1. Woo Jin-young is a South Korean singer and rapper.
18 Facts About Woo Jin-young
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Woo Jin-young found success in the latter and ranked number one in the competition, but the group never materialized due to failed contract negotiations between the show creator YG Entertainment and the artists' respective agencies.
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Woo Jin-young competed in the rap competition series Show Me the Money in 2019, but failed to advance past the first evaluation round.
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Woo Jin-young then debuted as a member of D1ce that year.
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Woo Jin-young is the younger of two sons, with an eight-year gap between them.
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Woo Jin-young wanted to become a singer when he was in middle school, which his family opposed due the job instability.
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Woo Jin-young passed the School of Performing Arts Seoul entrance exam for the Department of Practical Music.
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At the behest of his parents, who felt that singers had short careers, Woo Jin-young gave up on the school.
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Woo Jin-young was trainee at JYP Entertainment for approximately six months and he began penning rap lyrics at age 19.
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Woo Jin-young briefly halted his training to care for his father, who died of a cerebral and myocardial infarction in 2016.
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Woo Jin-young later joined Happy Face Entertainment and participated in the second season of Mnet's survival reality series Produce 101, where contestants competed to become a member of the boy group Wanna One.
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The contenders performed in front of panel of judges and Woo Jin-young was ranked number 55 in the first episode.
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Woo Jin-young contended in JTBC's survival reality series Mix Nine and competed to debut in a nine-member boy group under YG Entertainment.
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Woo Jin-young remained at the summit every week until the penultimate episode upon being overtaken by fellow contestant Kim Hyo-jin, but Woo finished in first placed at the end of the competition.
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Woo Jin-young took part in the eighth season of the rap competition series Show Me the Money, but failed to move beyond the initial preliminary round.
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Woo Jin-young was given the opportunity of a reexamination, which he passed and moved on to the next round.
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In March 2019, Woo Jin-young was confirmed as a member of his agency's forthcoming quintet D1ce housed under the newly formed D1ce Company.
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Woo Jin-young contributed to the lyrics and composition on all tracks on the record.