caption associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
yongguk for never give up 2012 b.a.p , untouchable , song jieun , yang yoseob 2008 -- present incheon , south korea ts entertainment bang yongguk solo_singer 31 march 1990 vocals hip hop bang yong-guk
 bang yongguk songwriter , rapper , singer , dancer
bang yong-guk

bang yongguk -lrb- hangul : 방용국 ; born march 31 , 1990 -rrb- , often simply known as yongguk or by his stages names bang and jepp blackman , is a south korean songwriter , rapper , singer and dancer .
he is the leader and the main rapper of the south korean group b.a.p. .
in 2007 , yongguk was part of an underground hip-hop group called soul connection under the alias of `` jepp blackman '' .
in march 2011 , he was featured in song jieun 's going crazy and the single became a number one hit in south korea .
in july , yongguk released his first solo digital single `` i remember '' , featuring beast 's yoseob .
he afterwards promoted in a sub-unit called bang & zelo with fellow b.a.p member zelo .
bang & zelo released their single `` never give up '' in november , 2011 .
