| Birth Name: | Yang Seung-ho |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Years Active: | 2019–present |
| Label: | Sony Music |
Yang Seung-ho (; born November 15, 2000), known professionally as Sokodomo (; stylized in all lowercase), is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. He first garnered attention when he appeared on High School Rapper 3 in 2019. He signed with Sony Music where released the extended plays WWW.III (2019) and ...---... (2021). In 2021, he appeared on Show Me the Money 10 where he released the single "Merry-Go-Round" which peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart.
Yang Seung-ho was born on November 15, 2000, in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul to a Korean father and Japanese mother. He had lived in the United States when he was young and spent his teenage years in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[1] He graduated from Sunrin Internet High School.
His stage name "Sokodomo" means "Korean child" as it is a portmanteau of "South Korea" and "kodomo"(こども, Japanese word for child).[2]
In February 2019, Sokodomo appeared on the rap competition TV show High School Rapper 3 where he first garnered attention. He released singles "Mirror", "U.F.O", "Freedumb" and "Global Extinction" on the show and finished in sixth place. In June 2019, he signed to Sony Music.[3] In December 2019, he released his debut extended play WWW.III. In 2020, he was nominated for New Artist of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards.
In 2021, Sokodomo appeared on the rap competition TV show Show Me the Money 10 where his released the single "Merry-Go-Round" featuring singers Zion.T and Wonstein. It peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart and became his most successful single.[4] He finished the show in the top 8.
| Title | Details | Peakchartposition | |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOR[5] | |||
| WWW.III |
| 78 | |
| ...---... |
|
| Title | Year | Peakchartposition | Certification | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | ||||
| "Mirror" (with Untell) | 2019 | 95 | High School Rapper 3 Team Batte Part 1 | |
| "U.F.O" (featuring Uneducated Kid) | High School Rapper 3 Team Battle Part 3 | |||
| "Freedumb" (featuring Haon) | 98 | High School Rapper 3 Semi Final | ||
| "Global Extinction" (featuring Kirin) | High School Rapper 3 Final | |||
| "Go Home" (Feat. LaPamasaka) | WWW.III | |||
| "Snow" (with JP) | rowspan="4" | |||
| "LOL" | 2020 | |||
| "Sugar" (with Hitchhiker) | ||||
| "Genda Phool" (with Badshah, Payal Dev) | ||||
| "Trouble" (with Don Mills, Northfacegawd, Khakii, A-Chess) | 2021 | 7 | Show Me the Money 10 Episode 1 | |
| "Merry-Go-Round" (featuring Zion.T and Wonstein) | 1 | KMCA Platinum | Show Me the Money 10 Episode 2 | |
| "Be | " (featuring Paloalto and Lil Boi) | 38 | Show Me the Money 10 Semi Final | |
| "A Long Day" (featuring Zion.T, with Basick, Anandelight and Mudd the Student) | 169 | Show Me the Money 10 Final | ||
| "Scar" (with 24kGoldn) | 2022 |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | High School Rapper 3 | Contestant (Top 6) | [6] | |
| 2021 | Show Me the Money 10 | Contestant (Top 8) | [7] |
| Korean Hip-hop Awards | 2020 | Himself | New Artist of the Year | [8] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | "Merry-Go-Round" | Hip-hop Track of the Year | [9] | ||
| "MM" | Music Video of the Year | ||||
| Melon Music Awards | Himself | Top 10 | [10] | ||
| "Merry-Go-Round" | Song of the Year |