Jung Hoseok (Korean/Hangul: 정호석; born February 18, 1994, in Gwangju, South … Read Full Bio ↴Jung Hoseok (Korean/Hangul: 정호석; born February 18, 1994, in Gwangju, South Korea), commonly referred to by his stage name; j-hope, is a dancer and rapper from South Korea. He is currently a member of South Korean hip-hop group BTS (Hangul: 방탄소년단) as main dancer and lead rapper.

Before debuting with BTS, he had been apart of a street dance team called NEURON. Then in the spring of 2010, He passed the audition to his current company, Big Hit Entertainment, and started to receive proper lessons as a trainee alongside his academics in Gwangju. Then, during Christmas of his first year as a high school student, He moved to Seoul alone and took lessons every day at the company.

In October 2013, J-Hope alongside V, Jungkook (Hangul: 정국) and Jimin (Hangul: 지민), released a cover of "#Beautiful" (original by Mariah Carey) along side a music video, simply called "Beautiful".

In June 2013 he was revealed as a rapper alongside RM and Suga (or, Agust D) after teaser images had surfaced. He debuted with BTS on June 12, 2013, as main dancer and lead rapper.

In December 2015, he released his first solo track called "1 VERSE". Coincidentally, this was also when he began work on "Blue Side (Outro)". It was released on his mixtape in 2018.

In February 2018, teasers for his unnamed mixtape started to be posted on the group's Twitter account. The official release date for the mixtape was set to release on March 2, 2018, as confirmed by BigHit via their official Twitter. His first mixtape Hope World was released on March 2, 2018. The first promoted track for the mixtape was "Daydream (백일몽)". The second MV for Hope World was "Airplane", which was released on March 7, 2018.

In September 2019, j-hope released a free-collaboration single called Chicken Noodle Soup which featured Becky G. The track debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, making J-Hope the first member of BTS to chart on the Hot 100 as a solo artist, the third Korean solo artist to rank on the chart, and the sixth Korean artist overall to do so.

In March 2021, for Hope World's three-year anniversary, j-hope released the full version of its closing track "Blue Side (outro)". The three-minute long version, Blue Side, was uploaded to the BTS SoundCloud page for free on March 1, 2021; it is now also available on Spotify.

Following the announcement of BTS taking a break from group activities to focus on solo ones on June 14th, 2022, j-hope was announced as the first member of BTS to begin promotions as a solo artist. His debut solo album Jack In The Box, released on July 15, was preceded by the rock infused lead single MORE on July 1. j-hope made his performance debut at Lollapalooza on July 31, as the headlining act for the final day of the festival making him the first ever South Korean artist to do so.

In September 2022, j-hope featured on Rush Hour by Crush which was his comeback single.

He also made his solo performance debut at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on December 31.

A documentary titled J-Hope In The Box, chronicling the making of his debut album and his appearance at Lollapalooza, will be released for streaming globally on Weverse and Disney+ beginning February 17, 2023.

The physical version of the star’s solo debut, Jack in the Box, arrived on Friday (Aug. 18) via BIGHIT Music. Jack In The Box (HOPE Edition) features the original album tracks, along with three new live recordings from J-Hope’s history-making performance at Lollapalooza in 2022 in Chicago, as well as two instrumental tracks. According to a release, the physical album will also include new concept photos and a number of other “special components.”