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Woo Ji-seok (Korean: 우지석; born May 11, 1990), commonly known by his stage name Taewoon or ₩uNo is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a former member of the boy band Speed and pop group Coed School.

₩uNo
Born
Woo Ji-seok

(1990-05-11) May 11, 1990
Mapo, Seoul, South Korea
Other namesWoo Tae-woon
Occupation
FamilyZico (brother)
Musical career
GenresHip hop
Years active2010–present
Labels
  • MBK / Core Contents Media
  • MillionMarket
Associated acts
  • Coed School
  • Speed
  • Royal Class
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationU Tae-un
McCune–ReischauerU T'aeŭn
Birth name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationU Ji-seok
McCune–ReischauerU Jisŏk
Hangul
Revised RomanizationU-no
McCune–ReischauerUno

Biography

Woo Ji-seok was born on May 11, 1990 in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Woo lived in Japan for three years and studied at the Tokyo Polytechnic University. He and his younger brother Zico were both trainees for Block B, but left before debuting and later joined Core Contents Media (Later known as MBK Entertainment).

Career

Coed School (2010)

On September 30, 2010, Woo made his debut as a member of Coed School with the release of their digital single "Too Late",[1][2] followed by their second digital single "Bbiribbom Bberibbom" three weeks later.[3] The group then released their mini-album "Something That Is Cheerful And Fresh" a month after their official debut. Due to various scandals with some of the male members in late 2010,[4][5][6] MBK Entertainment decided to debut a female sub-unit F-ve Dolls in February 2011, consisting of the group female members, and a new member Eunkyo. A year after, in February 2012, the male members debuted in the male sub-unit Speed. A representative of MBK Entertainment revealed in the middle of 2013 that they had no plans for Coed School to reform again, as both of its sub-units had grown and changed their line-ups to become independent groups.

Speed (2012 to 2015)
Main article: Speed (South Korean band)

Speed first released their male cover of T-ara's single "Lovey Dovey", which they titled "Lovey Dovey Plus".[7] Woo then became the leader of Coed School's subgroup Speed.

They made their official debut on January 17, 2013, with the song "It's Over", an electronic dance song. The 15-minute drama music video for their debut track is based on the Gwangju Uprising and features actors such as Park Bo-young, Ji Chang-wook, Ha Seok-jin and A Pink's Naeun.[8][9][10]

In October 2013, Woo and Sejoon (of Speed) went to Los Angeles to meet with Ray J and other rappers in order to record a new song and music video.[11]

In March 2015, Woo withdrew from the group for pursue solo career while MBK still managed him.

Solo activities

In December 2012, Woo released a solo track called "Saturday Night".[12]

Woo also has a rap group called "Royal Class", including himself, Roydo, Chancey The Glow, Sims of M.I.B, Konquest, KittiB and Mino from Winner.

In 2015, Woo participated in the Mnet program Show Me The Money 4.[13]

In 2017, he joined Mix Nine. He placed 20th for the males, failing to enter the top 9 who were later chosen as the winning team to debut.

Producer work

In February 2014, Speed released a comeback album produced by Woo, Speed Circus,[14] as well as the music videos "Why I'm Not" and "Don't Tease Me".[15] In the same month, Taewoon released another solo track entitled "Focus".[16]

In early 2015, Woo signed to MillionMarket and using name ₩uNo as music producer.

Discography
Main article: Speed (South Korean band) § Discography
Year Song Album Note
2012 "Be With You" Good To Seeya With The SeeYa
2013 "Jeon Won Diary" Jeon Won Diary (T-ara N4 EP) With T-ara N4
"Painkiller" Tears of Mind With Choi Sungmin, F-ve Dolls's Seo Eunkyo, The SeeYa's Sung Yoojin and T-ara's Soyeon
2014 "Focus" Speed Circus Solo
2016 "Copy Ma Lyrics (내꺼 빼껴)" 내꺼 빼껴 Featuring Nafla
"Fine Apple" "Fine Apple" Featuring Kriz

Mixtape
Year Song Album Remarks
2011 Dear Fan
2012 Saturday Night
2014 Walkin' On Ma Way Royal Class
I've Got A Wing
Blind
Zico's Hyung
Hooted Royal Class
5AM Doin' A Free Fall
If God Had Tired
In Order Feat. Dorothy
Fall
This F*cker Royal Class
Lost Star

Songwriting Credits
Year Song Artist Album Label Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2014 Why I'm Not? Speed Speed Circus Core Contents Media Yes Radio Galaxi Yes Radio Galaxi
Don't Tease Me! (Original Ver. & Vocal Ver.) Speed Speed Circus Core Contents Media Yes - Yes IAM
Hey Ma Lady Speed Speed Circus Core Contents Media Yes - Yes Radio Galaxi
Focus Taewoon Speed Circus Core Contents Media Yes - No -
Zombie Party Speed Speed Circus Core Contents Media Yes - Yes Radio Galaxi
2015 Ring My Bell Girl's Day Love Dream T Entertainment Yes Long Candy No -
Cushion Sonamoo Cushion TS Entertainment Yes EastWest Yes EastWest
Where You At JJCC ACK MONG Jackie Chan Group Korea Yes Duble Sidekick, Long Candy, David Kim No -
Trauma JJCC ACK MONG Jackie Chan Group Korea Yes Radio Galaxi, David Kim No -
Insomnia (Original Ver., Rap Ver. & Ver. 2) JJCC ACK MONG Jackie Chan Group Korea Yes Duble Sidekick, Radio Galaxi No -
PIPPI 2EYES N/A Sidus HQ Yes Long Candy No -
2016 ToDay JJCC N/A Jackie Chan Group Korea Yes Duble Sidekick No -
Love is You MAP6 Swagger Time Dream T Entertainment Yes Duble Sidekick, Long Candy No -
Uh-Gi-Yeo-Cha MOMOLAND Welcome to MOMOLAND Dublekick Company Yes Duble Sidekick, Yanggaeng Yes Duble Sidekick, Yanggaeng

Filmography

Television dramas
Year Title Role Remarks
2011 Can You Hear My Heart Businessman

Variety shows
Year Title Network Role
2015 Show Me the Money 4 Mnet Contestant
2016 Show Me the Money 5
2017 Mix Nine JTBC
gollark: The universe is NOT KNOWN TO BE infinite.
gollark: > Why is light so slowI accidentally set the dial too low and now I cannot change it.
gollark: Finite memory.
gollark: Computers aren't TC. At all.
gollark: To be fair, a human with unlimited amounts of time and storage (paper?) can maybe possibly emulate a Turing machine.

References
  1. 혼성 10인조 남녀공학, 데뷔 타이틀곡 '투 레이트' 3D 뮤비 공개돼 [10 members co-ed group "Co-Ed School", debut title track "Too Late" 3D MV to be released] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  2. ‘데뷔’ 남녀공학, ‘블랙&화이트’ 반전무대…남다른 스케일 ["Debut" Co-Ed School, "Black&White" reversal stage... Extraordinary scale] (in Korean). Now News. September 30, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  3. 남녀공학, 상큼발랄 '삐리뽐 빼리뽐'으로 인기몰이 나선다 [Co-Ed School, to run for popularity with refreshing and youthful "Bbiribbom Bbaeribbom"] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. October 20, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  4. "Agency to take legal action against 'rape-dol' allegations". November 4, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  5. "[K-POP/SCANDAL/K-RUMOR] CO.ED : Kangho Accused Of Raping Pre-Debut". November 5, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  6. "[Telzone] Netizens pressure movie company to edit out Hot Blood Kangho". February 17, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  7. 남녀공학, 티아라 '러비 더비' 리메이크 '눈길' (in Korean). Naver. January 31, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  8. 스피드 ‘잇츠오버’ 15일(오늘) 정오공개, ★들도 열광한다 왜? (in Korean). eNewsWorld. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  9. 스피드 '잇츠오버' 뮤비 공개, 박보영 오열 '눈길' (in Korean). Joins. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  10. "SPEED(스피드) _ It's over (Drama Ver.) MV". LOEN Entertainment's official YouTube. January 14, 2013.
  11. (in Korean) Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine "koreaboo" October 6, 2013.
  12. (in Korean) "allkpop" December 4, 2012.
  13. "Taewoon confirmed to go solo, starting with 'Show Me the Money' + SPEED prepare for comeback with new member(s)". 24 March 2015.
  14. (in Korean) February 17, 2014.
  15. (in Korean) [news.newsway.co.kr/view.php?tp=1&ud=2014021710224484885&md=20140217102443_AO] "newsway" February 17, 2014.
  16. (in Korean)"allkpop" February 16, 2014.
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