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Epik High

Boy groupActiveHip-hopR&BSophisticatedSelf-produced

Three guys, Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz, who write thoughtful hip-hop and keep mixing in other genres because rules are boring. They run their own agency now, Ours Co. Put on "Fly" first.

Members

3

Debut

2003 (23 years)

Generation

1st gen (until 2003)

Label

Ours Co.

Start with: Fly

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Achievements

• "Fly" from Swan Songs (2005) made them the first act to win first place on a music program with a hip-hop song
• Remapping the Human Soul sold 120,301 copies in 2007, the third best-selling album of the year in South Korea
• First Korean artists to top the US iTunes hip-hop chart (2010)
• First Korean act to perform at Coachella (2016), and the first Korean act invited back (2022)
• Ranked third in a 2024 Gallup Korea survey of the top active Korean hip-hop artists of the 21st century

Timeline

1. 2002Group formed when Tablo returned to Korea; DJ Tukutz joined in March
2. 2003Debut album Map of the Human Soul on Woollim Entertainment
3. 2005Swan Songs becomes a mainstream hit, with "Fly" reaching number one on domestic charts
4. 2009Leave Woollim and found their own label Map The Soul
5. 2012Sign with YG Entertainment after Mithra Jin's military discharge; album 99 released
6. 2016First Korean act to perform at Coachella
7. 2018Leave YG Entertainment and set up their own agency, Ours Co.
8. 2021Part 1 of the tenth album Epik High Is Here released in January; part 2 followed in 2022

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