My K-Pop Obsession (requests open)

Beenzino

Label: Illionaire Records

Debut: July 28, 2009 (P'Skool's Daily Apartment)

Profession: Rapper, Record Producer, and MC

Years Active: 2009 - present

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Lim Sung Bin

Birthplace: Christchurch, New Zealand

Birthday: September 12, 1987

Height: 185 cm (6'1")

Blood Type: AB

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Languages: English, Korean, and German

Siblings: older sister

Education: Seoul National University - studied sculpture

Favourite Singer: Frank Ocean

Role Models: Verbal Jint and Gaeko

Motto: Do the things you want to do now and not later

Fun Facts:
- enlisted in the army as of May 2017 for his 2 year mandatory service, he enlisted as an active duty soldier
- currently dating a German model named Stefanie Michova (dating since 2015)
- was once asked to join BTS by Big Hit's founder but he was told he needed to get plastic surgery to join
- stage name is a play on the name of Boston rapper Benzino combined with 'been' from his birth name
- started writing lyrics in grade 6
- doesn't have a driver's license
- first song he bought was Coolio's "When You Get There"
- he wants to get a Mercedes 
- moved to Korea before middle school
- recruited by rapper Simon Dominique after he saw Beenzino's recordings on DC Tribe website
- former member of Jazzyfact and Hot Clip 
- he has always liked hip hop music
- the song he cherishes the most is "Alway Awake" and he wrote it while thinking about students who have to stay awake late at night to study
- he has a good memory 
- he will collaborate with any artist, regardless if he knows them or not, if he likes the song
- underground rapper

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Discography

Studio Albums

12 (2016)

Extended Plays (EPs)

Up All Night (2014)

24:26 (2012)

Singles

January (2016)
At the End of Saturday (2016)
Life in Colour (2016)
We are Going To (2015)
Break (2015)
So What (2015)
Ho Do I Look? (2014)
Dali, Van, Picasso (2013)
Aquaman (2012)
Boogie On & On (2012)

OSTs

"Up Up and Away" for Entourage OST

Collaborations

"No Matter What" with BoA (2016)
"The Colour" with Yoon Jong Shin (2015)
"Rockin' With the Best" with The Quiett and Dok2 (2014)
"Illionarie Way" with The Quiett and Dok2 (2011)

Featured

Bumkey's "Surprise" 
2AM Seulong's "You"
Sanchez's "5 More Minutes"
Zion.T's "Sorry", "She"
Urban Zakapa's "Thursday Night", "Get"
Eddy Kim's "Paldangdam"
Shin Seung Hun's "Mayo"
Suran "Calling In Love" 
Illionaire Records' "What U Know"
Primary's "Mannequin", "Far", "Maebong Station Line"
Peejay's "I Get Lifted"
Gaeko's "Cheers"
Ven's "On Your Body" 
Ha:TFELT's "Bond"
Junggigo's "Want U", "Yourbody"
Epik High's "Born Hater", "Rocksteady"
Lee Hyori's "Love Radar"
Swings' "A Real Lady", "Femme Fatale", "A milli"
Dok2's "Boogie On & On", "Hotter Than the Summer Remix", "1LLIONAIRE GANG", "힙합 (Anthem ver.)", "Don't Do That", "Mr. Independent 2", "Serious 3", "Fantom", "City Life"
The Quiett's "Get Dough", "1LLIONAIRE So Ambitious", "Give It To 'Em", "Welcome to the Show Remix"
Nuol's "Where'd They Go", "Stand Up, Japan"
Lee Kekoa's "So Good", "Handalas"
K.Will's "Bon Voyage", "Come to My Crib"
D-Unit's "Thank You"
PREPIX's "What I See", "Skillz"
J-Tong's "Brothers in Confusion"
Okasian's "LALALA"
Giriboy's "You're a Chemical"
Brian's "Can't Stop"
Vida Loca's "She's There", "Smoke"
Vasco's "Be Underground"
Dynamic Duo's "Forever Young"
Brownbreath's "Relation"
Untouchable's "Hit Da Club"
Hwayobi's "Ssso What"
Verbal Jint's "기름 같은걸 끼얹나", "Dramas of Life"
Demicat's "Tomorrow Sucks"
Defconn's "She's having an abortion"
Aleatorik's "100%를 채우자"
Tiramisu's "The Invisible Man"
Crybaby's "Sunshine"

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Awards

HiphopPlaya Awards
- 2013: won Single of the Year for "Dali, Van, Picasso"
- 2012: won Best Lyrics/Verses for "Profile"
- 2011: won Featuring of the Year 
- 2012: won Featuring of the Year

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Official Web Links

Instagram: realisshoman

Twitter: isshoman

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isshoman

Official Website: http://www.illionaire.kr/