Background
Dok2 was born on March 28, 1990. His mother is Korean, and his father is Spanish and Filipino.
Dok2 was born on March 28, 1990. His mother is Korean, and his father is Spanish and Filipino.
While media outlets reported in 2014 that he is a first cousin of Nicole Scherzinger, an American singer formerly of the girl group the Pussycat Dolls, Dok2 said in a 2015 interview, "The report about me being first cousins with Nicole Scherzinger is wrong. We share the same blood, but the relationship is complicated. I haven’t even met her."
Career beginnings
Dok2 signed to Future Flow Entertainment when he was 13 years old.
By the time he was out of his teenage years, he had written and produced songs for established Korean hip hop groups, including Drunken Tiger, Dynamic Duo and Epik High.
In 2006, under the name All Black, Dok2 and fellow teen rapper Microdot released the album Chapter 1. He released his first solo mini-album, Thunderground, under Epik High"s now defunct Map The Soul label in 2009.
Illionaire Records
In 2011, Dok2 and rapper The Quiett formed Illionaire Records. Despite its small size, Illionaire Records is considered one of the most influential hip hop record labels in South of Korea due to the popularity of its artists.
Show Maine The Money
In 2014, Dok2 was a judge on the third season of the television rap competition Show Maine the Money, where he and The Quiett were the producers behind winning contestant Bobby of the band IKON. They are confirmed to participate in the show"s fifth season in 2016.