DPR LIVE

Merging melodic rap with giddy pop and psychedelic tendencies, Korean rapper and singer DPR Live emerged in the mid-2010s. His debut EP, early 2017's Coming to You Live, landed in the Top 15 of the Billboard World Albums chart in addition to charting in Korea. The rapper's first long-player, Is Anybody Out There?, peaked at number five in Korea in 2020, and he climbed a spot higher a year later with the EP Iite Cool. DPR Live is the stage alias of Seoul-born Hong Da-bin, who grew up partly in Guam. After serving his mandatory military service in South Korea, he scrapped plan...