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J-Hope got his wish. After citing J. Cole as a major inspiration, the BTS member recruited the Dreamville MC for his new track and music video “On the Street.” J-Hope teased the release earlier this week, after announcing he had initiated the military enlistment process in South Korea. Hope is the second BTS member, following Jin, to enlist for the country’s mandatory military […]
Quality Control has been acquired for a reported $300 million by the Scooter Braun-headed HYBE America. “The company is a division of the South Korean entertainment firm HYBE, which dominates the K-pop world through its management of the superstar group BTS,” writes the New York Times, noting the official purchase price wasn’t made public. “QC is […]
Deadline reports Anderson .Paak will make his feature directorial debut in the dramedy K-POPS! The project will essentially have .Paak’s fingerprints all over it as he developed it with rapper Jon “Dumbfoundead” Park, co-wrote it with Khaila Amazan, and is co-producing it under his company Apeshit Films. The musician is also starring in the movie alongside his son Soul Rasheed. According […]
A South Korean military court sentenced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The former Big Bang member was found guilty of several crimes including arranging illegal sexual services for business investors from Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong. He was also convicted of embezzling funds from a Seoul nightclub he ran, […]
After facing allegations of sexual abuse from 8 different women earlier this month, Canadian-American rapper Kris Wu was detained by Chinese Police today on suspicion of rape. “In response to relevant information reported on the internet,” wrote the Chinese police in a statement, Wu had been “criminally detained” on suspicion of rape “including that he repeatedly lured […]
Kim Jong Un is initiating a crackdown on those caught listening to K-Pop music in North Korea. As first reported by The New York Times, the 37-year-old leader’s plan to suppress K-pop music was revealed through internal documents smuggled out of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. They deemed the southern cultural imports a “vicious cancer” […]
In a meeting with the South Korean President on Friday, President Joe Biden revealed himself to be a lover of K-pop. As reported by Variety, President Biden highlighted the genre in a meeting with Moon Jae-In, calling K-pop fans “universal.” “Our people share a long history. Our soldiers have fought alongside one another. Our scientists […]
The K-pop world experienced another loss this week with the death of TST member Yohan. He was 28 years old. KJ Music Entertainment confirmed the tragic news in a statement to AllKPop.com on Wednesday; though the cause of death is still unknown, the label asked all fans and media outlets to refrain from speculating and spreading rumors. “We are […]
K-Pop superstars, BTS, and their management company, Big Hit Entertainment, have donated $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement, a representative confirmed to Variety. BTS and Big Hit are not expected to comment on the donation but Black Lives Matter managing director Kailee Scales spoke to Variety about the group’s contribution. “Black people all over the world […]
The Dallas Police Department tried to get people to snitch on each other on Sunday by reporting any illegal activity from ongoing protests in the city through their iWatch Dallas app. The app was instead flooded with K-pop pictures and videos, Mashable reports. Hours later, the Dallas Police claimed that the app was temporarily down due to “technical […]
