Jo Woo-chan (Korean: 조우찬; born January 20, 2005),[1] is a South Korean rapper. He was a contestant on Show Me the Money 6.[2] He released his first collaborative single, "OGZ", on January 5, 2018.[3]
Jo was born on January 20, 2005, in Seoul, South Korea. He moved to Perth, Australia when he was 2 and lived there for 14 years occasionally visiting South Korea during school breaks. He studied at Applecross Senior High.
During his childhood, he was active as an actor and model, also having starred in commercials for various brands.[4]
2017–2020: Show Me the Money 6, OG School Project, departure from Cube[edit]
In 2017, at just 12 years old, Jo Woo-chan became the youngest contestant in the history of Show Me the Money 6 and earned the nickname "Lil Dok2". During the show, he released three collaboration singles, "1/N" with Dynamic Duo, "What You Call Is The Price" featuring Nucksal, and "VVIP" featuring Sik-K. Jo was eliminated in the semi-finals. As a guest, Jo featured on Hui's song "Wake me up" for KBS's pilot music variety show, Hyena on the Keyboard. The single was released on October 9 on various online Korean music sites.[5] In October 2017, Jo was cast in the JTBC short film Father’s Sword by Director Jeong Yoon-cheol.[6]
On January 5, 2018, Jo took part in a joint project group called OG School Project with Starship trainees Park Hyun-jin and Achillo, they released the song "OGZ", produced by GroovyRoom.[7]
In July 2019, Jo made his departure from Cube Entertainment.[8] In the same month, he released his first digital single album, ID Schoolboy Pt.1.[9] On August 13, Jo released his second digital single album, ID Schoolboy Pt.2.[10]
On May 16, 2020, Jo released his first extended play (EP), ID Schoolboy Pt.3.[11]
^조우찬 프로필 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^Hwang, Hye-soo (June 30, 2017). '쇼미더머니6' 개코, 13세 조우찬에 "배팅 한 번 해보자" ['Show Me the Money 6' Gaeko, 13-year-old Jo Woo-chan, "Let's make a bet"]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^Sun, Mi-kyung (January 4, 2018). "조우찬X박현진X에이칠로, 5일 초등래퍼 신곡 발표+V라이브" [Jo Woo-chan X Park Hyun-jin X H Chilo, Elementary Rapper's New Song Released on the 5th + V Live]. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved January 25, 2022.
^Lee, Da-won (September 30, 2017). "'건반 위의 하이에나' 펜타곤 후이, 작곡가로 출연…조우찬과 컬래버" [Pentagon's Hui in 'Hyena on the Keyboard' Appears as a Composer... Jo Woo-chan and collaborator]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^Kim, Eun-ae (October 22, 2017). "[Oh!쎈 컷] 문소리 "초등래퍼 조우찬, 연기소질 커..박수 보내고파"" [[Oh! Strong Cut] Moon So-ri "Elementary rapper Jo Woo-chan, you have great acting skills.. I want to send you a round of applause"]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^Seon, Mi-gyeong (July 13, 2019). "'쇼미6' 조우찬, 오늘(13일) 새 싱글 전격 발표.."성장통 잠은 자전적 이야기"[공식]" ['Show Me 6' Jo Woo-chan, released a new single today (13th).."The autobiographical story of growing pains and sleep"[Official]]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved January 14, 2022.
^Park, Su-in (July 13, 2019). "'쇼미6' 출신 조우찬, 큐브 떠나 싱글 앨범 발표 '폭풍성장 비주얼'" [Jo Woo-chan from 'Show Me 6' leaves Cube and releases single album 'Visual of rapid growth']. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved April 28, 2022.
