Teddy

Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978), is a Korean-American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. When he was 17 years old, Park and friend, Taebin, flew to South Korea during summer vacation to audition for YG Entertainment, an underground hip-hop label at the time. Both were signed immediately, and after finishing high school in the States, moved to Korea to pursue music. In 1998, Park debuted in the hip hop group 1TYM with his friend Danny, Jinhwan, Baekyoung. Together, the group recorded five studio albums with Park as their primary songwriter and producer. Today, 1TYM is recognized as one of the most influential groups in Korean music history. After his performing career with 1TYM ended in 2005, Park became an in-house producer for YG Entertainment. He has worked on the majority of 2NE1's discography, a substantial number of Big Bang's releases, and hits such as Seven's "Passion" and Uhm Jung-hwa's "D.I.S.C.O." Recently, he has been a major producer for the girl group Blackpink's materials.