Former Labels
YG Entertainment, as member of iKON (2015 - 2019 June 12)

awards / recognitions

Pre-debut

• Show Me the Money 3

  • B.I : “Be I” : first single from SMTM to top the charts

  • B.I and Bobby broke the idol-rapper stereotype

• 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards

  • B.I and Bobby : first idol trainees to perform at MAMA

2018

• 10th Melon Music Awards : Songwriter of the Year - top earner in terms of royalties

2019

• becomes full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)

2020

• appointed as Executive Director at IOK Company for IOK Music (resigned 11 October 2022)

2021

• debut as solo artist under IOK Music affiliate 131 Label

• “illa illa” : most viewed kpop male soloist debut MV in the first 24 hours with 12.7M views

2022

• first Asian artist to feature in the GRAMMYs Global Spin series

• 131, formerly 131 Label, becomes an independent label

2023

• becomes the cover of the inaugural issue of HIT! Magazine (Brazil)

• first and only Korean artist to perform at Lollapalooza Berlin

• headlined the first K-pop concert in Estonia in Tallinn on October 03 (it’s kind of a fun fact :)

• Supersound Festival : Best Rapper of the Year

2024

• Hanteo Music Awards 2023 : Special Award (Hip Hop)