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2nd generation · KOZ Entertainment

ZICO

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ジコ / 지코

ZICO came out of Block B and became one of the few people in Korean music who is equally important as a rapper and as a producer.

  • 2011DebutApr 15, 2011
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In 30 seconds: ZICO

Any song turned a dance challenge into a national event, and SPOT! (feat. JENNIE) pulled a pop audience straight back to him.

Start here if you want the point where Korean hip-hop and Korean pop stop being separate things.

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Key facts

Group name
ZICO
Reading / Hangul
ジコ / 지코
Company
KOZ Entertainment
Debut date
April 15, 2011
Days active
5,678 days (15 years, 6 months)
Debut song
Do U Wanna B?
Generation
2nd generation
Fandom name
COMMON(コモン)
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Member guide

ジコ지코 · ZICOView in Japanese

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
ジコ1992-09-1434182cmOENTJSouth Korea

Ages are as of 2026-10-31.

Selected releases

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Start here

Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.

Yin and Yang artwork

February 4, 2026 · Digital Single

Yin and Yang

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Any song MVAny song MVAny song is the one that took over the internet, and the writing underneath it is better than the meme suggests.SPOT! (feat. JENNIE) MVSPOT! (feat. JENNIE) MVSPOT! (feat. JENNIE) is the shortest route here for anybody who came from BLACKPINK.DUET MVDUET MVDUET is the collaboration with Ikuta Lilas and the centre of his Japanese audience.
MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
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From debut to now

  • 2011
    The debut came as leader and rapper of Block B, with a presence built on producing from inside a K-pop group.
  • 2014
    Work as a solo rapper moved to the front, starting a hip-hop context separate from the group.
  • 2015
    GALLERY, holding VENI VIDI VICI and Boys And Girls among others, widened the way into solo ZICO.
  • 2016
    BERMUDA TRIANGLE with Crush and DEAN built a signature route on the K-hiphop side, beyond the idol context alone.
  • 2017
    Artist, ANTI and She's a Baby showed a solo picture that reaches pop as well as rap.
  • 2019
    Human and Being Left bring out the lyrics of ZICO and the album-level side, not the hits alone.
  • 2020
    Any song tied itself to challenge culture and redefined ZICO as a solo artist who lands hard with K-pop listeners too.
  • 2024
    As a song featuring JENNIE of BLACKPINK, it opened a new way into ZICO.
  • 2025
    DUET with Lilas Ikuta and an appearance on THE FIRST TAKE made the route into ZICO from the Japanese-speaking world plain.
  • 2026
    The Fanxy Child Ver. of Yin and Yang carries the collaboration context with Crush, DEAN and PENOMECO right up to the most recent work.
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Achievements

1Songs with a PAK

Key milestones

2020Any song joined challenge culture to a mainstream hitA solo K-hiphop track that still became a signature way in for K-pop fans.
2024SPOT! (feat. JENNIE) widened the global inflowIt became a strong route from BLACKPINK fans across to ZICO.
2026THE FIRST TAKE and Fanxy Child join Japan to hip-hopDUET and Yin and Yang leave him followable from both a Japanese singing project and the Korean hip-hop context.

Charts and PAK

Perfect All-Kill (PAK)

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Official links

Official site

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Official social accounts and platforms

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Shopping guide

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KPOP DISCOVER's ZICO note

ZICO arrived in the Korean music scene in 2011 as leader and rapper of Block B. Using his production work inside the group as a foothold, he pushed activity under his own name to the front from around 2014, and the outline comes clearly into view with GALLERY in 2015. Handling both the rapping and the beatmaking himself, he has moved with two titles at once, rapper in a K-pop group and producer in K-hiphop, as a solo artist signed to KOZ Entertainment.

Four songs make the clearest way in. Any song, from 2020, has everything lined up to dance to, to ride along with, a chorus that sticks in the ear, and it spread far while tied to challenge culture. BERMUDA TRIANGLE in 2016 is credited to three names with Crush and DEAN, finished as if the night mood of K-hiphop had been poured straight into a track. She's a Baby in 2017 carries a pop-leaning brightness, and the ratio of rap to melody shows the range of ZICO. Then SPOT! (feat. JENNIE) in 2024 became the way in for K-pop fans through the participation of JENNIE of BLACKPINK.

Seen as a turning point, the huge hit of Any song was the moment ZICO reached far beyond listeners who lean K-hiphop. That flow has continued: DUET with Lilas Ikuta arrived in 2025 along with an appearance on THE FIRST TAKE, and the road in from the Japanese-speaking world was laid in this period. In 2026 the Fanxy Child Ver. of Yin and Yang pulls the collaboration context with Crush, DEAN and PENOMECO up to the newest work. Any song, then SPOT! (feat. JENNIE), then DUET covers how a hit is made, how the sound shifted and the point of contact with Japan.

Editors' take Any song / SPOT! (feat. JENNIE) / DUET — rapping and producing as two wheels of one cart, across three songs from a solo artist at KOZ Entertainment.

KPOP DISCOVER editorial team

Trivia worth knowing

Classification

This is not a K-pop group but a K-hip-hop artist and producer who sits next to the K-pop search space.

Entry point

Any song is the mainstream hit, SPOT! draws in K-pop fans, DUET brings listeners from Japan and BERMUDA TRIANGLE is the K-hip-hop entry point.

KOZ

ZICO also matters in the KOZ Entertainment context, acting as the producer link when widening out towards BOYNEXTDOOR.

Collaboration

Following the collaborators alone — Crush, DEAN, IU, JENNIE and a Japanese guest singer among them — shows how wide the reach is.

Videos

Setting Dance Practice, Killing Verse and THE FIRST TAKE beside the music videos separates the rap, the pop and the singing projects.

Former group

The Block B years, as leader and producer, sit naturally as the prehistory behind solo ZICO.

Frequently asked questions

What defines ZICO?
Any song turned a dance challenge into a national event, and SPOT! (feat. JENNIE) pulled a pop audience straight back to him.
Why should a new listener start with ZICO?
Start here if you want the point where Korean hip-hop and Korean pop stop being separate things.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Any song, SPOT! (feat. JENNIE), DUET, then continue to the official video index.