G-Dragon (Kwon Ji Yong
권지용) born August 18, 1988 in South Korea is a member of the Korean band Big Bang (빅뱅)
Jiyong is leader of the Big Bang and singer / rapper of the group together TOP He is a widely accepted and talented songwriter who has won "Songwriter Award" in 2007 from MKMF Jiyong has taken an active role in composing songs of the Big Bang, for example, their hit song "Haru Haru"
He was originally suppose to debut as a children's hip-hop artist in the hope that get fame, popularity and success that Lil 'Bow Wow and Lil' Romeo made in the States but he could not release an album and was limited to only exist in the YG artists album on January 2001 Jiyong debuted on the album "Daehanmingook Hip-Hop Flex" as a rappare He later became rekryteraed with Tae Yang to act in Jinusean's MV of their mini as happened in February of that year
Afterwards, he began training for his planned debut as a hip-hop group GDYB with Tae Yang in their training that he was already having on tracks and is part of the MVS Perry Se7en Wheesung JinuSean Masta Wu YG Family Gummy and Lexy swit GDYB was releasing two songs on YG Family's second album and displayed along with Se7en for the World Cup but unfortunately never able to release an album or debut in 2004 and both Tae Yang Jiyong listed as YG's fresh new faces and planned that year, however, those plans quickly taken away by Hyun Suk, who had planned to form a 4-6 member group, it was not until two years later in 2006 that the Big Bang finally got its official annunsonset onset