MC Sniper

MC Sniper
Birth name	Kim Jung Yoo
Born	February 8, 1979
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Korean hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, songwriter, lyricist
Years active	2002 – present
Labels	Pony Canyon Sniper Sound
Korean name
Hangul	김정유
Revised Romanization	Gim Jeong-yu
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chŏng-yu

Kim Jung Yoo (Korean: 김정유), better known as MC Sniper (Korean: MC 스나이퍼), is a South Korean rapper. He is known for writing controversial lyrics that challenge social injustice and mainstream society.^[1][2][3]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart position	Ref
		KOR
So Sniper	Released: May 17, 2002 Label: Pony Canyon Korea	[No data available]
초행 (初行)	Released: May 14, 2003 Label: Pony Canyon Korea
Be In Deep Grief	Released: March 18, 2004 Label: Sniper Sound
How Bad Do U Want It?	Released: March 5, 2007 Label: Pony Canyon Korea
Museum	Released: November 17, 2009 Label: Pony Canyon Korea
Full Time	Released: April 13, 2012 Label: Sniper Sound	16	[4]

EPs

Title	Album details	Peak chart position	Ref
		KOR
B-Kite 1	Released: September 5, 2014 Label: B-Kite	32	[5]
B-Kite 2	Released: November 5, 2015 Label: B-Kite	27	[6]

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart position	Ref
		KOR
2007	"For You"	[No data available]
2010	"만우절 (Mirror)" (with Illinit)	56	[7]
	"하쿠나마타타"	49	[8]
2011	"Break Away" (feat. Room9)	31	[9]
2012	"사랑했잖아" (feat. Loco and Son Seung-yeon)	60	[10]
	"붉은 노을" (feat. Egobomb)	65
	"Danger" (from Vampire Prosecutor 2 OST)	61	[11]
	"나쁜사람" (with Jang Hye-jin) (from Faith OST)	26
	"탈춤" (from Arang and the Magistrate OST)	—
	"Geto Christmas"	—
2013	"Jampop" (feat. BK)	—
	"왜"(feat. ZoneQ)	71	[12]
2015	"사랑비극 Part 1" (feat. 김신의 of 몽니)	41	[13]
	"다시, 남자" (with 김구)	—
	"Do Or Die" (feat. 송래퍼)	—
	"Dynasty" (feat. 미루)	—
	"U.F. L (Unfinished Love)"	81	[14]
2016	"Feel Like Yesterday" (with 비도승우 and 송래퍼)	—
	"Fxxx all ya" (with 비도승우 and 송래퍼)	—

Awards

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Work	Result
2002	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Hip Hop Performance[15]	"BK Love"	Nominated

References

1. "MC SNIPER (MC 스나이퍼)". KBS World Radio. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
2. "MC 스나이퍼 소개" [Introduction to MC Sniper]. Mnet (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-05-17.
3. Hwang, Mi-hyun (2015-11-27). "MC Sniper is back in control". Korea JooAng Daily. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
4. "Gaon Album Chart, April 15-21, 2012". Gaon Album Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
5. "Gaon Album Chart, August 31-September 6, 2014". Gaon Album Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
6. "Gaon Album Chart, November 1-7, 2015". Gaon Album Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
7. "Gaon Digital Chart, April 11-17, 2010". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
8. "Gaon Digital Chart, September 19-25, 2010". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
9. "Gaon Digital Chart, January 30-February 5, 2011". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
10. "Gaon Digital Chart, August 12-18, 2012". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
11. "Gaon Digital Chart, September 9-15, 2012". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
12. "Gaon Digital Chart, August 4-10, 2013". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
13. "Gaon Digital Chart, March 1-7, 2015". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
14. "Gaon Digital Chart, September 6-12, 2015". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
15. "2002 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-17.