Basick

Lee Cheol-joo (; born 12 August 1986), better known by his stage name Basick , 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 SalesKOR 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 KOR As lead artist "Better Than The Best" 2008 — "Champion Pt.ll" 2010 — "Basement" 2011 — Classick "You Already Know" 2012 — Foundation Vol. 3 "Pretty Girls" — "Don't Stop" — "Boss" — "Kimchi" 2013 — "Nice Life" — Therapy "Therapy" — "Gxnzi" 2015 39 KOR: 117,038 Show Me the Money 4 "Stand Up" 21 KOR: 255,492 "Better Days" 26 KOR: 182,172 "In Front of the House" 2016 67 KOR: 30,440 "Nice" — KOR: 18,274 Show Me the Money 4 "I'm The Man" 97 KOR: 38,267 "Call Me" 26 KOR: 105,060 "All Right" 2017 — "See You In Heaven" — "Layoff" 2019— "More Than Ever" 2020— "Memories of You and Me" (너와 나의 Memories) 2021 9 Show Me the Money 10 "A Long Day" 169 Soundtrack appearances "In the Illusion" 2016 — W OST "Together" — Eat Sleep Eat OST "Destiny" 2017 — Man to Man OST "Let Me Hear It" 2019—Confession OST"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Filmography

Television