K-Pop has its major players with the likes of Girls’ Generation and Super Junior but amongst the sparkling smiles and synchronized dance moves is an idol with an eye to breaking all the rules and G-Dragon, the leader of one of its biggest exports, BigBang, has been doing just that since 2006.
The artist who went into the rigorous entertainment company training regime before he reached a double-figure birthday, and calls himself a rapper first and foremost despite his K-pop idol status, is one of a small handful of artists pushing back on the limiting boundaries of the South Korean pop industry.
