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1llionaire Records facts

It was founded on January 1st 2011, by Dok2 and The Quiett. This is the reason their symbol is 11:11 and is written as 1lli; they event try to release songs at 11:11 pm.

The label only has one employee.

None of the rappers are bound by contracts.

Ambition Musik was created under Illionaire Records as a sub label.

The label was closed down on the 6th July 2020.

DOK2

He is one of the founders and owners of Illionaire Records.

Nickname: Dok2 (도끼) or Gonzo.

Real name: Lee JoonKyung (이준경).

He was born on March 28th 1990, he is from Seoul.

He is 165 cm or 161 cm.

He debuted when he was 13 by making a collaboration with rapper Cho PD and later on he joined his label Future Flow Entertainment.

At 16, he was part of the hiphop group Like Child Rapper alongside Microdot.

His stage name “Dok2″ means “axe” in Korean.

He is half Corean, a quarter Spanish and a quarter Philippine, because his mother is Korean but his father is Philippine and Spanish.

He made a cameo in 2016 drama “Entourage”.

Gonzo refers to his Philippine mother whose last name is González. However, he is also called “The Dirty South Korean” by some of his fans and “Young Boss” by himself.

He said he is very romantic and falls in love easily.

He is attracted by a woman’s strength and character rather than physical appearance.

He is close with Jay Park, Epik High, CL, Wooram, GD and Taeyang.

He collaborated with GD and Tablo on GD’s album “One Of A Kind”.

He admires 2pac, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Zeebra and Nas.

He is really close with all YG artists and has a lot of collaborations with many of them.

He was a producer in Show Me The Money 3 with The Quiett.

Team Dok2-TheQuiett won SMTM3 with Bobby.

He was in Show Me The Money 5 as a producer with The Quiett.

He appeared in Show Me The Money 6 with Jay Park as a producer team.

His father is famous guitarist Willy Lee.

In November 2018 his car was broken into and a few things stolen.

On the 6th February 2020 it was announced that he had left 1llionaire Records.

He produced SMTM collaboration stage for rappers that were eliminated: S.M.T.M (Show Me The Money).

He currently lives in Los Angeles.

In October 2019 he was accused by a jewellery brand of not having paid over 34,000 USD and filed a complaint against him. Finally, the trial took place on July 22nd 2020 and Dok2 won the lawsuit and the complaint was dropped.

THE QUIETT

He is one of the founders and owners of Illionaire Records.

Real name:  Shin Dong Gab (신동갑).

Nickname: The Quiett (더콰이엇).

He was born January 29th 1985 in Gwangmyeong, South Korea.

He started rapping at 16, in 2003.

He is 171 cm.

He went to SungKongHoe University.

His blood type is B.

He met Dok2 in 2005 when they participated in Dynamic Duo’s second album.

He said he would be a nice and kind boyfriend since it comes naturally to him, he isn’t a “bad guy” type of partner. He also said that he is the kind of person that never fights with women. Regarding this topic, he’s mentioned that he wouldn’t make the relationship public since chaos would ensue.

Some of his many hobbies are small action figures, audio, furniture and toys.

He knows how to overcome loneliness.

He would like to try skydiving.

He plays basketball since he was a young kid.

He doesn’t like vegetables and he doesn’t really know how to cook. In fact, for about 11 years he did not pay the gas bill because he didn’t cook at home; he’s said to have a working stove nowadays.

He has collected a lot of tazos in the past.

He debuted in 2005 with his first mixtape, which was Christian music.

He used to be the co-founder and one of the main producers in Soul Company.

He was a producer in Show Me The Money 3 with Dok2.

Team Dok2-TheQuiett won SMTM3 with contestant Bobby.

He appeared as a producer in SMTM4 with Dok2.

He is considered as one of the best rappers in Korea and one of the best producers in the world.

His album “Q-Train” won the Hiphop Album of the Year in the fourth Korean Pop Music Awards.

He already went to the military service.

The South Korean law says that during the military service you can’t do any other work related activities without a special permit. However, The Quiett still released an album and performed shows to promote it. Due to this, he was sanctioned to two extra weeks in the service.

He was a producer in Show Me The Money 777 with Changmo.

He was a mentor in HSR3 with Code Kunst.

He appeared in many episodes of Dingo’s mini series “Bition Boyz” with Ash Island, Changmo, Way Ched, Leellamarz, Hash SwN and Keem Hyoeun.

He came up with his stage name after listening to Mobb Deep’s “Quiet Storm”.

He learned English through music, by listening to Western artists.

“Rap House” is a small concert that happens once a month and he is in charge of managing and casting rookie artists to perform.

The members of 1llionaire and Ambition Musik often meet at his place.

He doesn’t cook a lit, in fact, he has not paid gas bills for about 11 years since he doesn’t use the kitchen.

He really likes Coogie and was one of his favourite rappers of SMTM777 along Nafla and Kid Milli.

He met Leellamarz before he was signed under Ambition Musik to record the violin for some of his songs. They later met again in New York after Leellamarz (who was living there at the time) contacted him weh he learned that both of them were in the city. Afterwards Leellamarz was contacted by The Quiett to sing with his company.

He discovered producer Way Ched through Leellamarz, who was friends with him and recommended him to sign in Ambition as well.

He is very calm and doesn’t get angry often, so in one episode of Bition Boyz Ash Island and Leellamarz hat to try and anger him (they failed). Leellamarz said this is because he just goes with the flow of the situation.

He lives without planning anything because he likes to be faithful to the everyday life and live as it is.

According to pH-1, his strength is being able to control his emotions.

In 2018 he was officially a full member of KOMCA (Korea Music Copyright Assotiation).

On September 29th 2016 he co-founded Ambition Musik with Dok2.

He is the maknae among the members of DAMOIM (excluding NoiseMasterMinsu).

During his appearances in Dingo’s channel he’s fallen many times and other artists say he has a natural talent for this type of shows.

He doesn’t have any tattoos or piercings.

He doesn’t smoke.

He eats whatever he can find at any time he is hungry, doesn’t really follow a schedule or diet.

The Quiett’s answer to what’s his ideal type was: “It’s a really difficult question because there isn’t just one”.

He has a Shiba Inu named Torry and has it’s own instagram account: @torrystory

He co-founded Daytona Entertainment with fellow DAMOIM rapper Yumdda on November 25th 2020.

BEENZINO

He joined Illionaire Records on 2011.

Nickname: Beenzino (빈지노).

Real name: Lim Seong Bin (임성빈).

He was born on September 12th 1987.

He is 187cm or 180 cm.

His blood type is AB.

He is dating german model Stefanie Michova since 2015.

He started in the Korean hip hop scene in 2004, at 17.

He released his first work, “Daily Apartment”, in 2009 with Dok2.

He debuted with Illionaire Records during the concert HUSTLE REAL HARD Concert, held in 2011.

He used to be a member of the group JAZZYFACT with producer Shimmy Twice.

He went to Seoul Arts High School (not sure if this is the correct name in English).

He went to the Korean National University of Arts and got a bachelor in sculpture.

He spent part of his childhood in Christchurch, New Zealand and moved to Korea before middle school.

He can speak English fluently.

He is good at beatbox, drawing and sculpting.

He was part of “IABstudio", a very famous art studio.

He admires B.o.B, Drake, Nas, 2Pac and Frank Ocean.

He is close with Simon D, Zico, Tablo, Zion.T and Yong JunHyung.

He said in an interview that his girlfriend called him “Lim-sugar”.

His nickname “Beenzino”, is a parody of American rappers name Benzino. He used to use parody names with his university colleagues. He never expected to use it for a long time. It was created by combining the Boston rappers name with hos birth name “빈”.

When asked who they would like to collab with, many Korean artists mention Beenzino claiming that is really hard to get a feature from him.

He made his debut as a solo MC in Primary’s album “P’Skool’s Daily Apartment” in July 28th 2009.

He released his first album in 2012, “24:26”.

He was offered to be a part of BTS by CEO Bang Si Hyuk.

After a long time, JAZZYFACT released new material in 2017, on the day Beenzino joined the military service.

He concluded his military service on February 16th 2019.

After finishing his military service he apeared in one episode of Dingo’s mini series”Bition Boyz” with Changmo, Hyoeun and Hash Swan.

He often travels to Germany with his girlfriend.

He is learning German.

He is engaged to Stefania Michova.

We are not sure wether the facts in italics are true/correct or not. 

If you have any more information or notice something wrong don’t hesitate to let us know!

Credits to: https://kprofiles.com/beenzino-profile/; https://kprofiles.com/quiett-profile-facts/