South Korean rapper, singer and producer who has led the K-pop group BIGBANG since 2006, also followed as a fashion figure. His Chinese name is the Chinese reading of his Korean name, Kwon Ji-yong.
His stage name hides his given name: 志 is read 지 (ji) in Korean, which sounds like the letter G, and 龙 is 용 (yong), 'dragon'. G-Dragon is simply Ji-yong with its first syllable spelled as a letter.
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In Korea his name is written in hanja as 權志龍 (Gwon Jiyong). Chinese media use a Korean star's hanja whenever they are known and read them in Mandarin, and pick characters for the sound only when no hanja are known.
Korean singer, rapper, and producer born 1988. Leader of BIGBANG since 2006. One of the most commercially and creatively successful K-pop artists of the 2010s, with solo hits like 'Crooked' and 'Crayon.' Co-wrote most of BIGBANG's discography. A major fashion and style figure in Asia.