B.I (Kim Hanbin) Profile
- Birth Name: 김한빈 (Kim Hanbin)
- Stage Name: B.I
- Nationality: South Korean
- Date of Birth: 1996.10.22
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Chinese Zodiac: Rat
- Height: 175.5 cm (5’7”)
- Weight: 60 kg (132.2 lbs)
- Blood Type: O
- Personal Social Media: Instagram, Soundcloud
B.I (Kim Hanbin) Facts & TMI
- B.I is from Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do.
- His family consists of mother, father (Kim Jeongju), and younger sister (Kim Hanbyul).
- He is an atheist.
- He was the leader, lead rapper, composer, and main dancer of iKON before his departure from the group in June 2019.
- He joined YG when he was in middle school.
- Before his official debut as iKON’s member, he participated in three different survival programs namely ‘WIN: Who is Next’, ‘Show Me The Money 3’, and ‘Mix & Match’.
- He also formed a hip-hop crew F’club under an alias ‘Rudy’ alongside music producer and composer Millenium a.k.a Raesung.
- B.I is also known as a talented music composer and lyricist, he has made many songs for YG Entertainment’s artists.
- His first-ever appearance in public was through a featuring in MC Mong’s song titled ‘Indian Boy’.
- Even before his debut, he was nicknamed The Second G-Dragon.
- B.I was featured in Epik High’s title track ‘Born Hater’ from their 8th full-album, he also performed the song with Epik High in ‘SBS Gayo Daejun 2014’.
- He participated in ‘Show Me The Money 3’ alongside fellow member Bobby.
- After 6 times of debut postponement, he finally got to debut as an iKON member with his self-producing song ‘My Type’ on September 15, 2015.
- He guest-starred in many variety shows such as ‘Running Man’ and ‘Happy Together’ (mostly with Bobby).
- His self-produced song ‘Love Scenario’ became a mainstream hit in 2018, even earning him a ‘Songwriter Award’ from ‘Melon Music Awards 2018’.
- He was featured as a rapper in many of YG artists’ songs such as PSY’s ‘Bomb’ and Lee HI’s ‘No One’.
- B.I also wrote many songs for fellow labelmates PSY (song title: ‘Bomb’ and ‘Autoreverse’), WINNER (song title: ‘Empty’), BLACKPINK (song title: ‘Whistle’), Epik High (song title: ‘Born Hater’), and Eun Jiwon (song title: ‘Trash’).
- In 2019, he was involved in a drug purchase controversy, resulting in his withdrawal from iKON.
- During his hiatus, there were rumors that he wrote songs for other artists such as Kim Jaehwan’s ‘After Party’ and H&D’s ‘Good Night’ and ‘You Make Me a Different Person’.
- During ‘WIN: Who is Next’ it was revealed that he never dated before.
- He and his younger sister Hanbyul are 15 years apart.
- He likes to sleep, he can sleep up to 12 hours when he’s not working on music.
- According to the members, among the iKON members, he uses the bathroom for the longest time.
- He does skinship often.
- He has a paper plane, balloon, and sail-shaped tattoos.
- B.I has a very low tolerance of alcoholic beverages.
- In September 2020, he joined IOK Company as a music producer.
- After taking a break from the industry for one and a half years, he came back through a rap featuring in Epik High’s song titled ‘Acceptance Speech’ in 2021.
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