Jay Park

I. Introduction

Jay Park is a rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and entrepreneur. He is a member of b-boy crew Art of Movement (AOM), and the founder and CEO of hip hop labels AOMG and H1ghr Music.

He was also a former member of the boy group 2PM.

II. Career

Jay Park auditioned for JYP around his hometown Edmonds, Washington. He did very well, which gave him a contract to be a part of a boy group as an idol. He went to South Korea in 2005 to train in dancing, rapping, singing, and learning Korean.

Jay Park's first entertainment appearance was through Mnet's show Hot Blood Men. A documentary reality program that showed the members of "One Day" (which is both 2AM and 2PM). Jay Park received the most fan votes from this show, which won him the leader spot of 2PM.

2PM debuted with their mini album Hottest Time of the day on August 29, 2008.

Outside of his work with 2PM, he made the song Jeong with Yeeun of Wonder Girls for the OST of the TV drama Conspiracy in the Court. He also did special stage performances like Navi's Heart Damage on May 3, 2009 and K. Will's One Drop per Second on June 20, 2009. Jay Park was also a regular cast member in some variety shows like Star King and Introducing a Star's Friend. He and Kara's Nicole Jung were also hosts for the cultural variety show Nodaji.

On September 4, 2009, unfavorable comments about Korea were discovered on Jay Park's Myspace account from around 2005. These comments were translated from English to Korean and became widely covered by Korean media. Jay Park put out an apology. Despite the active attacks from detractors, JYP's CEO Park Jin-young announced that he would still stay in 2PM as a member. However, the next Jay Park posted a message on his official fancafe that he would leave the group to allow the situation to settle, and return back to his hometown Seattle, Washington. He apologized to the other 2PM members, and promised to return as "a better person". Park Jin-young stated later that 2PM would return to activities as a six-member group. Due to the high tension behind Jay Park's leave, the 2PM members took a break from variety show appearances. Jay Park's vocals were not removed from the older 2PM songs, but he was no longer featured on newer releases from that point onward.

The 2PM members payed homage to Jay Park's absence through the title of their first album 1:59PM and their acceptance speeches for end-of-year award shows for Again & Again by thanking Jay Park and wishing for his return. At Mnet Asian Music Awards, for their performance of Again & Again, a spotlight was shown over his normal position where he would dance.

After he returned to the U.S, the public opinion changed when it was revealed that his Myspace messages were very mistranslated and taken out of context. During his time at Seattle, he participated in b-boy battles with Art of Movement members. Jay Parks contract with JYP was terminated on February 25 stated in was because of a "personal mistake" he made in 2009. The termination had the approval of the remaining six 2PM members, which started fan boycotts of 2PM endorsed products.

Jay Park launched his own personal YouTube channel on March 15, 2010 as jayparkaom. He uploaded a version of Nothin' on You after its' creation. The video gain immense popularity very quickly with over 2,000,000 views in under 24 hours. In Korea, the original version by B.o.B and Bruno Mars reached the peark of the Cyworld music chart hours after the video's release. B.o.B released a new version of Nothin' on You which featured Jay Park in liu of Bruno Mar's vocals on June 15, 2018.

Jay Park and the other Art of Movement members attended Project Korea III: KSA Cinderella Story at Rutgers University New Jersey on April 3 with Ailee anc Clara C. Videos of Jay Park bein an MC and dancing to Beyoncé's Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) gained viral attention.

Ned Sherman, CEO of Digital Media Wire, became Jay Park's legal resprentive on May 28, 2010. They worked on projects such as the movie deal for Hype Nation.

Jay Park went back to Korea for the first time on June 18 to film Hype Nation. His return was met with much interest on social media.

He signed a contract with SidusHQ for his domestic Korean activities (singing and acting). He released his EP Count n Me on July 13. The EP had English and Korean lyrics written by Jay Park himself.

Jay Park started working with AOM member Cha cha Malone, and released Bestie and the duet Speechless. He also collaborated with other rappers Dok2 and The Quiettl.

He was titled as the most searched solo singer of the year by Naver.

On January 6, 2011, Jay Park won the Best Web Video category for Nothin' on You at the Mashable Awards. He released his first Korean mini-album Take a Deeper Look on April 27, 2011. It debuted at #26 on Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart and #3 on Billboard World Album Charts. He also performed for the first time in years on Korean music shows like Music Bank, M! Countdown, Music Core, and Inkigayo. He won on Music Bank on May 6 (which marks him as the first artist who won at a debut stage) and later on May 13.

On August 6, he participated for the first time on KBS Immortal Songs 2. He performed Candy by H.O.T with Moon Hee-joon. He went on to make a few more performances on the show.

Jay Park won the Disk Bonsang for Take a Deeper Look on January 11, 2012. He later received the Popular Artist Award of the Asia Model Awards on January 18. Jay Park released his first Korean studio album New Breed on February 7. It reached #1 twice on the Gaon Weekly album chart and #1 on Hanteo Weekly chart with more than 80,000 copies sold in 10 days. It also debuted at #4 on Billboard World Album Charts and #16 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart. He promoted the Asian version release and visited Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Japan.

He had his first solo concert New Breed Live in Seoul on March 3 at the Olympic Hall of Seoul Olympic Park.

On May 16, Jay Park dropped his first mixtape Fresh a!r. Breathe !t. It was certified Gold by Datpiff within a month of release because it was downloaded over 100,000 times. He became the first Asian artist to achieve this.

On August 22, Park was revealed as a fixed panel member on MBC's Comte to Play with Kim Eung-soo and Kwon Oh-joong as a new corner on the show Trueman Show, but the show was abruptly canceled several months later.

On February 6, 2013, Jay Park was revealed to be entering the cast for Saturday Night Live Korea. He founded his hip hop label AOMG this year as well. Jay Park was later a judge on Mnet's rap competition program Show Me the Money 4 in 2015.

Jay Park joined Jay-Z's Roc Nation label on July 20, 2017. Making him the first ever Asian American on the label. He later replaced Melanie C and Vanness Wu as a judge for the second season of Asia's Got Talent.

He started record label H1ghr Music with Cha Cha Malone with the goal to bring both Seattle and South Korean talent to the hip hop scene. Jay Park became the first non-chinese guest judge on the fourth season of The Rap China, which aired on August 14, 2020. The guesting received mixed feelings.

III. Discography

	Count on Me	EP	July 13, 2010
	Speechless featuring Cha Cha Malone	Single	October 4, 2010
	Take a Deeper Look	EP	April 27, 2011
	While Drinking Coffee	Promotional Single	November 1, 2011
-	Manifesto Anthem	Promotional Single	August 27, 2011
	A New Breed Part 1	EP	December 28, 2011
	New Breed	Studio Album	February 7, 2012
	Fresh Air : Breathe It	Mixtape	May 16, 2012
-	I Like It	Promotional Single	2012
	Appetizer	Single	February 14, 2013
	Evolution	Studio Album	September 1, 2014
	Worldwide	Studio Album	November 5, 2015
-	Give Me Five	Promotional Single	April 12, 2015
	Scene Stealers (with Ugly Duck)	EP	July 13, 2016
	Everything You Wanted	Studio Album	October 20, 2016
	Ask Bout Me	EP	July 20, 2018
	119 Remix with Simon Dominic, Loco, Ugly Duck, Woo, Sik-K, Woodie Gochild, Haon, Gaeko, Bewhy, Paloalto, G2, Reddy, Sway D, Owen Ovadoz, The Quiett, Changmo, Hash Swan, Keem Hyo-eun, Deepflow, Nucksal, Odee, Rocky L, EK, Los, Chaboom, Swings, Giriboy, No:el, Jvcki Wai, Justhis, Han Yohan, Yunhway, Jhnovr, Coogie, Punchnello, Penomeco, Dbo, Hangzoo, Geegooin, Boi B, Ja Mezz, Dayday, Junoflo, Flowsik, Killagramz, Yumdda, Uneducated Kid, MyunDo, TakeOne, and Gray	Single	December 4, 2018
	The Road Less Traveled	Studio Album	June 7, 2019
	Nothing Matters	EP	July 2, 2019
	On Fire (with Yultron)	EP	August 30, 2019
	This Wasn't Supposed to Happen (with Hit-Boy)	EP	November 15, 2019
	Automatic Remix with Chancellor, Lee Hi, Bibi, Jamie, Moon, Bumkey, Samuel Seo, Suran, Babylon, Hoody, Sumin, MRSHLL, Ann One, Elo, twlv, oceanfromtheblue, Jiselle, Sole, Thama, K.vsh, Jinbo, Jerd, Soovi, B.E.D., Xydo, Owell Mood, and None	Single	November 4, 2020

Features

	Positive Ye-eun featuring Jay Park, Shorty Jang-goon	Conspiracy in the Court OST	July 09, 2007
	To Luv V.O.S featuring Jay Park	EP: Routine Free	May 27, 2005
	Clouds Dumbfoundead featuring Jay Park, Clara C	Digital Single	April 24, 2010
	Nothin' on You B.o.B featuring Jay Park	Album: B.o.B presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray	April 27, 2010
	Doin' Good (Remix) Dok2, Rado featuring Jay Park	EP: It's We	July 29, 2010
-	I Want To Cry Brave Brothers, Jay Park	Album: The Classic	September 3, 2010
	Catch Me If You Can (Remix) Decipher featuring J.Reyez, Dumbfoundead, Flowsik, Chan, Johnnyphlo, Jay Park, Ailee	Digital Single	December 22, 2010
	I'm Ready Decipher featuring Dumbfoundead, Jay Park	Album: The Effect	January 4, 2011
	Hip-Hop (Anthem Version) Dok2, Double K featuring Beenzin, B-Free, Bizzy, Jay Park, Paloalto, Swings, The Quiett & Yankie	EP: Flow 2 Flow	January 24, 2011
	Maybe One Day J.Reyez featuring Jay Park	Digital Single	December 3, 2011
	I'll Be There Swings featuring Jay park	Digital Single	April 7, 2011
	My Love Dok2 featuring Jay Park	Album: Hustle Real Hard	April 19, 2011
	Single Life Cha Cha Malone featuring Jay Park	Digital Single	September 16, 2011
	Summer Dream Jay Park, Ji Hyun Woo, Jang Seo Won, Kim Randy	Mr Idol OST	September 29, 2011
	Mr. Lonely Part 1 The Quiett featuring Jay Park	EP: Stormy Friday	November 23, 2011
	Can't Stop Brian Joo featuring Jay Park, Beenzino	EP: ReBorn Part 1	January 26, 2012
	Then I Saw You Prepix featuring Jay Park	EP: Look To Listen	March 8, 2012
-	Green Light B.NA featuring Jay Park	EP: Bloom	2012
-	Driver Younha featuring Jay Park	Album: Supersonic	July 3, 2012
-	XX Girl EZIS featuring Jay Park	EP: Invincible	July 16, 2012
-	Congratulations Dynamic Duo, Jay Park	LP: Primary and the Messenger	October 31, 2012
-	If You Love Me NS Yoon-G featuring Jay Park	LP: Primary and the Messengers	October 31, 2012
-	Doin' Great Dok2 featuring Jay Park	Mixtape: South Korean Rapstar Mixtape	January 11, 2013
-	Gettin' Rich The Quiett featuring Jay Park, Dok2	Mixtape: Ambition	2013
-	Around the World Mizz Nina featuring Jay Park	Single	March 26, 2013
-	Rude Girl Kim Seul-gi featuring Jay Park	She Is Wow OST	May 30, 2013
-	Zonin Phe featuring Jay Park	EP: December's Bachelor	April 22, 2013
-	Unbreakable Kim Hyun-joon featuring Jay Park	EP: Round 3	July 22, 2013
-	Dangerous Gray featuring Jay Park	Album: Call Me Gray	October 25, 2013
-	Audition Gaia feturing Hay Park	Digital single	December 13, 2013
-	Fallin' Swings featuring Jay Park	Digital Single	March 25, 2014
-	Don't front Illionaire Records featuring Jay Park	Album: 11:11	March 25, 2014
-	Give It To Me Crush featuring Jay Park, Simon Dominic	Album: Crush On You	June 5, 2014
-	Loco featuring Jay Park	EP: LOCOMOTIVE	2014
-	Life is Good Epik High featuring Jay Park	Album: Shoebox	October 21, 2014
-	Apple Gain featuring Jay Park	Album: Hawwah	March 12, 2015
-	Lonely funk Kim Tae-woo featuring Jay Park	Album: T-ROAD	June 18, 2015
-	Awesome Loco featuring Jay Park, Gray	Single	July 28, 2015
-	￦ & ONLY Simon D featuring Jay Park	Album: ￦ & ONLY	August 20, 2015
-	Butt Gary featuring Jay Park	Album: 2002	September 21, 2015
-	WHITE Davichi featuring Jay Park	Digital Single: D-MAKE	December 16, 2015
-	Top of the Top VASCO featuring Jay Park	Mixtape: MADMAX	2015
-	Reddy featuring Jay Park	Digital Single	February 2, 2016
-	A Boss Do Mr.Capone-E featuring Jay Park, Twista, Mr.criminal	Single	May 13, 2016
-	Day Day BewhY featuring Jay Park	Album: Show Me The Money 5	June 29, 2016
-	Tattoo Elo featuring Jay Park	Album: 8 Femmes	August 26, 2016
-	One Step Hyolyn featuring Hay Park	Album: It's Me	November 8, 2016
-	SXWME Far East Movement featuring Jay Park	Album: Identity	October 21, 2016
-	Right Here Right Now DPR Live featuring Loco, Jay Park	Album: Coming To You Live	March 15, 2017
-	Call Me Dayday featuring Jay Park, Gray	Single	July 22, 2017
-	Franklin Higher Brothers featuring Jay Park	Album: Black Cab	May 31, 2017
-	Sunday Groovy Room featuring Heize, Jay Park	Album: Everywhere	July 24, 2017
-	Yultron, Jay Park, Bone Thugs n-Harmony	Single	August 12, 2017
-	Unlock It Charli XCX featuring Kim Petras, Jay Park	Album: Pop 2	December 15, 2017
-	Money Bag Jarren Benton featuring Jay Park	Album: Yuck Fou	July 27, 2018
-	With You Twopee Southside featuring Jay Park	Album: Southside Ambassador	August 16, 2019
-	Does She Yuna featuring Jay Park	Album: Rouge	July 12, 2019
-	Drip Jessi featuring Jay Park	EP: Nuna	July 30, 2020
-	Run Me My Money Blimes and Gab featuring Jay Park	Album: Talk About It	June 25, 2020
-	Flower Code Kunst featuring Jay Park, Woo, GIRIBOY	Album: People	April 2, 2020
-	Ciao Joe Flizzow, MK K-Clique featuring Jay Park	Single	January 22, 2021
-	MM sokodomo featuring Hay Park (prod.sesame)	EP: …---… (S.O.S)	May 11, 2021
-	Love The Way Yugyeom featuring Jay Park, Punchnello	Album: Point of View: U	June 17, 2021

IV. Soundwriting/Producer/Composer Credits

V. Videography

Music Videos

Music Video Features

Shows

VI. Awards

VII. Videos

Abandoned MV

All The Way Up Dance Visual

Day by Day (Sketchbook Performance)

VIII. Trivia

• He has many tattoos
• Jay Park became the new model for Levi Strauss & Co.'s new brand dENiZEN in July 2010
• Take a Deeper Look went multi-platinum in South Korea
• His hobbies are basketball and listening to music

(Credit to kprofiles.com)