Basick

Basick
Birth name	Lee Cheol-joo (이철주)
Born	August 12, 1986 Daegu, South Korea
Genres	Korean hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, singer
Instruments	Voice
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Rainbow Bridge World (2015-present)
Associated acts	Jiggy Fellaz, Vasco, Double Trouble, Innovator
Website	rbbridge.com

Lee Cheol-joo (born August 12, 1986), known by his stage name Basick, is a South Korean rapper under the management of Rainbow Bridge World.^[1] He won the fourth season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money.

Biography

Basick was born on August 12, 1986 in Daegu, South Korea. He is fluent in English, having majored in marketing at the most prestigious entrepreneurship college in the United States, Babson College.^[2] Basick is married to Yoo Seo-yeon and they welcomed their first child, Lee Chaeha, in 2015.^[3]

Career

Basick first appeared in the Korean underground hip hop scene in 2007 and was recruited as a member of South Korea's largest hip hop crew Jiggy Fellaz in 2008. In 2009, Basick became one half of the duo Double Trouble with fellow Jiggy Fellaz crew member, Innovator. Mid-2013, he began a hiatus in the music scene after getting married and started a career inside a sports fashion brand.^[4]

In 2015, Basick participated in the fourth season of rap competition Show Me The Money, going on to win the series overall as part of team "Brand New" with Verbal Jint and San E of Brand New Music.^[5] Basick is now signed under Rainbow Bridge World and have featured in a number of collaborations.^[6] In 2016, he released his first mini album titled Nice.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album information	Track listing
Classick	Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Independent Records	Track listing  Basick Instinct B.A.S.I.C.K Rhymin` Check It Out (Feat. Jay Moon, DJ Tiz) Entourage Bounce (Feat. Vasco) Head & Tail (Feat. Crybaby) Mic Check Double Trouble (Feat. InnoVator) Basement U R Not Alone Rapper`s Night (Feat. B-Free)
Foundation Vol. 3	Released: April 19, 2013 Label: Independent Records	Track listing  Do It (Feat. Innovator) Survivor You Already Know (Feat. Crucial Star) Saturday Noon Ugly Shut Up
Therapy	Released: November 1, 2013 Label: Independent Records	Track listing  Master Nice Life (Feat. Paloalto) Too Bad (Feat. B-Free) MC (Feat. Deepflow) Work Therapy (Feat. CJAMM, InnoVator)
Nice	Released : August 2, 2016 Label : Rainbow World Entertainment	Can't Find Love (Feat. Han Sae Han Gil) Bottom Nice (Feat. G2, Hwasa of Mamamoo) Sunday In My Bedroom (Feat. B.O) Who Are You (Feat. Marvel J) Hunnit (Feat. Innovator) DJ (Feat. Sleepy) Nice (Feat. Hwasa of Mamamoo) Radio edit

Charted Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR [7]
2015	"My Zone" (with Microdot and Black Nut) (feat. San E and Verbal Jint)	12	KOR: 241,506+[8]
	"GXNZI" (feat. Vasco)	39	KOR: 135,599+[9]
	"Stand Up" (feat. Mamamoo)"	21	KOR: 255,492+[10]
	"Better Days" (feat. Gummy)	26	KOR: 165,544+[11]
	"I'm the Man" (with Verbal Jint and San E)	97	KOR: 21,239+[12]
	"Call Me" (with Lil Boi)	26	KOR: 105,060+[13]
	"Up All Night" by Huh Gak (feat. Basick)	7	KOR: 320,211+[14]
	"My Love" by Hyorin of Sistar (feat. Basick)	28	KOR: 93,639+[15]
2016	"In Front Of The House" (feat. Kim Jinho of SG Wannabe)	67	KOR: 30,440+[16]

Filmography

Television

Year	Network	Title	Notes
2015	Mnet	Show Me the Money 4	Winner
	KBS	You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook	Guest
	Mnet	Unpretty Rapstar 2	Guest performer
2016	KBS	Open Concert	Guest performer
	JTBC	Hip Hop Nation	Guest
	Olive TV	Tasty Road	Guest
	Mnet	Unpretty Rapstar 3	Guest judge
	JTBC	Hip Hop Nation Season 2	Cast member

Radio shows

Year	Network	Title
2016	SBS Power FM	Cultwo Show
	SBS Power FM	Kim Chang-ryul's Old School
	EBS FM	Morning Date
	MBC FM4U	Park Jiyoon's FM Date

References

1. "'SMTM4's skilled rapper Basick joins MAMAMOO's agency RBW Inc.". Allkpop. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
2. "Introduction : Basick". RBW.
3. ""Show Me the Money 4" Basick's Son Is Basically a Mini Basick". Soompi. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
4. "Lil Boi chose his name because he couldn't be Choiza (if you know what he means) + performs with Basick". Allkpop. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
5. "Who won on 'Show Me the Money 4'? Mino vs. Basick". Allkpop. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
6. "Lil Boi and Basick release MVs for new collaboration tracks 'Watch Out' and 'Call Me'". Allkpop. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
7. "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
8. Cumulative sales of "MY ZONE":
   • "Gaon Download Chart July 26-August 1, 2015 (see #28)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 2-8, 2015 (see #8)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 9-15, 2015 (see #26)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 16-22, 2015 (see #53)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 23-29, 2015 (see #71)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 30-September 5, 2015 (see #81)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
9. Cumulative sales of "GXNZI":
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 9-15, 2015 (see #31)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 16-22, 2015 (see #31)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 23-29, 2015 (see #66)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
   • "Gaon Download Chart August 30-September 5, 2015 (see #82)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
10. Cumulative sales of "Stand Up":
    • "Gaon Download Chart August 16-22, 2015 (see #24)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart August 23-29, 2015 (see #16)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart August 30-September 5, 2015 (see #26)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart September 6-September 12, 2015 (see #52)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
11. Cumulative sales of "Betterdays (좋은 날)":
    • "Gaon Download Chart August 23-29, 2015 (see #35)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart August 30-September 5, 2015 (see #13)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart September 6-September 12, 2015 (see #65)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
12. Cumulative Sales of "I'm the Man":
    • "Gaon Download Chart September 6-September 12, 2015 (see #70)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
13. Cumulative Sales of "Call Me":
    • "Gaon Download Chart October, 2015 (see #69)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
14. Cumulative Sales of "Up All Night":
    • "Gaon Download Chart October, 2015 (see #23)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart November, 2015 (see #59)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
15. Cumulative Sales of "My Love":
    • "Gaon Download Chart November, 2015 (see #71)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
16. Cumulative Sales of "In Front Of The House":
    • "Gaon Download Chart January 24 – January 30, 2016 (see #49)". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 12 February 2015.