HONGJOONG

Kim Hong Joong (홍중) is a South Korean rapper and composer under KQ Entertainment. He made his official debut on October 24, 2018 as the leader and main rapper of the boy group ATEEZ. Born on November 7, 1998 his dad gave the name Hongjoong which means “to be the center of the broad world”.

He has been working since he was in high school. He barely went to school because he was always in the studio making music. Him and Mingi participate a lot in writing their lyrics. He also participated in the making of Tricky House for his junior group, XIKERS.

During their trainee days in America, his laptop was stolen. He managed to get his laptop back but it was reset and all his recordings & song lyrics were gone. He has composed around 40 songs predebut and has 83 credits on KOMCA (and counting).

Hongjoong always paints one fingernail for The Polished Man Movement, which encourages men to pain one of their fingernails to represent the 1 in every 5 children who become victims of sexual violence in their lifetime.