-suk (born January 9, 1970 ) is a South Korean music executive, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and record producer.

He rose to fame as a member of Seo Taiji and Boys during the 1990s.

After the group disbanded, he founded and became the executive producer and chairman of YG Entertainment, the fourth-largest record company in South Korea.

Seo Taiji & Boys was formed in 1991 with Seo Taiji, Lee Juno and Yang Hyun-seok.

Yang said he first met Seo when the musician came to him to learn how to dance when Yang was a dancer (Yang danced in the korean dance crew "Spark"(which as considered as the first korean breaking dance group) and in the dancing group "Park Nam Jung and friends(박남정과 친구들)").

"Blown away" by his music, Yang offered to join the group and they later recruited Lee who was one of the top dancers in Korea.

The group was influential on the Korean music scene, famous for their single, "Nan Arayo" (, "I Know").

The group received criticism for various albums, most notably for the song, "Shidaeyugam" (, "Regret of the Times"), to which the fan backlash led to the abolishment of the Pre-censorship law in 1996.The group disbanded in 1996, with each member pursuing solo activities.

In 1996, he established YG Entertainment and released his first solo album which featured a song composed by Seo Taiji.

This was their first collaboration since the breakup.

Yang Hyun-Suk has produced hugely successful artists under his company, most notably Jinusean, 1TYM, Wheesung, Gummy, Seven, Big Bang, 2NE1, Winner, iKon, Tablo, Epik High, Lee Hi, Blackpink, Treasure and Psy.

In March 2010, Yang revealed that he knew former Swi.T member Lee Eun-ju, who is 12 years his junior and the younger sister of Sechs Kies member Lee Jai-jin, for nine years.

They married in the same year.

Yang and Lee have two children together, Yoo-jin and Seung-hyun.

Due to recent controversies involving the Burning Sun scandal and other allegations, Yang Hyun-suk announced his plans to step down from all of his positions at YG Entertainment, and his brother Yang Min-suk announced his decision to resign as CEO of YG Entertainment on June 14, 2019.

On December 22, 2022, Yang was acquitted from charges pressed against him and during the first day of 2023, he appeared in a teaser video of YG's newest girl group, Baby Monster, six years after the debut of Blackpink as part of the "YG Next Movement" project.

On November 8, 2023 Yang's previous acquittal of blackmail charges was vacated and he was sentenced to 6 months in prison and 1 year probation.