Steve Kim

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Steve Kim
Birth name
Hangul:	김상욱
Revised Romanization:	Gim Sang-uk
McCune-Reischauer:	Kim Sanguk

Steve Kim (born April 16, 1979) is a Korean-American hip hop artist who is a member of the Korean hip-hop group Uptown. He is also known by the alias Kwon. He was also one half of the now defunct hip-hop duo Uptown 3000.

[edit] Wrongfully accused of murder

On December 11, Man Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American was found murdered in the backyard of his parents Burbank home. Kim had been seen leaving the scene by witnesses and was considered a primary suspect by Burbank police. After going into hiding for several days, Kim turned himself in at Burbank police headquarters on December 14. He was held on a first-degree murder charge on US$2 million bail for four months. However after overwhelming evidence showed Kim was not responsible for the murder, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Lia Martin announced that their office would no longer pursue a case against Kim.

[edit] Music career comeback in Korea

As of 2006, Kim returned to Korea to make a comeback with original Uptown members, Carlos Galvan and Chris Jung. In May 2006, their new album "Testimony" was released.