Hong Si-young (Korean홍시영; born January 24, 1991),[1] better known by his stage name Giriboy (Korean기리보이), is a South Korean rapper and singer signed to the Standard Friends label.[2]

Giriboy
Background information
Birth nameHong Si-young
Born (1991-01-24) January 24, 1991 (age 33)
Seoul, South Korea
GenresKorean hip hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • actor
Years active2011–present
LabelsStandard Friends
Korean name
Hangul
홍시영
Revised RomanizationHong Siyeong
McCune–ReischauerHong Siyŏng

Career

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Giriboy began his musical career in 2011 with the single "You Look So Good to Me", released under Just Music, a label that had been recently founded by rapper Swings. The following year, he released the EP Fatal Album, much of which he had written years earlier as a high school student. He released a second EP titled Fatal Album II later that year.[3]

Giriboy competed on season three of the TV show Show Me the Money in 2014.[4] That year, he also entered the top 100 of the Gaon Digital Chart for the first time with the single "Fluttering Feelings", a collaboration with singer NS Yoon-G. The song ultimately peaked at No. 6 on the chart.[5][6][unreliable source?]

In 2015, he appeared on the reality show No Mercy, in which he collaborated on songs with the contestants (who would go on to form the boy group Monsta X) and with established artists Soyou and Mad Clown.[7][8][unreliable source?] He also released the album Sexual Perceptions, which reached No. 10 on the Gaon Album Chart in March.[9]

In 2016, he released his fourth album, Mechanical Album. In 2017, he released his fifth EP, called 5 Songs For Initiation.[2] In December of the same year, he released his fifth album, Graduation.[citation needed]

In 2024, Giriboy signed to South Korean label Standard Friends founded by artist Zion.T

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[10]
Sensual Album
  • Released: January 20, 2014
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Sexual Perceptions
  • Released: March 17, 2015
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
10
Mechanical Album
  • Released: May 31, 2016
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13
Graduation
  • Released: December 20, 2017
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
32
Science Fiction Music
  • Released: September 22, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
8
100 Years College Course
  • Released: June 10, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
15
Fatal Album III
  • Released: December 2, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
16
9Cut
  • Released: December 23, 2020
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Avante
  • Released: October 14, 2021
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
18
Novel
(소설 쓰고 자빠졌네)
  • Released: October 26, 2023
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
30
GRB01 + GRB02
  • Released: October 15, 2024
  • Label: Standard Friends
  • Formats: CD, digital download
48
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[10]
Fatal Album
  • Released: June 19, 2012
  • Label: Just Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Fatal Album II
  • Released: December 4, 2012
  • Label: Just Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4 Lonely Songs
  • Released: September 1, 2015
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
5 Songs for Initiation
  • Released: April 4, 2017
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hightechnology
  • Released: July 22, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Hightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals
  • Released: August 30, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
27
Science Fiction Music: End
  • Released: November 24, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Thank You
  • Released: December 28, 2018
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
KGVOVC From WYBH Vol.1
  • Released: January 24, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Gab Boon Gi
  • Released: August 2, 2019
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Like a Film: 4 Songs
  • Released: October 4, 2020
  • Label: Just Music, Linchpin Music Corp.
  • Formats: Cassette, digital download
80
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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As lead artist

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[21]
"You Look So Good to Me"
feat. Swings
2011 Non-album single
"Planned Girl" (계획적인 여자)
feat. Ggamo, Zico
2012 Fatal Album
"It Shows On Your Face" (얼굴에 다 써 있네요)
feat. Ugly Duck
"My Body Is Burning" (내 몸이 불타오르고 있어)
feat. Swings
Non-album single
"Different Look" (다른꼴)
feat. Crucial Star
Fatal Album II
"Skit"
feat. Swings
2013 Sensual Album
"Wake Up"
feat. Swings
"Camp"
feat. Swings
2014
"Special" (특별해)
"Why Do You Live Like This?" (왜 그렇게 사니) Non-album singles
"Edited By Devil" (악마의 편집)
"Back and Forth 30 Min" (왕복 30분)
feat. Shin Ji-soo
2015 28 Sexual Perceptions
"Wu Gyeol" (우결)
feat. Fromm
55 4 Lonely Songs
"Hogu" (호구)
feat. Brother Su
29 Non-album single
"Because You're Pretty" (예쁘잖아) 33 Mechanical Album
"All Day" (하루종일)
feat. DJ SQ and Han Yo-han
2016 71
"I'm in Trouble"
feat. Loco
62
"Let's Drink" (술자리) 46 Non-album single
"High Speed" (고속) 2017 42 5 Songs for Initiation / Graduation
"The Graduate" (졸업) Graduation
"TV Star" (바보상자스타)
feat. Kim Seung-min
"northbutsouth"
feat. Kid Milli
2018 Non-album singles
"Empty House" (빈집)
feat. Thama
"Peace" (평화)
feat. Crush, Choi LB
Gightechnology
"Used" (옛날거) Gightechnology: 3 Songs & Instrumentals
"Keyboard" (키보드) 97 Science Fiction Music
"Attention Whore" (관종)
feat. Thama
Science Fiction Music: End
"Sorry" (미안)
feat. OLNL
Thank You
"Traffic Control" (교통정리)
feat. Heize
2019 18 100 Years College Course
"Tokyo" (도쿄)
feat. youra
78
"Hurts" (아퍼)
feat. Kid Milli, Lil Tachi, Kim Seung-min, NO:EL, C Jamm
32
"Party People" (파티피플)
feat. Yumdda, Uneducated Kid
89 Gab Boon Gi
"Tiger Den" (호랑이소굴)
feat. Jvcki Wai
45 Deadly Album III
"Divorce Papers" (이혼서류) 79 Deadly Taste 2 Songs / Deadly Album III
"Eul" ()
feat. Big Naughty
58
"Snow Sweeping" (제설) 76 Deadly Album III
"What's Wrong" (와츠롱)
feat. Yunhway
88
"Hurts" (아퍼) (Band Version)
feat. Young B, Yunhway, Lil Tachi, Han Yo-han, Justhis, Swings
193 Non-album singles
"Baby" (애기) 2020 185
"Just Kidding" (농담처럼) 147
"Lasik" (라식) 139 Like a Film: 4 Songs / 9Cut
"Reverse" (리버스)
feat. Ahn Byeong-woong, Khakii, Kim Mono
Non-album single
"It Was Love" (사랑이었나봐) 102 9Cut
"Spacetime" (시공간) 2021 106 Spacetime & So What
"Die Die" Non-album single
"You Turned Around" (그리고 돌아섰다) 186 Avante
"What a Mess" (엉망진창)
"One Snowy Day" (눈이 오던 날)
feat. Sole
2022 66 Non-album single
"What Should I Do?" (뭐 어떡할까) 2023 138 Novel
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[22]
"Let's Have a Drink" (한잔해요)
with Lil Boi
2012 Non-album singles
"Rain Showers"
with Swings and C Jamm
2014
"Hongkiyoung #2"
with Swings and Genius Nochang
Ripple Effect
"I'm Going" (난 앞으로만)
with Swings, C Jamm, and Vasco
"Just"
with Swings, Vasco, and Genius Nochang
"Fluttering Feelings" (설렘주의)
with NS Yoon-G
6 Non-album single
"Breath" ()
with Shannon and Vasco
64 Eighteen
"Pillow" (팔베개)
with Soyou, feat. Kihyun
2015 5 No.Mercy Part 2
"0 (Young)"
with Mad Clown and Jooyoung, feat. No Mercy
71 No.Mercy Part 3
"Cliché" (글쎄...)
with Moonshine
Non-album singles
"Days of Disturbance" (소란했던 시절에)
with Junggigo
2016 Vintage Box
"Eum Eum" (음음)
with Goretexx, Black Nut, Bill Stax, Genius Nochang, and Swings
2017 We Effect
"Bunzi" (번지)
with Xitsuh and Young B
28 High School Rapper Part 2
"Flex"
with Kid Milli, NO:EL, Swings
2018 11 Non-album singles
"IndiGO Remix"
with The Quiett, Mommy Son, Swings
"Supernatural Power" (초능력)
with Choi LB, Kim Seung-min, OLNL
2019 KGVOVC From WYBH Vol.1
"IMJMWDP"
with NO:EL, Black Nut, Yang Hong-won, Osshun Gum,
Yunhway, Justhis, Jvcki Wai, Kid Milli, Han Yo-han, Swings
152 Non-album singles
"Super Birthday" (슈퍼버스데이)
with Superbee
"Call Me Before You Sleep" (잠들기 전 전화해)
with Jessica Jung
"Acting" (연기)
with Heize
2020 98 Like a Film: 4 Songs / 9Cut
"Your Night, Your Star, Your Moon" (너의 밤, 너의 별, 너의 달)
with Kim Yoo-jung
2021 55 Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack appearances

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[23]
"Hyena" (하이에나) 2020 Hyena OST Part 4
"A Rat in the Trap" (독 안에 든 쥐) 2021 Mouse OST Part 3
"Abnormal Climate" (이상기후) 2022 Forecasting Love and Weather OST Part 8
"100°C"
(featuring Yunhway)
112 Street Man Fighter OST Part 3
"At Night" (간밤에) 2023 Crash Course in Romance OST Part 4

Other charted songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
[24][25]
As lead artist
"Adult" (성인) 2015 72 Sexual Perceptions
"Beggar" (거지)
feat. Yunhway, Jhnovr and Justhis
2019 147 Deadly Album III
"A Star Is Falling" (별이지고있다) 162
"The Time Is Now" (이때다) 175
"Let's Not Love Each Other" (우리서로사랑하지는말자) 2020 110 Like a Film / 9Cut
"Smile, Wait for the Flash" (찰칵) 193
As featured artist
"Gravity"
Swings feat. Giriboy, Mad Clown
2014 34 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
"The End" ()
2LSON feat. Giriboy and Jo Hyun-ah
47 Non-album single
"Ma First"
Jang Hyun-seung feat. Giriboy
2015 19 MY
"Don't Be Such a Baby" (애처럼 굴지마)
Sistar feat. Giriboy
10 Shake It
"Chocolate Chip Cookies" (초코칩쿠키)
Goo Hara feat. Giriboy
85 Alohara (Can You Feel It?)
"OeO"
Xia feat Giriboy
46 Yesterday
"Sometimes" (가끔)
Geeks feat. Giriboy, Crush
2016 2 Fireworks
"SF Skills" (공상과학기술)
Nafla, OLNL, Odee feat. Giriboy, Swings
2018 28 Show Me the Money 777 Episode 1
"Breaking Bad" (브레이킹배드)
OLNL feat. Giriboy
59 Show Me the Money 777 Episode 3
"Sunbbang"
Nafla feat. Giriboy, Gaeko
89 Show Me the Money 777 Semi Final
"Taste" (호불호)
Woo Won-jae feat. Giriboy
2019 21 Non-album singles
"We Don't Talk Together"
Heize feat. Giriboy
2
"Bada" (바다)
Woodie Gochild, CHOILB, Big Naughty, Young B, Chillin Homie, feat. Giriboy
48 Show Me the Money 8 Episode 2
"Flower" ()
Code Kunst feat. Giriboy, Jay Park, Woo Won-jae
2020 140 People
"Tomorrow" (내일이 오면)
Lil Boi feat. Giriboy, Big Naughty
2 Show Me the Money 9 Episode 3
"Credit"
Lil Boi feat. Giriboy, Yumdda, Zion.T
8 Show Me the Money 9 Final

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 A Glimpse at Lee Hyo-ri The second elder TVING Short Film [26]
TBA It's Okay to Breathe Next to You Kyung-tae [27]

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022–2023 The Forbidden Marriage Jeong Do-seok Debut as an actor [28]

Television shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Show Me The Money 3 Contestant [4]
2017 High School Rapper Judge with Seo ChulGu [29][unreliable source?]
2018 Show Me the Money 777 with Swings
2019 High School Rapper 3 with Kid Milli
Show Me the Money 8 with BGM-v crew
2020 Show Me The Money 9 with Zion.T
2022 Baby Singer Teacher [30]
2023 Super Karaoke Survival: VS Producer with Car the Garden [31]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref
Year presented, name of the award ceremony, award category, nominated work and the result of the nomination
2019 Korean Hip-hop Awards Producer of the Year Giriboy Won [32]
Artist of the Year Nominated [33]
Hip Hop Track of the Year "Flex"
with Swings, Kid Milli, NO:EL
Nominated
Music Video of the Year Nominated
Collaboration of the Year Nominated
2020 Korean Hip-hop Awards Producer of the Year Giriboy Won [34]
Artist of the Year Nominated [35]
Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Hip Hop & Urban Music "Eul"
feat. Big Naughty
Nominated [36]

References

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  1. ^ 기리보이 (Giriboy). Mnet (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Glasby, Taylor (June 1, 2016). "The Korean rapper talking #feelings & leaving hip hop behind". Dazed. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Lee, In-hye (February 28, 2013). 기리보이(Giriboy) – '치명적인 앨범 II' 인터뷰 [Giriboy – 'Fatal Album II' Interview]. Hiphopplaya Magazine (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Lee, Ji-hyun (July 18, 2014). 기리보이, 씨잼과의 대결서 탈락...스윙스 눈물의 결과발표 왜?. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  5. ^ "Gaon Digital Chart, September 21–27, 2014". Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "NS Yoon-G Releases A New Song With Giri Boy, 'Fluttering Feelings'". KpopStarz. September 23, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  7. ^ 노머시, 소유X기리보이 와 함께할 보컬파트 최종 우승자는?. 10Asia (in Korean). January 7, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "'No.Mercy' Comes to an End With Seven Trainees Set To Debut As Idol Group Monsta X". KpopStarz. February 12, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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  11. ^ 2015년 03월 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  12. ^ 2016년 06월 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  13. ^ 2017년 12월 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  14. ^ 2018년 09월 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  15. ^ 2019년 06월 Album Chart. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  16. ^ 2019년 12월 Album Chart [December 2019 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  17. ^ 2021년 10월 Album Chart [October 2021 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  18. ^ "Circle Album Chart – Week 44, 2023". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  19. ^ "Circle Album Chart – Week 42, 2024". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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  22. ^ Collaborations:
  23. ^ Soundtrack:
  24. ^ Other charted songs (as lead artist):
  25. ^ Other charted songs (as featured artist):
  26. ^ Shin Young-eun (June 24, 2022). 서울체크인' 이효리·구교환·이옥섭, '사람 냄새 이효리' 제작 비하인드 공개 [Seoul Check-in' Lee Hyori, Koo Gwanhwa, and Lee Ok-seop reveal behind-the-scenes production of 'Human Smell Lee Hyori'] (in Korean). Star Today, Maeil Business News. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Naver.
  27. ^ '옆에서 숨만 쉬어도 좋아' 크랭크업..김향기 "내 안 새 모습 볼 수 있게 해줘". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  28. ^ Baek Sung-hoon (October 12, 2022). 금혼령' 박주현→김영대, 첫 만남부터 완벽 호흡 ['The Forbidden Marriage' Park Joo-hyun → Kim Young-dae, perfect breathing from the first meeting] (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.
  29. ^ "Giriboy, Mad Clown, Jooyoung, and "No Mercy" Contestants Release MV for "0 (Young)"". Soompi. February 4, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  30. ^ Yoon Seong-yeol (February 18, 2022). 기리보이·이무진, 동요 만든다..'아기싱어' 음악 선생님 변신 [공식] [Giriboy and Lee Moo-jin make nursery rhymes... 'Baby Singer' music teacher transformation [Official]] (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Naver.
  31. ^ Kang, Ga-hee (August 10, 2023). 총상금 1억 '초대형 노래방 서바이벌 VS'..초호화 프로듀서 라인업 공개 [Total prize money of 100 million won. "Super-large karaoke survival vs."The lineup of super luxurious producers will be released] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Naver.
  32. ^ 더 콰이엇 '한국 힙합 어워즈' 올해의 아티스트, 딘은 올해의 알앤비 트랙. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). March 21, 2019. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
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  34. ^ "'2020 한국힙합어워즈', 수상 명단 공개...'올해의 아티스트'는 염따". Ten Asia (in Korean). March 5, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  35. ^ 후보 소개. Korean Hip Hop Awards 2020 (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  36. ^ 비대면 개최 2020 MAMA, 부문별 후보 공개. Billboard Korea (in Korean). November 3, 2020. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.