# Basick

Lee Cheol-joo (Korean: 이철주; born 12 August 1986), better known by his stage name Basick (Korean: 베이식), is a South Korean rapper under OUTLIVE. He won the fourth season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money.

## Biography

Basick was born on August 12, 1986, in Daegu, South Korea. He is fluent in English, having majored in marketing at Babson College in the United States. Basick is married to Yoo Seo-yeon and they welcomed their first child, Lee Chaeha, in 2015.

## Career

Basick first appeared in the Korean underground hip hop scene in 2007 and was recruited as a member of South Korea's largest hip hop crew Jiggy Fellaz in 2008. In 2009, Basick became one half of the duo Double Trouble with fellow Jiggy Fellaz crew member, Innovator. Mid-2013, he began a hiatus in the music scene after getting married and started a career inside a sports fashion brand.
In 2015, Basick participated in the fourth season of rap competition Show Me The Money, going on to win the series overall as part of team "Brand New" with Verbal Jint and San E of Brand New Music. Basick is now signed under Rainbow Bridge World and have featured in a number of collaborations. In 2016, he released his first mini album titled Nice.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| Classick | Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Classick Formats: CD, digital download | — | |
| Foundation Vol. 3 | Released: April 19, 2013 Label: Genuine Music Formats: CD, digital download | — | |
| Foundation Vol. 4 | Released: April 5, 2018 Label: Rainbow Bridge World Formats: CD, digital download | 97 | |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | KOR | Sales |
| Therapy | Released: November 1, 2013 Label: Genuine Music Formats: CD, digital download | — | |
| Nice | Released: August 2, 2016 Label: Rainbow Bridge World Formats: CD, digital download | 42 | |
| whatiwant | Released: April 5, 2019 Label: Outlive Formats: CD, digital download | — | |
| Soft | Released: November 29, 2019 Label: Outlive Formats: CD, digital download | — | |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales (DL) | Album |
| As lead artist |||||
| "Better Than The Best" | 2008 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Champion Pt.ll" (feat. Rocky L and Jtong) | 2010 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Basement" | 2011 | — | | Classick |
| "You Already Know" | 2012 | — | | Foundation Vol. 3 |
| "Pretty Girls" (feat. Kim Sae Han Gil) | 2012 | — | | Foundation Vol. 3 |
| "Don't Stop" | 2012 | — | | Foundation Vol. 3 |
| "Boss" | 2012 | — | | Foundation Vol. 3 |
| "Kimchi" (김치) | 2013 | — | | Foundation Vol. 3 |
| "Nice Life" (feat. Paloalto) | 2013 | — | | Therapy |
| "Therapy" (feat. C Jamm and Innovator) | 2013 | — | | Therapy |
| "Gxnzi" (feat. Vasco) | 2015 | 39 | KOR: 117,038 | Show Me the Money 4 |
| "Stand Up" (feat. Mamamoo) | 2015 | 21 | KOR: 255,492 | Show Me the Money 4 |
| "Better Days" (좋은 날) (feat. Gummy) | 2015 | 26 | KOR: 182,172 | Show Me the Money 4 |
| "In Front of the House" (그 집 앞) (feat. Kim Jin-ho) | 2016 | 67 | KOR: 30,440 | Non-album single |
| "Nice" (feat. G2 and Hwasa) | 2016 | — | KOR: 18,274 | Nice |
| "Is That Why" (그래서 그런가) (feat. B.O.) | 2016 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "My Wave" (feat. Sik-K) | 2017 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Pinocchio" (피노키오) (feat. Verbal Jint) | 2017 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "₩on It All" (feat. Most Badass Asian) | 2017 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "A Woman I Know" (아는 여자) (feat. San E) | 2017 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Real Life" (feat. The Quiett) | 2017 | — | | Foundation Vol. 4 |
| "Starter" | 2017 | — | | Foundation Vol. 4 |
| "SM58" (feat. Justhis) | 2018 | — | | Foundation Vol. 4 |
| "Microphone Checker (MC)" (feat. Koonta and Paloalto) | 2018 | — | | Foundation Vol. 4 |
| "The Kid" | 2018 | — | | Foundation Vol. 4 |
| "Home" (feat. Jang Jae-in and Hash Swan) | 2018 | — | | Non-album single |
| "Manbogi" (만보기) (feat. Mckdaddy) | 2019 | — | | whatiwant |
| "me" (feat. EK) | 2019 | — | | whatiwant |
| "Calluses" (굳은살) (feat. Life of Hojj) | 2019 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Honestly" (솔직히) (feat. Sleepy) | 2019 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Choco" (초코) (feat. The Deep) | 2019 | — | | Soft |
| "Fucked" (촛됐다 (가짜사나이)) | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "My Song" (내 노래) | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Naked" | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "When It Snows mmm" (눈이 오면 mmm) (feat. Wheein) | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Meeting Is Easy, Parting Is Hard" (만남은 쉽고 이별은 어려워) (feat. Leellamarz) | 2021 | 3 | | Show Me the Money 10 |
| "08Basick" (08베이식) (feat. Yumdda and Punchnello) | 2021 | 22 | | Show Me the Money 10 |
| Collaborations |||||
| "Miss Pretty" (with Kim Sae Han Gil) | 2011 | — | | Non-album single |
| "My Zone" (with Blacknut and Microdot feat. San E and Verbal Jint) | 2015 | 12 | KOR: 288,194 | Show Me the Money 4 |
| "I'm The Man" (with Verbal Jint and San E) | 2015 | 97 | KOR: 38,267 | Show Me the Money 4 |
| "Call Me" (연락해) (with Lil Boi, feat. Hwasa) | 2015 | 26 | KOR: 105,060 | Non-album singles |
| "All Right" (with Big Tray, Marvel J, and B.O.) | 2017 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "See You In Heaven" (별똥별) (with Kassy) | 2017 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Layoff" (정리해고) (with Gwangil Jo) | 2019 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "More Than Ever" (with MAN1AC and Ann One) | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Memories of You and Me" (너와 나의 Memories) (with Yumdda, Song Min Young, Ji Sang, 365LIT, Koonta, and TOIL) | 2021 | 9 | | Show Me the Money 10 |
| "A Long Day" (고생이 많아) (with Anandelight, Mudd the Student, and Sokodomo) | 2021 | 169 | | Show Me the Money 10 |
| Soundtrack appearances |||||
| "In the Illusion" (환상 속의 그대) | 2016 | — | | W OST |
| "Together" (with Jung Chae-yeon, Seunghee, and Janey) | 2016 | — | | Eat Sleep Eat OST |
| "Destiny" (운명처럼) (with Park Bo-ram) | 2017 | — | | Man to Man OST |
| "Let Me Hear It" (들려줘) (with Kang Ji-won) | 2019 | — | | Confession OST |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Network | Title | Notes |
| 2015 | Mnet | Show Me the Money 4 | Winner |
| 2016 | JTBC | Hip Hop Nation Season 2 | Cast member |
| 2021 | Mnet | Show Me the Money 10 | Contestant |