Reddy (rapper)

South Korean rapper and singer

In this Korean name, the family name is  Kim.

Reddy

Reddy at the Busan Sea Festival, August 2018

Background information
Birth name| Kim Hong-woo
Born|  (1985-11-11) November 11, 1985 (age 39)
South Korea
Genres|

* Hip-hop
* Rap

Occupations|

* Rapper
* singer

Instrument| Vocals
Years active| 2011–present
Labels| Hi-Lite Records, 131
Website| www.131online.net/reddy
Korean name
Hangul|

김홍우

Revised Romanization| Gim Hongu
McCune–Reischauer| Kim Hongu
Stage name
Hangul|

Revised Romanization| Redi
McCune–Reischauer| Redi

Musical artist

Kim Hong-woo (Korean: 김홍우; born November 11, 1985),[1] better known by his stage name Reddy (Korean: 레디), is a South Korean rapper and singer. He released his debut single, "Capt. Reddy", on September 27, 2011.[2] He has also appeared on Show Me the Money 5, Tribe of Hip Hop and High School Style Icon.

Following the dissolution of his former label, Hi-Lite Records, in April 2022,[3] it was announced on September 30, 2022 that Reddy had signed with the record label 131 founded by B.I.[4]

## Discography

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### Studio albums

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Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Sales

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KOR
[5]
Commitment |

* Released: August 29, 2013
* Label: Genuine Music, CJ E&M
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "Welcome to My Show"
2. "Feel It"
3. "SE02L"
4. "Different" (featuring B-Free)
5. "Gangbyeon Salja" (featuring Keith Ape)
6. "Keep Going" (featuring Paloalto & VEN)
7. "2:47"
8. "Open My Eyes" (featuring Keith Ape)
9. "Pray"
10. "Fresh I Am"
11. "Distance"
12. "Dear Mom"
13. "Thank You"
14. "Hello"

| —  | —
Imaginary Foundation |

* Released: June 2, 2014
* Label: Hi-Lite Records, CJ E&M
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "U Turn"
2. "1985"
3. "Just Do It"
4. "Keep Your Pride"
5. "Imaginary Foundation"
6. "Stand"
7. "Magic"
8. "The Lite"

| 97
Universe |

* Released: April 20, 2017
* Label: Hi-Lite Records, CJ E&M
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "The New Birth" (featuring GSoul)
2. "Supreme"
3. "Complicated" (featuring Killagramz)
4. "Moscato d'Asti" (featuring Chancellor)
5. "It's Alright" (featuring G2)
6. "Do My Thing" (featuring Cheetah & Paloalto)
7. "My Lite" (featuring A.C.T.)
8. "Amazing"

| 67
Telescope |

* Released: April 12, 2018
* Label: Hi-Lite Records, Interpark
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "Come Over"
2. "Turkey" (featuring Year of the Ox)
3. "Flu"
4. "Thanksgiving" (featuring Paloalto & Huckleberry P)
5. "Tracksuit" (featuring Sway D)
6. "UGP Interlude" (featuring G2)
7. "Check-In" (featuring Samuel Seo)
8. "Peach" (featuring Suran)
9. "Life" (featuring Horim)
10. "Bliss"
11. "Flamingo" (featuring Gaeko)

| 78
500000 |

* Released: May 17, 2020
* Label: Hi-Lite Records, Interpark
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "500000"
2. "Buried Alive"
3. "Humantree (Skit)"
4. "Hmmm"
5. "Do Better"
6. "Teenage Shopper (Interlude)"
7. "I Was a Boom Bap Kid"
8. "The Surface"
9. "Cheat Code"
10. "Baby Driver"
11. "No Worries"
12. "Fade Out"

| —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

### Extended plays

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Title  | Album details  | Peak chart positions  | Sales

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KOR
[5]
eightyfivesoul
with Year of the Ox |

* Collaboration album
* Released: October 5, 2018
* Label: Hi-Lite Records, Interpark
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "No More Parties"
2. "Knock Knock"
3. "Do It" (featuring G2)
4. "Take It Slow"

| —  | —
Reddy Action |

* Released: October 13, 2022
* Label: 131, Dreamus
* Formats: CD, digital download

Track listing

1. "Ready"
2. "A Doom"
3. "Say U Wanna"
4. "Chicken Dinna"
5. "Under the Tree"
6. "Reddy is the New Black"

| —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

### Singles

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#### As lead artist

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart
positions  | Sales (DL) | Album

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|

KOR
[6]
"Capt. Reddy"  | 2011  | —  | —  | Non-album singles
"Let's Go"
feat. Satbyeol | 2012  | —
"Another Night"
feat. Lazy Kuma | —
"Se02l"  | 2013  | —  | Commitment
"Gangbyeon Salja" (강변살자; lit. riverside life)
feat. Kid Ash | —
"Keep Going" (행진; lit. March)
feat. Paloalto & Ven | —
"1985"  | 2014  | —  | Imaginary Foundation
"Magic" (마술) | —
"Stand" (서있어) | —
"Chi Kwon" (취권; lit. drunken master)
feat. Brandun DeShay | 2015  | —  | Non-album singles
"Think" (생각해)
feat. Jay Park | 2016  | 98  |

* KOR: 24,700[7]

"Like This"
feat. Bobby | 20  |

* KOR: 166,038[8]

| Show Me the Money 5
"Ocean View"  | —[A] |

* KOR: 19,244[9]

| Non-album singles
"Blaze of Glory"  | —  | —
"Even If It's You" (너라도)
feat. Kim Boa of Spica | —  | Entourage OST
"My Lite"
feat. A.C.T. | 2017  | —  | Universe
"Supreme"  | —
"Enjoy" (즐겨)
feat. Chancellor | —  | Non-album single
"Thanksgiving" (적셔)
feat. Paloalto & Huckleberry P | 2018  | —  | Telescope
"Peach"
feat. Suran | —
"Stand by You"[B] | —  | Non-album singles
"Dress Code"  | 2019  | —
"Vroom"  | —
"500000"  | 2020  | —  | 500000
"Buried Alive"  | —
"Humantree (Skit)"  | —
"Hmmm"  | —
"Do Better" (두 배로) | —
"Teenage Shopper (Interlude)"  | —
"I Was a Boom Bap Kid"[C] | —
"The Surface" (수면 위) | —
"Cheat Code" (치트키) | —
"Baby Driver"  | —
"No Worries"  | —
"Fade Out"  | —
"Too Busy" (바뻐) | 2021  | —  | Non-album singles
"Ceremony"
feat. Big Naughty | 2022  | —
"Chicken Dinna"  | —  | Reddy Action
"Tap Tap Tap"
feat. Bobby | 2023  | —  | Non-album singles
"Take Back"
feat. Lil Cherry & Goldbuuda | —
"Hippeh"
feat. Mirani | —
"I'm Up"  | 2024  | —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

#### Collaborations

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart
positions  | Sales (DL) | Album

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|

KOR
[6]
"Work"
with B-Free | 2013  | —  | —  | Hi-Life
"What We Do II"
with Evo, Huckleberry P, Okasian, Paloalto, B-Free & Soul One  | —
"Bad Tooth" (충치; lit. cavity)
with B-Free, Okasian & Paloalto  | —  | Non-album single
"New Seoul"
with Okasian & Kid Ash | —  | Orca-Tape
"I Wish"
with B-Free | 2014  | —  | Non-album singles
"The Answer"
with B-Free | 2015  | —
"Love Last Forever"
with B-Free feat. Coke Jazz | —
"$insa" (신사)
with C Jamm & Xitsuh feat. Zion.T | 2016  | 4  |

* KOR: 493,535[12]

| Show Me the Money 5
"Wanted"
with C Jamm | 13  |

* KOR: 225,904[13]

"Nightmare"
with Yoon Do-hyun, G2, Inlayer & Johnny of NCT | —  | —  | SM Station
"Thank You"
with G2 feat. Dalchong of Cheeze | —  | Non-album single
"Complicated"
with Kim Boa of Spica | 2017  | —  | Hip Hop Tribe 2
"Break Bread"
with Paloalto, Sway D, YunB, G2, Huckleberry P & Camo Starr | 2018  | —  | Break Bread
"No More Parties"
with Year of the Ox | —  | eightyfivesoul
"Knock Knock"
with Year of the Ox | —
"Air"
with Paloalto, Sway D, G2, YunB, Huckleberry P & Jowonu | 2019  | —  | #Air2019
"Hi-Lite Sign (Remix)" (한라산)
with G2, Sway D, YunB | —  | Non-album single
"Kid Rock"
with Paloalto, jerd & Soovi | 2020  | —  | Legacy
"Automatic (Hi-Mix)"
with Sway D, Paloalto & Chancellor | —  | Non-album singles
"Tag"
with Swervy | 2021  | —
"Yuppie"
as part of Heartcore (with Swervy, Yosi, Sui) | —  | Heartcore
"60 BPM"
as part of Heartcore (with Swervy, Yosi, Sui) | —
"Film"
with Une | —  | Non-album single
"Rodeo" (압구정 로데오)
with Gemini | 2022  | —  | Listen-Up Ep.8
"TTM"
with B.I & Sik-K | 2023  | —  | Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

## Notes

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1. ^ "Ocean View" did not enter the Digital Chart, but appeared at number 91 on the component Download chart.[9]
2. ^ In addition to the original song, a Japanese version featuring Sky-Hi was released on December 14, 2018, and a collection of remixes, Stand by You Remixes, was released on January 5, 2019.[10]
3. ^ In addition to the original song, a remix featuring YDG was released on October 25, 2020.[11]

## References

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1. ^ 레디 프로필 (in Korean). Naver.
2. ^ 레디, 20일 정규앨범 컴백..5월엔 단독 콘서트 (in Korean). Star News. April 15, 2017.
3. ^ Lee, Jae-hoon (April 21, 2022). 팔로알토 힙합레이블 '하이라이트 레코즈', 12년 만에 해산. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved March 28, 2023.
4. ^ Maeng, Sun-mi (September 30, 2022). 레디, 131레이블 합류…새로운 음악 행보 '기대 UP'. BizEnter (in Korean). Retrieved March 28, 2023.
5. ^ a b Peak positions of Reddy's albums and extended plays on Circle Album Chart:
* "Imaginary Foundation". June 15–21, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Universe". April 23–29, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Telescope". April 29 – May 5, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
6. ^ a b Peak positions of Reddy's singles on Circle Digital Chart. As lead artist:
* "Think". January 31 – February 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Like This". July 10–16, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
Collaborations:
* "$insa". June 19–25, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Wanted". July 3–9, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
7. ^ "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 6". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. January 31 – February 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
8. ^ Cumulative sales of "Like This":
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 28". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 3–9, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 29". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 10–16, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 30". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 17–23, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 31". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 24–30, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 32". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 31 – August 6, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
9. ^ a b "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 37". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. September 4–10, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
10. ^ Han, Su-jin (January 4, 2019). 레디, 오는 5일 '스탠드 바이 유' 리믹스 앨범 발매. Herald Gyeongje. Retrieved January 21, 2024 - via Naver.
11. ^ 레디, 양동근과 호흡 맞춘 'I Was a Boom Bap Kid' 발표. BNT News. October 26, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
12. ^ Cumulative sales of "$insa":
* "Download Chart – 2016.06 Month". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016.07 Month". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016.08 Month". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
13. ^ Cumulative sales of "Wanted":
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 27". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. June 26 – July 2, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 28". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 3–9, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 29". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 10–16, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 30". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 17–23, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
* "Download Chart – 2016 Weeks 31". Circle Chart. Korea Music Content Association. July 24–30, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2024.

## External links

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* Official website

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* ISNI
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* Korea

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

*[lit.]: literal translation