Uptown (band)

Uptown
업타운
Uptown; 업타운
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Korean hip hop
Years active	1997–2000, 2006–2010
Members	Chris Jung (1996-present); Carlos Galvan (1997-2006); Steve Kim (1997-2006); Tasha Reid (1997-2000); Jessica H.O (2006); Maniac (2009-2010); Snacky Chan (2009-2010); Swings (2009)

Uptown (Korean: 업타운) was a pioneering South Korean hip hop group that formed in 1997. The group's four original members were Chris Jung, Carlos Galvan, Steve Kim and Tasha Reid.^[1]^[2]

The group underwent several line-up changes during the 90s and disbanded in 2000 following drug charges against Jung, Galvan, and Kim.^[3] When Reid left Uptown to pursue a solo career, the group made a comeback without her in 2006 with the album Testimony.^[1]^[4] Teenage rapper Jessica H. O. joined the group for the album.^[5] Jung was the only remaining original member on the group's 2009 album, New Era, which featured new members Maniac, Snacky Chan, and Swings.^[6] Uptown has been inactive since its 2010 album Surprise! ^[7]

Original members

Chris Jung
Carlos Ricardo Galvan
Steve Kim
Tasha Reid

Other members

Jessica H.O.
Maniac
Snacky Chan
Swings

Discography

1997: Represent
1997: Represented...Now Believe
1998: Mutual Best
1998: Chapter 3 in History
1998: Absolute Power
1998: Verbal Medication
2000: History
2006: Testimony
2009: New Era
2010: Surprise!

Uptown 3000

Uptown members Carlos Galvan and Steve Kim formed a duo called Uptown 3000 in 2002. The duo was signed to a label in Atlanta, Georgia and was meant to break into the U.S. hip hop market. However, they released only one album, 2003's Same Book Different Chapter, before disbanding.^[2]

Awards

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Work	Result
2006	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Hip-Hop Performance	"Go To Hong Kong"^[8]	Nominated

References

^ ^a ^b "Uptown (업타운)". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ ^a ^b "Interview with Carlos Galvan". HalfKorean. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ "Hip-Hop Group Arrested on Drug Charges". The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition). 2000-04-30. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ "T(Yoon Mi-rae) (티(윤미래))". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ "The 10 Year Journey from Jessica H.O to Lucky J's Jessi". Koreaboo. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ "Uptown is Back with new faces". All Kpop. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ "업타운, 7번째 정규 앨범 [Surprise!] 발표" [Uptown's 7th Album, Surprise!]. HipHop Playa (in Korean). 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ "2006 MKMF Part 1 : I Love Punk - Haerang + Lee SungWoo/ Break Through-SS501/ The Queen Is Back! - Cocoboys and Dodogirls + Um JungHwa". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-10-26.

[:0-1] "Uptown (업타운)". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[:1-2] "Interview with Carlos Galvan". HalfKorean. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[3] "Hip-Hop Group Arrested on Drug Charges". The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition). 2000-04-30. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[:2-4] "T(Yoon Mi-rae) (티(윤미래))". KBS World Radio. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[:3-5] "The 10 Year Journey from Jessica H.O to Lucky J's Jessi". Koreaboo. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[6] "Uptown is Back with new faces". All Kpop. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[7] "업타운, 7번째 정규 앨범 [Surprise!] 발표" [Uptown's 7th Album, Surprise!]. HipHop Playa (in Korean). 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2016-04-09.

[2006_nom-8] "2006 MKMF Part 1 : I Love Punk - Haerang + Lee SungWoo/ Break Through-SS501/ The Queen Is Back! - Cocoboys and Dodogirls + Um JungHwa". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-10-26.

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