Defconn

Defconn (Hangul: 데프콘; born January 6, 1977) is a South Korean rapper and comedic television personality.^[1]

Biography

2004

In 2004, Defconn received the Korean Music Award for "Best Hip-Hop Album". His songs are mostly comical, sometimes involving lyrics about sexual attraction and wishing for more popularity. One song of his, though, centered around Yangju highway incident in which two South Korean girls lost their lives to an American military tank, which sparked Anti-Americanism sentiment in South Korea at the time. He is one of the better known underground rappers in South Korea due to his parallel career as an MC in South Korea.

2011–present

In 2011, he became the host of MBC Every1's Weekly Idol alongside entertainer and comedian Jung Hyungdon, a show which was extended from an original six episode special to a weekly show that continues today.

In June 2012, he and Hyungdon formed a hip-hop collaboration called "Hyungdon and Daejun".^[2]

Defconn is a founding member of MBC's I Live Alone, a documentary-style variety program focusing on the real lifestyles of men who live alone. The "Rainbow Club" – a self-designated nickname for the show's hosts – includes both men who are unmarried and men who live alone because their families live overseas.^[3] Defconn left the cast in July 2014, citing that he was moving in with his brother and would no longer be living alone.

In November 2013, Defconn became a cast member for the third season of KBS2's Happy Sunday segment 2 Days & 1 Night.^[4]

Discography

• Straight From The Streetz (September 2001)^[5]
• Lesscon 4 the People (May 13, 2003)^[6]
• 1 1-2 Rawyall Flush (October 16, 2003)^[7]
• 콘이 삼춘 다이어리 (November 23, 2004)^[8]
• City Life (April 13, 2006)^[9]
• Mr. Music (July 10, 2007)^[10]
• Green Tour (March 5, 2008)^[11]
• Sugar Love - Single (March 12, 2009)^[12]
• Macho Museum (March 16, 2010)^[13]
• 킹왕짱 - Digital Single (November 20, 2010)^[14]
• 이별병 - Digital Single (March 30, 2011)^[15]
• The Rage Theater (August 4, 2011)^[16]
• Gangsta Rap Volume 1 (June 2012)^[17]
• L'Homme Libre Vol. 1 (August 2013)^[18]
• I'm Not a Pigeon (April 2015)^[19]

Filmography

TV Shows

Variety

• Weekly Idol - MBC Every1 (with Jung Hyung-don) (2011–Present)
• 2 Days & 1 Night - KBS2 (2013–Present)
• Her Secret Weapon - MBC Every1 (host with Boom & Jang Su-won) (2014–Present)
• Hitmaker - MBC Every1 (with Jung Hyung-don) (2014-2015)
• I Live Alone - MBC (2013–2014)

Drama

• Drama Special: "The Wind Blows Where You Wish" as Yang Goo-byeong - KBS2 (2015)
• Mom Is Acting Up as Special Appearance - MBC (2012)

Films

• Romantic Movement in Seoul (2010)^[20]
• The Beat Goes On (2010)^[21]

Awards

References

External links

• Defconn on Twitter
• Cyworld Mini-Homepage - 데프콘