Song Min-ho

This is a Korean name; the family name is Song.
Song Min-ho

Mino at SIA 2016.
Native name 송민호
Born Song Min-ho
(1993-03-30) March 30, 1993
Yongin, South Korea
Other names Mino
Occupation

Musical career

Genres
Years active 2011–present
Labels YG Entertainment
Associated acts
Website Website
Korean name
Hangul 송민호
Hanja 宋旻浩
Revised Romanization Song Min-ho
McCune–Reischauer Song Min-ho

Song Min-ho (Hangul: 송민호; born March 30, 1993), better known by the stage name Mino, is a South Korean rapper and member of the boy group Winner, signed under YG Entertainment.

He appeared in the television series The Strongest K-POP Survival and Show Me the Money 4, where he finished as series runner-up. Alongside Bobby, he is part of the hip hop duo MOBB, who released the four-track album The Mobb in September 2016.

Biography

Early life and career

Song Min-ho was born in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He has a younger sister named Dan-ah, who was a member of New F.O. He graduated from Hanlim Arts High School in 2011.

He was also a member of the underground rapping scene, under the name "Mino" or "Hugeboy Mino", collaborating with other underground rappers-turned-idols, namely Block B’s Zico, Kyung, P.O, Phantom's Hanhae, SPEED's Taewoon and M.I.B's SIMS.

2011–13: BoM and Acting debut

Mino debuted in 2011 as a rapper in the group BoM, under Y2Y Contents Company. However, the group disbanded two years later.[1] Mino went on to make his first acting appearance in March 2012 in the cable drama The Strongest K-POP Survival, broadcast on Channel A.[2]

2013–14: Debut with Winner and solo appearances

Main article: Winner (band)

In 2013, Mino was accepted into YG Entertainment through auditions. In the same year, he competed as part of the trainee group "Team A" in the reality-survival program WIN: Who Is Next. He was the leader of Team A, but due to an injury part-way through the show, he was replaced as leader by Kang Seung-yoon. During the finale episode on October 25, 2013, it was announced that Team A had won the competition and would be debuting as Winner.[3] Winner released their debut album 2014 S/S on August 12, and made their debut performance at Inkigayo on August 17, 2014.

In October 2014, Mino was featured in Epik High's single "Born Hater" with Beenzino, Verbal Jint, B.I, and Bobby.[4] In December 2014, he collaborated with 2PM's Nichkhun, CNBLUE's Yonghwa, Infinite's L and B1A4's Baro to perform at the 2014 SBS Gayo Daejeon. He also co-hosted the event.[5]

2015: Show Me The Money

In April 2015, Mino appeared in Mnet's rap competition program Show Me The Money 4.[6] During his audition, he stated that he wanted to compete in the show without aid from his label.[7] He competed under Zico and Paloalto's team, finishing in second place. Through the program, he released several solo or collaborative singles: "Fear", "Turtle Ship", "Moneyflow", "Okey Dokey", and "Victim + Poppin' Bottles". The single "Fear", a collaboration with label-mate senior Taeyang, topped 8 different charts upon its release[8] and went on to become one of the best-selling singles of the year.

Mino's controversial lyrics on the July 10 episode of Show Me the Money 4 were criticized by some watchers and caught the attention of the Korean Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, who demanded an apology from the rapper, causing him to post an apology through WINNER's official Facebook page. The apology was not accepted by the association, which asked for a formal apology from Mino and the show, stating in their website that "Not only did the lyrics sexually humiliate all women of Korea, but it also defamed Korean women's health, as well as the 4000 obstetrics and gynecology doctors registered in our association." On July 14, the association stated through a press release that Mino, as well as his label, YG Entertainment, had both sent letters of apology and clips of his performance have since been deleted.[9][10][11][12]

2016: Solo debut and MOBB

Mino made his official debut as a solo artist under YG Entertainment with the single "Body", released in September 2016. The track was co-written by Mino and Future Bounce.[13]

He then collaborated with label-mate Bobby to form the sub-unit MOBB.[14] They released a four-track single album titled The Mobb, with two title tracks "Full House" and "Hit Me" on September 9.[15]

Production credits

Year Artist Song Role Album
2013 Team A "Go Up" Co-Lyricist & Co-Composer WIN: Who Is Next, ‘Final Battle’[16]
"Just Another Boy"
2014 Winner "Empty" Co-Lyricist 2014 S/S
"Color Ring"
"Don't Flirt"
"But"
"Tonight"
"Love Is a Lie" Co-Composer & Lyricist
"Different" Co-Composer & Co-Lyricist
"Smile Again"
Mino "I'm Him" Co-Composer & Lyricist
Mino & Kang Seung-yoon "Wild Boy" Co-Lyricist March 2014 Monthly Project by Jong Shin Yoon
Epik High "Born Hater" Shoebox
2015 Mino "Turtle Ship" Show Me the Money 4
"Moneyflow"
"Fear"
"Okey Dokey"
"Victim + 3Poppin’ Bottles"
2016 Mino & Nam Tae-hyun "Pricked" Co-Composer & Lyricist EXIT : E
Winner "Baby Baby" Co-Lyricist
"Sentimental"
"Immature"
Lee Hi "World Tour" Seoulite
Kush & Zion.T feat. Mino "Machine Gun" Show Me The Money 5 Special
Mino & Moon Hee-kyung "Don't Call Me Mama" Co-Composer & Co-Lyricist Non-album release
Mino "Body" The Mobb
MOBB "Hit Me" ft. Kush
"Full House" Co-Lyricist

Discography

Singles as a lead artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[17]		 US World
2014 "I'm Him" (걔 세) 15 — 2014 S/S
"Wild Boy" (with Kang Seung-yoon) 25 — March 2014 Monthly Project by Jong Shin Yoon
2015 "Turtle Ship (거북선)" (feat. Paloalto) 4 — Show Me the Money 4
"Money Flow (다 비켜봐) (with Zico & Paloalto)" 7 —
"Fear (겁) (feat. Taeyang)" 1 9
  • KOR: 1,447,540+ [22]
"Victim + Poppin Bottles" (feat. B-Free, Paloalto) 51 —
"Okey Dokey" (with Zico) 9 —
  • KOR: 1,089,438+ [24]
2016 "Pricked" (사랑가시) (with Nam Tae-hyun) 7 4 EXIT : E
"Don't Call Me Mama" (엄마야) (with Moon Hee-kyung) 153 — Non-album single
"Body" (몸) 13 4 The Mobb
"Hit me" (빨리 전화해) (as MOBB) feat. Kush 24 3
"Full House" (붐벼) (as MOBB) 59 4
Year Title Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[28]		 US World
2014 "Born Hater"
(Epik High feat. Beenzino, Verbal Jint, B.I, Mino, Bobby)		 3 5
  • KOR (DL): 852,352[29]
 Shoebox
2016 "World Tour"

(Lee Hi feat. Mino)

 14 —
  • KOR (DL): 181,102[30]
 Seoulite
"Machine Gun"

(Kush & Zion.T feat. Mino)

10 —
  • KOR (DL): 231,260[31]
 Show Me The Money 5 Special
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Music videos

Title Artist Length Role Reference
"I'm Him" Mino 3:21 Himself [32]
"Born Hater" Epik High 5:27 Himself [33]
"Body" Mino 3:19 Himself [34]
"Hit Me" feat. Kush MOBB 4:20 Himself [35]
"Full House" MOBB 3:45 Himself [36]

Television

Year Network Title Role/notes
2012 Channel A K-POP - The Ultimate Audition Park Ki-bum
2013 Mnet Who is Next: WIN Team A member
2014 SBS Inkigayo Special MC
2015 Mnet Show Me the Money 4 Contestant
2016 SBS Running Man Ep. 294
JTBC Tribe of Hip Hop Producer
Mnet Show Me the Money 5 Guest performer
JTBC Two Yoo Project Sugar Man Ep. 21, with Kang Seung-yoon & Nam Tae-hyun
KBS You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Guest, with WINNER
JTBC Half-Moon Friends Regular Cast
SBS MTV The Collaboration Contestant
MBC Infinity Challenge Ep. 506, 507, History X Hip Hop Special
tvN New Journey to the West Season 3, Regular Cast

Hosting

Year Title Role TV Network
2014 SBS Gayo Daejeon Co-Hosted along with Jung Yong-hwa, L, Nichkhun, Baro & Song Ji-hyo SBS

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2015
7th MelOn Music Awards
Hot Trend Award
"Fear" (feat. Taeyang)
 Nominated
2016
5th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards
Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop)
Won

References

  1. ↑ "BoM Revealed to Have Disbanded in March". Mwave. March 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ Mino CUT in Strongest Kpop survival drama
  3. ↑ 이지영 기자 (October 25, 2013). "'WIN' 강승윤 속한 A팀, 최종 우승...'WINNER'로 데뷔" ['WIN' Member Kang Seung yoon's A team won the final ... Debut as 'WINNER']. My Daily via Nate News (in Korean). My Daily via Nate News. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Epik High Explores Dark, Personal Struggles & Tells Off Haters on 'Shoebox' Album". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nichkhun and Baro to MC '2014 SBS Gayo Daejun' + join project group Lucky Boys with L, Mino, and Yonghwa". Allkpop. 2014-12-15.
  6. ↑ "WINNER's Mino to compete in 'Show Me the Money' Season 4! | allkpop.com". Retrieved 2015-05-21.
  7. ↑ "WINNER's Song Min Ho (Mino) makes his intention to shed the YG image clear in preview for 'Show Me the Money 4'". Allkpop. 2015-06-19.
  8. ↑ https://ygfamph.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/news-song-min-ho-feat-taeyang-sweeps-8-charts-with-fear-demonstrating-show-me-the-money-4s-power/
  9. ↑ Winner′s Song Min Ho Issues Public Apology for Controversial Lyrics
  10. ↑ '쇼미더머니4' 송민호, 가사 논란 "산부인과처럼 다 벌려" 경악
  11. ↑ 산부인과 의사회 “송민호 랩가사 명예훼손, 사과요구” 공식입장
  12. ↑ 대한산부인과의사회, <Mnet 쇼미더머니4 민호>의 여성과 산부인과에 대한 심각한 명예훼손에 대한 항의 성명
  13. ↑ "VIDEO: WINNER's Mino's solo debut single 'Body' is here". SBS PopAsia. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  14. ↑ Seon, Mi-kyeong (2016-09-06). "송민호X바비 MOBB, 유닛곡은 '빨리 전화해'..더블 타이틀 활동". Osen (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  15. ↑ "MINO & BOBBY's MOBB to Release New Songs and Do a V App Show Today". YG Life. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  16. ↑ "YG WIN, 'FINALE BATTLE' Songs Top 4 Countries' iTunes Charts!".
  17. ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  18. ↑ Total downloads for "I'm Him":
  19. ↑ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". www.gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  20. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Turtle Ship (거북선)":
  21. ↑ Cumulative sales of "moneyflow":
  22. ↑ "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  23. ↑ Cumulative Sales of "Victim + 위하여":
  24. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Okey Dokey":
  25. ↑
  26. ↑ "2016 Download Chart - Week 20". Gaon Chart. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  27. 1 2 3
  28. ↑
  29. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Born Hater":
  30. ↑ "2016 Weekly Download Chart - March". Gaon Chart. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  31. ↑
  32. ↑ "WINNER - 걔 세(I'm him) MINO SOLO M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  33. ↑ "EPIK HIGH - BORN HATER M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  34. ↑ "MINO - '몸(BODY)' M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  35. ↑ "MOBB - '빨리 전화해 Feat. KUSH(HIT ME)' M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  36. ↑ "MOBB - '붐벼(FULL HOUSE)' M/V". Youtube. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

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