Bobby from iKon: the rapper, lyricist and dancer who became famous to help his family
- Bobby moved to the United States when he was in fourth grade, and his family struggled financially
- To make life easier for them, he used his voice – which he trained in church choirs – to become a K-pop star and pay their way back to South Korea
Bobby of K-pop boy group iKon wanted a career in the South Korean entertainment industry for one simple reason: to help his family who were struggling financially. He wanted to bring them back to South Korea from the United States, where they had relocated in search of a better life.
His humble background and his fluency in Konglish – a mixture of English and Korean – has made Bobby something of a unique idol on the K-pop scene. Here’s a look at Bobby’s life so far.
His early life
Bobby was born Kim Ji-won in Seoul’s Seodaemun district in 1995. He has one older brother and, along with their father, the trio liken themselves to the musketeers in The Three Musketeers, a 1844 novel by French author Alexandre Dumas, according to what Bobby said on reality television show My Father and I.
