Career
He made a debut on the stage of MBC Show! Music Core on April 23, 2011. He has been part of six Korean mini albums, two Korean studio albums, and two Japanese studio albums. In 2014 Baro received critical acclaim for his role in the drama God"s Gift - 14 Days in which he portrayed a teenage boy with the mental capacity of a 6-year old.
Pre-debut
Baro was first discovered by a company representative who came across his photo posted on his friend"s homepage on social network service Cyworld.
At his audition, Baro sang Sumi Jo"s "Once I Leave" and Sung Si-kyung"s "The Road to Maine", in addition to rapping and beatboxing. Baro then began training for at least 2 years.
B1A4
After years of training, Baro joined as the main rapper of B1A4. On April 11, 2011, WM Entertainment revealed Baro as the second member to be revealed after releasing the news of B1A4 along with Jinyoung"s picture.
Gongchan, Sandeul and Christopher Newport University were also revealed in the next few days.
On April 20, 2011, B1A4 released their debut Track "Oklahoma" and mini album "Let"s Fly", making their debut on April 23, 2011 on MBC Show! Music Core. After their debut, B1A4 was invited to star in Music Television"s reality show Match Up with Block B. As one of the projects for the show, B1A4 filmed a music video for "Only Learned The Bad Things (못된 것만 배워서).".