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Leessang

Boy groupDisbandedHip-hopRetroSelf-produced

A hip hop duo who wrote, produced and even directed their own videos, and who turned a no-name start into a mainstream run. Begin with "Rush", the breakaway hit, and keep going through eight albums.

Members

2

Debut

2002 (24 years)

Generation

1st gen (until 2003)

Label

Jungle Entertainment

Start with: Rush

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Achievements

• "Rush" won the hip-hop award at the Mnet KM Music Video Festival (2002)
• "Girl Who Can't Break-Up and Boy Who Can't Leave" went straight to number 1 on KBS Music Bank and stayed there three weeks (2009)
• "I Turned off the TV" topped Billboard's K-Pop Hot 100 and every other song on Asura Balbalta charted (2011)
• Sold-out shows in New York and Los Angeles on their first US tour (2012)

Timeline

1. 2002First album Leessang of Honey Family released on June 27 with "Rush"
2. 2003Second album Jae,Gyebal with "Leessang Blues"
3. 2005Mainstream breakthrough with the third album Library of Soul
4. 2009Sign with Jungle Entertainment; sixth album Hexagonal
5. 2011Seventh album Asura Balbalta and first nationwide tour, Leessang Theatre
6. 2012Eighth album Unplugged, recorded with a full band; launch of Leessang Company
7. 2015Single "Kaleidoscope" featuring Mi Woo tops multiple charts
8. 2017Reports say the duo has parted ways to work solo

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