Lee Cheol-joo (; born 12 August 1986), better known by his stage name Basick (), is a South Korean rapper under OUTLIVE. He won the fourth season of Mnet's rap competition Show Me the Money.
Biography Basick was born on August 12, 1986, in Daegu, South Korea. He is fluent in English, having majored in marketing at Babson College in the United States. Basick is married to Yoo Seo-yeon and they welcomed their first child, Lee Chaeha, in 2015.
Career Basick first appeared in the Korean underground hip hop scene in 2007 and was recruited as a member of South Korea's largest hip hop crew Jiggy Fellaz in 2008. In 2009, Basick became one half of the duo Double Trouble with fellow Jiggy Fellaz crew member, Innovator. Mid-2013, he began a hiatus in the music scene after getting married and started a career inside a sports fashion brand.
In 2015, Basick participated in the fourth season of rap competition Show Me the Money, going on to win the series overall as part of team "Brand New" with Verbal Jint and San E of Brand New Music. Basick is now signed under Rainbow Bridge World and have featured in a number of collaborations. In 2016, he released his first mini album titled Nice.
Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions SalesKORGaon Album Chart positions: Nice: Foundation Vol. 4: Classick Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Classick Formats: CD, digital download — Foundation Vol. 3 Released: April 19, 2013 Label: Genuine Music Formats: CD, digital download — Foundation Vol. 4 Released: April 5, 2018 Label: Rainbow Bridge World Formats: CD, digital download 97
Extended plays Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Therapy Released: November 1, 2013 Label: Genuine Music Formats: CD, digital download — Nice Released: August 2, 2016 Label: Rainbow Bridge World Formats: CD, digital download 42 whatiwant Released: April 5, 2019 Label: Outlive Formats: CD, digital download — Soft Released: November 29, 2019 Label: Outlive Formats: CD, digital download —
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Sales (DL) Album KORGaon Digital Chart positions:
"Meeting Is Easy, Parting Is Hard": "08Basick": "Memories of You and Me": "A Long Day": As lead artist "Better Than The Best" 2008 — rowspan="2" "Champion Pt.ll" 2010 — "Basement" 2011 — Classick "You Already Know" 2012 — Foundation Vol. 3 "Pretty Girls" — "Don't Stop" — "Boss" — "Kimchi" () 2013 — "Nice Life" — Therapy "Therapy" — "Gxnzi" 2015 39 KOR: 117,038 Show Me the Money 4 "Stand Up" 21 KOR: 255,492Cumulative sales of "Stand Up":
"Better Days" () 26 KOR: 182,172Cumulative sales of "Better Days":
"In Front of the House" () 2016 67 KOR: 30,440 "Nice" — KOR: 18,274 Nice "Is That Why" () — Non-album singles "My Wave" 2017 — "Pinocchio" () — "₩on It All" — "A Woman I Know" () — "Real Life" —Foundation Vol. 4 "Starter" — "SM58" 2018— "Microphone Checker (MC)" — "The Kid"— "Home" — "Manbogi" () 2019— whatiwant "me" — "Calluses" () — rowspan="2" "Honestly" () — "Choco" () — Soft "Fucked" (촛됐다 ()) 2020— rowspan="4" "My Song" ()— "Naked"— "When It Snows mmm" (눈이 오면 mmm) — "Meeting Is Easy, Parting Is Hard" () 2021 3 Show Me the Money 10 "08Basick" (08베이식) 22 Collaborations "Miss Pretty" 2011 — "My Zone" 2015 12 KOR: 288,194Cumulative sales of "My Zone:
Show Me the Money 4 "I'm The Man" 97 KOR: 38,267Cumulative sales of "I'm The Man":
"Call Me" () 26 KOR: 105,060 rowspan="5" "All Right" 2017 — "See You In Heaven" () — "Layoff" () 2019— "More Than Ever" 2020— "Memories of You and Me" (너와 나의 Memories) 2021 9 Show Me the Money 10 "A Long Day" () 169 Soundtrack appearances "In the Illusion" () 2016 — W OST "Together" — Eat Sleep Eat OST "Destiny" () 2017 — Man to Man OST "Let Me Hear It" () 2019—Confession OST"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Filmography
Television Year Network Title Notes 2015 Mnet Show Me the Money 4 Winner 2016 JTBC Hip Hop Nation Season 2 Cast member2021MnetShow Me the Money 10Contestant
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