Career
He is the main rapper of the South Korean boy group VIXX, and VIXX sub-unit VIXX LR. 2012–2013: Debut with VIXX and Composing
Ravi was one of ten trainees who were contestants in Mnet"s survival reality show MyDOL and was chosen to be apart of the final line-up and the 6-member boy group finally debuted with "Super Hero" on May 24, 2012 on M! Countdown. During MyDOL; Ravi was featured in Brian Joo"s "Let This Die" and Seo In-guk"s "Shake lieutenant Up" music videos. Ravi participated in writing "Super Hero", VIXX"s debut single.
In 2013, he appeared in episode 4 of Business School"s television drama The Heirs alongside his group members.
2014–2015: Collaborations and debut with sub-unit: VIXX LR
In 2014, Ravi collaborated with American artist Chad Future with "Rock the World" from his first mini-album and appeared in the music video for the single. As of February 24, 2015 with the release of Boys" Record, Ravi has contributed to the writing and composing of over 28 songs recorded by VIXX. In 2015, after much deliberation, Ravi became a contestant of Mnet"s television rap competition series Show Maine the Money 4 alongside other rappers but was eliminated in the second round.
Ravi was featured as a rapper in Rain’s Chinese song "Diamond Love" the soundtrack to the Chinese Drama Diamond Lover (克拉戀人). On August 7, 2015, Jellyfish Entertainment released a video trailer on VIXX’s official website after a mysterious countdown with a silhouette of VIXX’s last special album Boys" Record.
A video trailer of VIXX LR was then revealed.
VIXX LR was confirmed by Jellyfish Entertainment to be VIXX’s first official sub-unit composed of rapper Ravi and vocalist Leo. Their debut mini album, Beautiful Liar, was released on August 17, 2015. On the same day VIXX LR held their first showcase for Beautiful Liar at Yes24 Muv Hall in Seoul′s Mapo-gu.
In December 2015, Ravi was featured in the ballad girl group Melody Day"s single "When lieutenant Rains" (Hangul: 비가 내리면), as part of their Winter Ballad Project.
On December 31, 2015, Ravi dropped a teaser both on his Twitter and Instagram accounts to his first mixtape with tracks composed, written and produced by himself which is set to be released January 4, 2016. 2016–present: Solo debut with
On January 4th, 2016, Ravi revealed the first pre-release to his mix-tape, with the track "Where Should I Go" featuring Microdot.
The third pre-release "Good Girls" (Hangul: 착한 여자) featuring HanHae and Soulman. Was released on February 4, 2016.
The fourth and final pre-release "Move" was released on February 22, 2016.
All the mix-tape pre-releases have been released on VIXX"s official YouTube channel and on Ravi"s official SoundCloud. On March 4, 2015 the tracklist was revealed on Ravi"s Instagram. The full version of was released on March 12, 2016 available for free as streaming media also on SoundCloud and YouTube.
To celebrate the release of Ravi held a showcase, titled Ravi’s 1st Live Party on March 19 and March 20, 2016 at the Hyundai Card Understage in Seoul.
Rappers Basick, Esbee, and DJ/producer SAM&SP3CK attended the show as featured performers and Leo, Ken, Hongbin and Hyuk also attended as guests. 2016: Ravi’s 1st Live Party.