Bobby Kim

Kim Do-kyun (Hangul: 김도균; born January 12, 1973), more commonly known as Bobby Kim (Hangul: 바비 킴) is a South Korean hip-hop and R&B artist.

Music career

His father, a trumpet player, influenced and exposed him to music. At an early age, he worked as a rapper at night clubs. Since high school, he performed in clubs in the San Francisco underground. That time, he got attracted by hip hop when America was in a golden age of hip hop, but he learned many genres of music as well. Later in 1992, he went to Korea to start his music career. In 1994, He debuted as a member of a group called ‘Dr. Reggae.” However, the group could not achieve much success. Thus, he started doing features as a background rapper, appearing on numerous singles. Also, he worked as a producer, creating singles for artists in Korea.

Bobby Kim is about to release his second special album “OLD & NEW‘ on July 6, 2012. The album is to feature remakes of old songs as well as new tracks for fans to enjoy a total of 11 tracks.

Dr. Reggae and I Am A Singer

After he finished high school, he made a group called Dr. Reggae and introduced Reggae music to Korea for the first time. At that time, only two members were active, so it was known as a duet. However, it was actually seven members at first. Bobby Kim was not as successful when he was a part of Dr. Reggae. After Dr. Reggae disbanded, he became a vocal trainer for hip hop singers and taught singing and rapping techniques. He was nicknamed ‘Reggae hip hop’s godfather.’ He also wrote songs for singers such as Drunken Tiger, Leessang, and Dynamic Duo.

His songs showed a unique rhythm. After his colleagues listened to his music, they suggested he sing his own songs. Therefore, he produced his debut album called ‘Beat Within my Soul.’

On 11 September 2011, he appeared during the sixth session of the show I Am a Singer, but he was voted off at the eleventh session, which was on 1 January 2012.

Sexual harassment case

He was accused of sexually harassing a flight attendant and creating a disturbance while drunk on a flight from Korea to the United States in January 2015.

Bobby Kim stopped appearing in all television shows, including the TV Art Stage. On June 11, 2015, Incheon District Court's Judge Shim Dong Young punished Bobby Kim with a 4,000,000 KRW fine and ordered him to complete a 40-hour sexual violence educational program for infringing upon an aviation law and for forcibly harassing (an airline employee).

Discography

Albums

• Holy Bumz Presents (released as Bobby) (1998)
• Beats With In My Soul (2004)
• Ground Zero (re-release of Holy Bumz Presents) (2005)
• Follow Your Soul (2006)
• Love Chapter 1 (best-of album) (2009)
• Heart & Soul (2010)
• Heart & Soul Special Edition Photo Essay (2010)
• Old & New (2012)
• Mirror (2014)

Singles

• "Rhapsody Part 3" (2008)
• "True Colors" (with Seo Seung Hee) (2010)
• "너 하나만 못해" (with Double K) (2010)
• "Love Recipe" (with Gummy) (2010)
• "너만이" (2012)
• "Love Recipe II" (with Gummy) (2012)
• "I'm Alive" (feat. Kingston Rudieska) (2013)

Soundtrack singles

• "Weak Guy" (Fashion 70's OST) (2005)
• "소나무" (Behind the White Tower OST) (2007)
• "Sorry" (Death Bell OST) (2008)
• "Reason" (Tazza OST) (2008)
• "일년을 하루같이" (War of Money OST) (2008)
• "Only You" (Friend, Our Legend OST) (2009)
• "Dead or Alive" (Dream OST) (2009)
• "Fall In Love With You" (Dr. Champ OST Part 1) (2010)
• "이끌림" (Haru OST Part 3) (2010)
• "그래도" (Home Sweet Home OST Part 2) (2010)
• "사랑이 무서워" (Spy Myung-wol OST Part 1) (2011)
• "사랑 할 수 있을때" (with Gil Hak-mi) (Spy Myung-wol OST Part 4) (2011)
• "가슴앓이" (Glory Jane OST Part 2) (2011)
• "Only You" (The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War OST Season 2) (2012)
• "Thank You" (Pots of Gold OST Part 1) (2013)
• "영원히 너를" (Goddess of Fire OST Part 3) (2013)
• "이방인" (Doctor Stranger OST Part 1) (2014)
• "사랑한다 할 수 있기에" (Remember: War of the Son OST Part 6) (2016)

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Awards

Mnet Asian Music Awards