The year he turned 24, he debuted as a producer with the digital single “Lemonade.” In 2014, he released his first full-length album, Novel. In 2015, he released his second album, Crumple, and signed with Tablo’s label, Highgrnd. In 2016, Crumple was nominated for Best Rap Album at the Korean Music Awards. In 2017, he released his third album, Muggles’ Mansion.
The breakthrough yearIn 2018, he joined Jay Park’s AOMG, and in September, the year he turned 29, he appeared on Mnet Show Me the Money 777 in a team with Paloalto and became known to the public. “Good Day,” a competition song he produced, reached No. 1 on the music charts.
In 2019, he was a mentor with The Quiett on High School Rapper 3. Lee Young-ji of the team won the final. In 2020, he released People, his first full-length album since joining AOMG, and appeared on Show Me the Money 9 again in a team with Paloalto. In 2021, he was named Producer of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards and appeared on Show Me the Money 10 in a team with Gaeko.
In 2022, he joined the regular cast of MBC I Live Alone, and at the end of the year he won the Rookie Award in entertainment for it. In 2023, he released his fifth album, Remember Archive, and won the Popularity Award in the reality category for I Live Alone.
In 2024, his contract with AOMG ended after six years. In May, he co-founded the agency Duover with Gray and Woo Won-jae. In 2025, Duover signed Gary to an exclusive contract.
In 2026, he joined the Netflix show Yumyeong Gasuegen Hiteugogi Piryohae as a producer.
Code Kunst (born Dec 18, 1989, birth name Jo Sung-woo) debuted in 2013, the year he turned 24, with the digital single “Lemonade,” and became known on Sep 7, 2018, the year he turned 29, when he appeared as a producer on Mnet Show Me the Money 777. In 2021, the year he turned 32, he was named Producer of the Year at the Korean Hip-hop Awards.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.
Released his first single and debuted as a producer.
Source 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tabSource 25 · Sports Seoul (Korean) · Update on his 74 kg weight gain · opens in a new tab The release date (May 2013) is from Wikipedia; the exact day could not be confirmed in news reports.His first full-length album, released the year after his debut.
Source 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the Korean Music Awards the following year.
Source 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tab Release date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.Signed an exclusive contract with Highgrnd, a label led by Tablo.
Source 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.Crumple, released the year before, was nominated.
Source 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tab Date from Wikipedia; not confirmed in news reports.A full-length album released on Highgrnd.
Source 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tabSource 10 · TV Daily (Korean) · Release of “People” · opens in a new tab The 2017 release was confirmed in a news report. The release date is from Wikipedia.Signed an exclusive contract with the hip-hop label AOMG, joining Jay Park, Gray and Loco on the same label.
Source 02 · Newsen (Korean) · Joins AOMG · opens in a new tabSource 03 · Herald Muse (Korean) · Releases “Bless” · opens in a new tabAppeared on Show Me the Money for the first time, as a team with Paloalto. “Good Day,” a competition song he produced, reached No. 1 on the music charts, and the season ended with Nafla as the winner.
Took part as a mentor, in a team with The Quiett. Lee Young-ji of the team won the final.
Source 08 · Maeil Business (Korean) · High School Rapper 3 mentors announced · opens in a new tabSource 09 · TV Report (Korean) · Congratulations to Lee Young-ji on winning High School Rapper 3 · opens in a new tabHis first full-length album with AOMG, about three years after Muggles’ Mansion.
Source 10 · TV Daily (Korean) · Release of “People” · opens in a new tabTeamed up with Paloalto again. His team was one of four, alongside Dynamic Duo with BewhY, Zion.T with Giriboy, and Justhis with Groovyroom.
Source 11 · Ohmynews (Korean) · Four producer teams on Show Me the Money 9 · opens in a new tabSource 12 · YTN (Korean) · Show Me the Money 9 lineup · opens in a new tabWas named Producer of the Year at the only awards in Korea devoted to genre music.
Source 13 · Star News (Korean) · Jay Park wins three awards at the 2021 Korean Hip-hop Awards · opens in a new tabTeamed up with Gaeko. His team was one of four, alongside Gray with Mino, and Yumdda with Toil.
Source 14 · Hankook Ilbo (Korean) · First episode of Show Me the Money 10 · opens in a new tabJoined a show with Jun Hyun-moo, Park Na-rae, Kian84 and others as a new member.
Source 16 · Munhwa Ilbo (Korean) · 9th anniversary of I Live Alone · opens in a new tabSource 15 · Wikipedia (Korean) · Code Kunst · opens in a new tab The exact joining time is from Wikipedia (“since 2022”); a Mar. 22 news report already mentions him as a member.Won it for appearing on I Live Alone.
Source 17 · JTBC (Korean) · 2022 MBC Entertainment Awards roundup · opens in a new tabIncluded 17 tracks, among them the double title tracks “Jumper” (feat. Gaeko and Mino) and “Circle” (feat. Crush). It came three years after People.
Source 18 · News1 (Korean) · Release of “Remember Archive” · opens in a new tabSource 19 · Sports Chosun (Korean) · Preview of “Remember Archive” · opens in a new tabWon it for I Live Alone, following his Rookie Award the year before, for a second straight year of awards.
Source 20 · Edaily (Korean) · 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards Popularity Award · opens in a new tabAOMG announced the end of the contract on its official Instagram. It came six years after he joined in 2018.
Source 21 · Star News (Korean) · AOMG contract ends · opens in a new tabThe three founded the agency Duover as co-CEOs.
Source 22 · News1 (Korean) · Gray, Code Kunst and Woo Won-jae found Duover · opens in a new tabDuover, founded with Gray and Woo Won-jae, signed the rapper Gary to an exclusive contract. The company renamed itself Duover Entertainment at the time.
Source 23 · MyDaily (Korean) · Duover signs Gary · opens in a new tabIn a new variety show that helps make hit songs for the Sing Again 4 top six, he was one of six producers, with Yoon Jong-shin, NELL’s Kim Jong-wan, Zion.T, Ahn Shin-ae and Car, the Garden.
Source 24 · The Fact (Korean) · Joins Yumyeong Gasuegen Hiteugogi Piryohae · opens in a new tabEND OF SELECTED RECORDSSelected records, 2013–2026 · not a complete list of work. “Key moment” is an editorial label, not a measure of success.
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