o Born Kwon Ji Yong August 18, 1988 in Seoul South Korea o Stage Name o Derived From Birth Name o G – pronunciation of Ji o Dragon – Korean definition of Yong

o Age 8 Dancer on T.V. show ‘Bbo Bbo Bbo’ o Little Roo’ra o miniature version of Korean Hip Hop Dance Group Roo’ra o Lee Soo Man & YG Entertainment o unorganized training routine o once every 1-3 months o focused on learning how to dance

o Wu-Tang Clan o inspired him to learn freestyle rap o Joined ‘People Crew’: o learned rap o appeared on cable TV program o 2001 Hip-Hop Flex Album o recorded solo song of which he wrote the lyrics o Yang Hyun Suk and YG Entertainment

o Normal Day for His First Year: o Hour of Practice o Two Hours of Cleaning o Hour of Practice o Services for Senior Groups in the Company o Ran Errands o Extra for their Back-Up Dancers

o MTV Survival Style Documentary o Members Decided o “G-Dragon” – Kwon Ji Yong o “Taeyang” – Dong Young Bae o “T.O.P” – Choi Seunghyun o “Daesung” – Kang Daesung o “Seungri” – Lee Seunghyun

o G-Dragon Named Big Bang Leader o Concert Debut August 19, 2006 o Pre-Debut o EP Singles o “This Love”, remake of the Maroon 5 song o Sold Nearly 40,000 copies o “Big Bang is V.I.P.” o Sold Nearly 32,000 copies o “Big Bang ‘03” o Sold Nearly 30,000 copies

o 2007 o Album “Always” o “Lies / Geojitmal” – First No.1 Hit Song o Album “Hot Issue” o “Last Farewell” – Second No.1 Hit Song o 2008 o Album “Stand Up” o Five Songs in the Top 20 o Album “Remember” o “Sunset Glow” - #1 o Beginning of Japan Promotions

o Individual Members Take Part in Musicals, Movies, and TV Series o G-Dragon’s Solo Album o Titled “Heartbreaker” o G-Dragon Personally Involved o Delayed Release to August 18, G-Dragon’s 21 st Birthday

o Flo Rida o Title Song “Heartbreaker” Accused of Copying “Right Round” o Collaborations o “Heartbreaker 2” o Flo Rida’s South Korean Concert o Oasis o G-Dragon’s “Butterfly” Accused of Copying “She’s Electric” o Sony’s Warning Letter, No Official Charges Filed

o Inappropriate Content For People Younger Than 19 Years Old: o “Korean Dream” o “She’s Gone” o ‘Shine A Light’ Concert - December 5 th & 6 th 2009 o Advertised for 12 (years old) and Older, Still Performed Inappropriate Song “She’s Gone” o ‘Breathe’ Performance Prompts Investigation by Ministry for Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs. o YG Entertainment Fined, G-Dragon Cleared

o Sold Over 200,000 Copies o Mnet Asian Music Awards 2009 Album of the Year

o Album ‘GD & T.O.P’ o Pre-Release o 3 EP Singles Reach Top 3 on Music Charts o Live YouTube Broadcast o December 24, 2010 o Song “Knock Out” Banned From Top 3 Broadcasting Stations

o “Tonight” o Released February 24 th, 2011 o ‘2011 Big Show’ o February 25 th – 27 th, 2011 o Seoul’s Olympic Gymnastics Arena o 40,000 Fans

o Daesung’s Car Accident o March 29 th, 2011 o Halt in Group’s Activities o Re-Release of ‘GD & T.O.P’ o June 29 th, 2011 Official Request from Playboy to Change Logo o G-Dragon’s Marijuana Use o Hair Tests Come Back Positive For Use o Questioned by Authorities

o Indefinite Suspension o Japanese Fans Insulted o Cancellation of ‘GD & T.O.P’s Japanese Release o YG Entertainment o Postponement of Stock Going Public o Reduced Value of the Company by 10%

o MTV Europe Music Awards o All of Big Bang Present to Win ‘Best Worldwide Act’ o YG Family’s 15 th Anniversary Concert o December 3 rd & 4 th o G-Dragon & Daesung Activity Reinstated o G-Dragon Publicly Apologizes

o Album ‘Alive’ o ‘Blue’ Pre-Released February 22 nd o Full Album Released February 29 th, 2012 o 260,000 Pre-Orders o Billboard Charts o ‘K-Pop Hot 100’ o Normal Billboard #150 o ‘Heatseekers Albums’ #4 o ‘Independent Albums’ #22 o ‘World Albums’ #4

o World Tour o Live Nation o Official Kick Off March 2 nd – 4 th o 16 Countries, 25 Cities

o "G-Dragon (Big Bang)'s Bio." G-Dragon (Big Bang). Web. 21 Feb o "Re: Kwon Ji Yong or G-Dragon." Web log comment. Multiply. 23 Mar Web. 21 Feb o "Big Bang." Big Bang. 08 Oct Web. 21 Feb o Lee, Sung Moo. "Is Plagiarism a New Genre?" The Korea Times, 28 Oct Web. 21 Feb o Kim, Jessica. "G-Dragon Album Designated as Harmful Media Content." 10.asiae.co.kr. 10Asia, 03 Nov Web. 21 Feb o Cho, Jae-hyon. "G-Dragon's Suggestive Concert Creates Stir." The Korea Times, 08 Dec Web. 21 Feb o "Singer G-Dragon Faces Obscenity Probe." English.chosun.com. The Chosunilbo, 11 Dec Web. 21 Feb o Breen, Michael. "Is Korea Interfering With Art?" The Korea Times, 08 Apr Web. 21 Feb o "G-Dragon and Top: ‘Rappers Acknowledge Our Instinctive Hip Hop’." English.kbs.co.kr. KBS GLOBAL, 07 Feb Web. 21 Feb o Lee, Hyo-sik. "Singer Dae-sung under Probe for Death of Motorcyclist." The Korea Times, 31 Mar Web. 21 Feb o Sookyeong. "2009 Mnet Asian Music Award (MAMA) – Winner List." Web log post. K Bites. 21 Nov Web. 21 Feb o "GDragon Confirmed as Guest for Flo Rida’s Korea Concert Performance." Asianfanatics.net. AsianFanatics Forum, 09 Apr Web. 21 Feb o Yoon, Hee-Seong. "G-Dragon and T.O.P Hold World Premiere Showcase for Duo Unit." 10.asiae.co.kr. 10Asia, 15 Dec Web. 21 Feb o Kang, Myoung-Suk. "[INTERVIEW] Big Bang's G-Dragon & T.O.P Unit - Part 1." 10.asiae.co.kr. 10Asia, 04 Jan Web. 21 Feb o Kang, Myoung-Suk. "[INTERVIEW] Big Bang's G-Dragon & T.O.P Unit - Part 2." 10.asiae.co.kr. 10Asia, 04 Jan Web. 21 Feb o "G-Dragon Member Avoids Marijuana Smoking Charges." The Korea Times, 05 Oct Web. 21 Feb

o Dkrogers. "Big Bang’s G-Dragon Marijuana Indictment Suspended." Weblog post. En.korea.com. 05 Oct Web. 21 Feb o Jbarky. "Japanese Public Opinion Criticizes G-Dragon." 13 Oct Web. 21 Feb o Hong, Lucia. "Big Bang's G-Dragon, T.O.P Unit Album Release in Japan Cancelled." 10.asiae.co.kr. 10Asia, 07 Oct Web. 21 Feb o Kwaak, Je-yup. "Are Korean Entertainment Agencies Bankable Assets?" The Korea Times, 08 Nov Web. 21 Feb o Hicap, Jonathan M. "Big Bang's G-Dragon Apologizes for Marijuana Scandal | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online." Manila Bulletin, 05 Dec Web. 21 Feb o Heartface. "G-Dragon Was an SM Trainee for 5 Years." Allkpop, 26 Jan Web. 21 Feb o Heartface. "G-Dragon Talks about His Decade-old Friendship with Taeyang." Allkpop, 31 Jan Web. 21 Feb o CWK. "Playboy Requests GD&TOP to Change Logo New Logo Revealed!" Allkpop, 29 Jan Web. 21 Feb o Vitalsign. "GD&TOP’s “Knock Out” Banned on KBS, MBC, & SBS." Allkpop, 04 Jan Web. 21 Feb o Jeshicaa. "More Information on Flo-Rida’s Collab with G-Dragon." Allkpop, 10 Mar Web. 21 Feb o "INTERVIEW: ‘Big Bang’ G-Dragon Exposes His Feelings on the Concert Issue (Parts )." 21BANGS.COM. 16 Feb Web. 21 Feb o Heartface. "G-Dragon Just Cleaned for the First Year as a YG Trainee." Allkpop, 29 Jan Web. 21 Feb o Allkpop. "Big Bang to Hold ‘ALIVE TOUR 2012 ′ around the World through Live Nation!" Allkpop, 06 Feb Web. 21 Feb o Kim, Hyung Woo. "Big Bang #1 Jyukeon Chart for Eight Weeks." Newsen, 21 Jan Web. 21 Feb o GhostWriter. "Big Bang Takes over Billboard Charts." Allkpop, 08 Mar Web. 25 Mar o Leesa86. "Big Bang’s Album ‘ALIVE’ Receives 260,000 Pre-orderseceives 260,000 Pre-orders." Allkpop, 27 Mar Web. 25 Mar o Weissmann, Jordan. "South Korea's Hottest IPO: Boy Band, Inc." The Atlantic, 28 Nov Web. 25 Mar o Zafar, Aylin. "Watch Your Back, Bieber: The Boy Band Is Making a Comeback." TIME.com. TIME, 09 Mar Web. 25 Mar

o From the Album ‘Always’ Released August 16, o Originally Written to be G-Dragon’s Solo Song o Group’s First #1 Hit FORM: o Intro o Verse One o Chorus o Verse Two o Chorus o Bridge o Chorus o Fade Out

o "Always." Big Bang. 20 Apr Web. 21 Feb o "INTERVIEW: ‘Big Bang’ G-Dragon Exposes His Feelings on the Concert Issue (Parts )." 21BANGS.COM. 16 Feb Web. 21 Feb o "Big Bang." Big Bang. 08 Oct Web. 21 Feb o "Lies." 21BANGS.COM. LALALALA. Web. 21 Feb

o From the Album ‘Remember’ Released November 5, 2008 o Pre-Release Orders of Over 200,000 FORM: o Introduction o Verse One o Chorus o Verse Two o Chorus o Verse Three o Chorus o Chorus Repeat o Coda

o BooYi. "Big Bang (Bulgeun Noeul / Sunset Glow) [REQUESTED: Veven] | K P O P. L Y R I C S." Weblog post. Ragamuffinlyrics.blogspot.com. Web. 21 Feb o "Lyrics Sunset Glow - BIG BANG." JpopAsia, 07 Jan Web. 21 Feb o "Remember." Big Bang. 20 Apr Web. 21 Feb

o From G-Dragon’s Solo Album ‘Heartbreaker’ Released August 18, 2009 o Inspired by His Experience as an Entertainment Trainee FORM: o Introduction o Verse One o Verse Two o Chorus o Verse Three o Verse Four o Chorus o Bridge o Chorus o Chorus Add On o Chorus o Coda

o "A Boy." LALALALA. Web. 21 Feb o o "INTERVIEW: ‘Big Bang’ G-Dragon Exposes His Feelings on the Concert Issue (Parts )." 21BANGS.COM. 16 Feb Web. 21 Feb o Han, Sang-hee. "G-Dragon to Hold 1st Solo Concert." The Korea Times, 13 Oct Web. 21 Feb

o From the Album ‘Tonight’ Released February 23, 2011 o First K-Pop Album on iTunes US Top 10 Charts o Inspired by G-Dragon’s Personal Break-Up Experience FORM: o Intro o Chorus o Verse One o Verse Two o Verse Three o Verse Four o Chorus o Verse Five o Verse Six o Verse Seven o Chorus o Bridge o Chorus o Bridge & Chorus Together o Fadeout

o "Cafe." LALALALA. Web. 21 Feb o "Tonight." Big Bang. 20 Apr Web. 21 Feb o "G-Dragon Has Composed a Song about His Experience of Separation — “Received News of Separation at a Café”." Interview by Jin Hee Yoo. Web log post. En.korea.com. Jtn.co.kr, 28 Feb Web. 21 Feb

CREDITS: o Pictures were either downloaded from or found on other public domainshttp://ygfamily.com/ o Music Clip’s by Slide: o 1-4 “Fantastic Baby” from the album Alive o 5-8 “A Boy” from the album Heartbreaker o 9-12 “Lies – remix” from the album Remember o “Heartbreaker” from the album Heartbreaker o “Tonight” from the album Tonight o “Haru Haru – acoustic” from the album Remember o “Café” from the album Tonight o “Sunset Glow” from the album Remember o “Alive” from the album Alive