YG's president Yang Hyun-suk, who suddenly appeared in front of Bigbang, said that Yang Hyun-suk, I have to mention the once-smash hit group Seo Tae-ji and the children.

In 1991, Xu Taizhi, who wanted to knock on the door of domestic music with his own music, met the two strongest dancers at the time, Li Juno and Yang Hyun Suk, and the three hit it off and formed "Xu Taizhi and the children".

"Seo Tae-ji and the Children" is not a product of a planning company, but a free body formed by three members as the main axis, which is the biggest difference between them and the current idol group.

In March 1992, "Xu Taizhi and the Children" officially released a series, and participated in MBC's special variety show with the title song "I Know".

Although the judges did not give "I Know" a very high evaluation at the time, this song and the group called "Seo Tae-ji and the Children" have become the most sensational legend in the history of Korean music because of this show.

However, less than eight months after his debut, "Seo Tae-ji and the children" suddenly cut off all contact and disappeared from the eyes of the media and the public.

At that time, their popularity was rising, but in order to immerse themselves in the production of their next album and present more perfect music to their fans, they decisively interrupted all activities.

Ending an album and then taking a break to prepare for the next album may seem like a no-brainer now, but it was unimaginable at the time.

Because at that time, artists, especially singers, had no human rights, whether it had been 5 or 10 years since their debut. No matter how much you want to rest, as long as the TV station calls, you have to run over obediently.

Because he was afraid of being branded as "uncooperative" by the TV station, no one had challenged "missing" before, but Xu Taizhi, who was full of personality, and the children did it.

In June 1993, "Xu Taizhi and the Children" brought their 2 albums ComeBack. The news of the return of "Xu Taizhi and the children" even became the focus of society at that time, and all the public opinion media, even the Nine O'clock News, broadcast their CB news.

The public put down what they were doing and sat in front of the TV and waited, expecting him to appear with the same RapDance as the first album, but Seo Tae-ji, who locked the CB stage to MBC, and the children cut off people's expectations and turned the song industry upside down again.

With fat pants, a full black dress, a hat with a logo on it, and a reggae perm, "Seo Tae-ji and the Kids" first showed HipHop to the domestic public, even though HipHop was also available in Korea at the time. But it's usually just a personal listen.

If "I Know" made rapDance well-known, then "He Ru Song" a year later was another shock to the public, and now HipHopFashion, which seems to be normal, was banned by KBS on the grounds that "it will make teenagers obsessed and have a bad impact", "Kookmin Daily" criticized them with a preface to "The Hunt of Medieval Witches", South Korean Daily "Seo Tae-ji Performance Stopped, Well Done", and Chosun Ilbo "Artists' Bad Looks 'Dangerous Water Level'".

All the media except MBC wanted to put "Seo Tae-zhi and the children" to death, but contrary to the public opinion wanting to "kill them", the public gave them a more fanatical echo of support than in the first episode.

I was walking on the road. All I heard was "He Ru Song", and there were more and more young people with explosive perms. HipHopFashion has once again become a popular vane.

Xu Taizhi also ignored the media's insinuations on the grounds that "our music is HipHop and freedom of expression".

Just two weeks after the release of the second album, 1 million copies were sold, critics began to evaluate their albums positively and objectively, and the media began to bow their heads.

In the end, the total sales of Xu Taizhi and the children exceeded 2.1 million copies. Became the first record in Korea to surpass 2 million records.

Within two years of the debut of "Seo Tae-ji and the Children", pop music began with them, and it underwent a great change, and entered a period of full revival in the mid-90s.

Various types of music, such as hip-hop, rap-dance, high-completion love songs, and k-pop, became popular.

But when Xu Taizhi and his children reached the top of the Korean music industry, on January 31, 1996. Without warning, "Seo Tae-ji and the children" held a press conference at Sungkyunkwan University to announce their retirement.

According to Xu Taizhi's statement at the time: "In order to free myself from the pain of creation and leave the most beautiful image in the hearts of fans, I decided to retire." ”

A total of more than 150 reporters rushed to the scene that day, and in order to ensure the smooth convening of the press conference, the police station dispatched a total of five squadrons of police forces to surround the venue, and in order to prevent "emergencies", more than 50 plainclothes officers were even placed in the infield of the press conference.

Although the press conference was held in private with fans, more than 100 fans still arrived and surrounded the venue, and when "Seo Tae-ji and the children" left the venue, these fans broke through layers of guards, surrounded Seo Tae-ji and their nanny car, and cried and banged on the window, and finally Seo Tae-ji and the others had to leave through the back door of Sungkyunkwan University.

The memories of the reporters at the scene of that day were: 10 generations sitting on the ground with school bags and school uniforms crying, fans running along the place where the car disappeared in tears and despair, and more than 500 fans who rushed to the scene after receiving the news and wandered outside the venue all day long shouting their names, and even triggered the suicide riot of some fans.

The sudden retirement of Seo Tae-zhi and his children became the biggest impact on Korean society at that time, and the key news and newspaper headlines of the 9 o'clock news of various TV stations were all their news without exception.

For the young people of the 20th generation, it is too difficult to take on such a national concern, so at the most gorgeous time, they left everything behind without any memory and retired first: Xu Taizhi went to the United States; Yang Hyun Suk and Lee Juno started their own businesses.

After leaving Xu Taizhi and the children, the current Yang Xianshuo is undoubtedly successful, and today, when people mention Yang Xianshuo, in addition to thinking of Xu Taizhi and the children back then, they will talk more about the huge family led by him YGFamliy.

People's titles for Yang Hyun-seok are no longer singers, but producers, of course, the word "famous" can be added in front of the three words producer.

However, fans are still willing to affectionately call him "Yang Jun", and from time to time they will leave messages on YG's official website, telling fans that Yang Jun is almost strict about music, but at the same time, he has a childlike side.

Unlike Seo Tae-ji, who is obsessed with rock, Yang Hyun-seok loves pure hip-hop music more and is determined on this path.

It can be said that it is under the cultivation and promotion of Yang Hyun Suk that the Korean hiphop music market is maturing, and the music form Hiphop with a pure black style and R&B can finally blossom in the land of South Korea. (To be continued......)