Epik High adalah grup hip-hop asal Korea Selatan. Grup ini terdiri dari Tablo, Mithra Jin dan DJ Tukutz. Grup ini juga dikenal dalam penggabungan gaya hip-hop yang berbeda, genre yang berbeda dan kolaborasi pada tiap album mereka.
Mereka memulai debut pada tahun 2003. Namun diawal karir mereka relatif tidak dikenal karena kurangnya popularitas hip-hop di Korea. Tapi keberhasilan mereka dimulai pada saat album mereka yang ke-2 "High Society" dan album ke-3 "Swan Songs".
PROFIL member Epik High
Real Name: Lee Sun Woong (이선웅)
American Name: Daniel Armand Lee
Stage Name: Tablo
Nickname: Supreme T
Date of Birth: July 22, 1980
Position: Leader, rapper
Fun Facts:
* He was born in Korea and moved to Canada when he was 8 years old
* He has a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from Stanford University, California, USA
* He’s been a fan of rap ever since he was little and listened to old Run-DMC and Cold Crush tapes
* Drunken Tiger was Tablo’s biggest inspiration to become a member of Epik High
* Claimed to be the first emcee to invent the rhyming rifle
* He does various shows and cameos with the EPMD
* He is married to actress Kang Hye Jung (October 2009) and has one daughter with her (born May 2, 2010)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/blobyblo
Real Name: Jeong Sik Kim (김정식)
Stage Name: DJ Tukutz
Nickname: Street T
Date of Birth: November 19, 1981
Position: Producer, turntablist, and engineer
Fun Facts:
* He is the disc jockey of the group
* He first got into DJ-ing in the summer of 1995 while spending his time at illegal raves and warehouse parties
* He attended the Technics DJ School in Seoul, South Korea in 2000
* He teamed up with Tablo and went to the U.S with him, where he worked and DJ-ed on radio shows, live events and clubs around the Boston and New York City area
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tukutz81
Real Name: Choi Jin (최진)
Stage Name: Mithra
Date of Birth: January 6, 1983
Position: Producer, lyricist, MC
Fun Facts:
* He was originally a poet
* He did park emceeing and poetry readings before teaming up with Tablo
* Tablo and Mithra were introduced through a mutual friend, in which they clicked right away by similar poetic rhymes
Twitter: http://twitter.com/realmithrajin
Album Tablo
2003: Map of the Human Soul
2004: High Society
2005: Swan Songs
2006: Black Swan Songs (Repackaged)
2007: Remapping the Human Soul
2008: Pieces, Part One
Single Tablo
2005: "비의 랩소디"
Tablo Produced Lagu
2004: "이력서" (Dynamic Duo)
2004: "Sky High" (Nonstop 4 soundtrack)
2005: "Campus Love Story" (Cho PD)
2006: "내일은 오니까" (Paloalto & The Quiett)
2006: "남자라서 웃어요" (Kim Jang Hoon featuring Mithra Jin)
2006: "Rain Bow" (Infinity Flow)
2007: "여자라서 웃어요" (Sim Soo-bong featuring Mithra Jin)
2007: "Talk Play Love" (Anyband)
Referensi
http://lovearrow123.blogspot.com/2012/10/biodata-epik-high.html
http://anekaprofil.blogspot.com/2015/12/profil-tablo-lee-seon-woong.html
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