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| Birth Name: | Kang Dong-chul | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Origin: | South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2002–present | ||||||||||||||
| Website: | Brave Entertainment | ||||||||||||||
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Kang Dong-chul (born June 7, 1979), also known by his stage name Brave Brothers, is a South Korean rapper, record producer and songwriter for Brave Entertainment.[1] [2] [3] He was a producer and composer for YG Entertainment from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he started his own record label called Brave Entertainment. He has produced hit songs for After School, Sistar, 4Minute, T-ara, Son Dam Bi, Big Bang, Brown Eyed Girls, AOA, Hello Venus, RANIA and U-KISS. In 2009, he made his music debut with Attitude and later released Passionate on December 8. His label manages acts such as Electroboyz, BIGSTAR, and DKB. Kang was a judge panelist on JTBC's Made In U program in 2011.[4] [5] [6]
On October 21, representatives of RaNia revealed that Brave Brothers would be producing their album Time To Rock Da Show.[7] [8] He was awarded the Hallyu Composer Award at the 19th Korean Culture Entertainment Daesang Awards on December 15, 2011. He stated, "Thank you so much for honoring me with such a great award. I will return the favor with more great new songs. I would like to return this honor to the artists that express my songs and to the Brave Sound family.
On October 25, 2011, he opened a hip hop club in the Gangnam district of Seoul called Phantom.[9] [10]
On KBS's Win Win, he revealed he had a troubled past with 12 violence-related crimes and owned a room salon business. He stated that everything changed when he developed a love for Cypress Hill's music and ended his relations with organized crime.[11] [12] [13] [14]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| KOR [16] | |||
| "Invisible" | 2009 | — | Attitude |
| "Finally" | — | Passionate single album | |
| "Sad Music" (슬픈음악) | 2010 | 14 | |
| "I Want to Cry" (울고 싶단 말야) | 5 | The Classic | |
| "Draw You" (너를 그린다) | 11 | ||
| "Beautiful Girl" | 2011 | 23 | rowspan="3" |
| "Break Up" | 34 | ||
| "Morning Noon Evening" (아침 점심 저녁) | 2015 | — | |
| Artist(s) | Song Information | |
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| 4Minute |
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| 4 Tomorrow |
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| 45RPM |
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| A-Force |
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| After School |
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| After School Red |
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| Apink BnN |
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| AOA |
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| Bae Seul-ki |
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| Battle |
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| BESTie |
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| BIGFLO |
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| Big Bang |
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| Boyfriend |
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| Brave Girls |
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| Brown Eyed Girls |
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| BtoB |
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| C-REAL |
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| Dal Shabet |
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| DKB | ||
| DJ Doc |
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| Dazzling Red |
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| EI[17] |
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| Electroboyz |
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| F-ve Dolls |
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| Gummy |
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| Han Yuna |
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| Hello Venus |
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| Hyolyn |
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| Hyomin |
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| Hyuna |
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| Jo Sungmo |
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| Kim Dong-wan |
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| Kim Hyung-jun |
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| Kim Yuna, Sistar & Electroboyz |
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| Lee Ai |
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| Lee Gi-kwang |
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| Lee Min-woo |
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| Lee Seung-gi |
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| Lexy |
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| Masta Wu |
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| Myname |
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| Nine Muses |
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| NS Yoonji |
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| Oh Jong-hyuk |
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| One Two |
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| Park Bom |
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| Owl |
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| RaNia |
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| Red Roc |
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| Samuel |
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| Se7en |
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| Sistar |
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| Son Dam-bi |
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| Son Dam-bi & After School |
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| SPEED |
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| Stellar |
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| Sugarless |
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| Sunmi | ||
| Supernova |
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| Taeyang |
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| T-ARA |
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| Teen Top |
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| Thelma Aoyama |
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| Touch |
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| uBEAT |
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| U-Kiss |
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| Uni.T |
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| YG |
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| YMGA |
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| Yoo Seung-chan |
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