what will happen to icon now that bi is
gone how's it going everyone I'm in
earnest Nathan and welcome back to the
what happened series where this time
it's a bit different than my usual what
happened series because it is a ongoing
thing right now but it's about the BI
situation and the consequences of that
and how it may affect icon in the future
and the recent fallout of yg yang
hyun-suk and his brother Jung Min Suk
who was the CEO resigning from all
positions in the company now this is a
disclaimer since it is an ongoing
situation don't take any of this as fact
quite yet because it is still developing
as of now it is June 13 2009 teen at 12
p.m. when I'm recording this so Ikon has
a short of a history I just want to go
back and talk about icons history
leading up to today with a main focus on
bi
now before looking forward I always like
to look back I couldn't became known by
the public through yg survivors show win
who's next
we're at the time they were just called
team B team a was a group that would win
the competition and debut as the group
known as winner
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edweena
which is funny because yang hyun-suk
look like he favorite team be more when
team a won the show but after missing
the first opportunity - debut icon was
given another chance
in another yg Survival show called mix
and match when they would pick up the
rest of the members to finally become a
seven member group known as Ikon 2015
Ikon had a pre debut track my type and
they already made their presence known
my type got icons first to win only 11
days after his release my type also
achieved a triple crown a triple crown
means basically that if one song wins on
one music show for three consecutive
weeks it gets a triple crown and can
never be in contention for next week's
number one spot all this with one song
and I continent even debut yet I caused
official first album would be the
welcome back album of split up into two
parts with a debut half album and then
debut full album the group's leader was
credited as producing and ko composing
all the tracks in the debut album who
was this none other than bi yes every
single song including the debut title
track rhythm tah
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the group's first debut concert Showtime
so without 13,000 tickets quickly and
one of Korea's largest concert halls for
a rookie group that ain't that bad
Ikon with them greet Japanese iconic
icons fandom name by holding a Japanese
fan meeting Ikon would add two more
digital singles before releasing the
debut half album including apology and
anthem topping charts again Ikon would
wrap up 2015 with even more singles dumb
and dumber what's wrong and I miss you
so bad
2016 Ikon would venture back to Japan to
debut with Japanese version of the
welcome back album growing in popularity
Ikon went on their first Asian tour I
concert 2016 showtime tour adding two
more cities at the end of that tour
after the demand for tickets were so
high i can't return to the kpop scene
with the digital single WYD what are you
doing 2016 ended pretty quietly but 2017
Ikon was planning something new new kids
begin was the name of the single album
consisting of tracks bling bling and
bday two songs that are club bangers but
are still very different on their own
2018 coming off of bling bling and bday
which were high tempo and energetic Ikon
would slow it down and mellow it out
with arguably the song of the year of
2018
love scenario was a song that isn't
traditionally icon style but it was
perfection simple slow but so amazing I
can't really explain it but in the same
year Pentagon released shine which for
some reason gave me the same vibes as
love scenario as I really love both love
scenario was the type of track of the
return album with 12 tracks featuring
legendary names as co-writers Sai
Taeyang and Tablo YG family was working
on icons new album and it was beautiful
and killing me was icons last release as
seven as today Ikon faces a major
challenge reports earlier this week had
messages between bi and a dealer where
bi attempted to purchase LSD and weed
from that dealer the cacao chunk
messages were from 2016 and now be i's
name came out almost immediately as the
news broke wide she released a statement
saying the accusations are false but bi
would admit to wanting to buy the drugs
but never went through with it as he was
scared and going through a difficult in
rough time there is rumors about the
girl that was involved in tea Opie's
case involved in this one but that is
just speculation at the moment and so bi
himself announced his departure from
Ikon and his contract YG Entertainment
was terminated as this continues to
unfold fans shared their anger with a
petition to try and keep BI an icon with
over half a million signatures and
earlier this morning why is it every
single day when I wake up now there is
like groundbreaking news first
young Han Suk the founder and the face
of YG Entertainment resigned from the
company in a statement saying I intend
to step down from all positions and
tasks from yg as of today I sincerely
hope that there will be no more damage
caused to the yg artists and everyone
who has loved them because of me then
right after that his brother
Jung Min Suk which is the CEO of YG
Entertainment also resigned this this is
what everyone was hoping for but the
fact that it actually happened
I thought we never see the day but it is
a seemed like the hashtag yg is over
party is ready to start just yet because
although Jung Min Suk and yang hyun-suk
resigned from the company they still
hold a major influence within white
gee why is this because of their stocks
when starting the YG entertainment
company yang hyun-suk brought on his
brother Jung Min Suk and since they were
the founders and kind of like the first
employees of YG Entertainment they had
stock options and as of today they are
the major stockholders within their own
company which is a very smart move Jung
Hyun Suk is the largest stockholder in
YG Entertainment with 16 point 12
percent his little brother Jung Min Suk
who was the former CEO is the second
largest shareholder the rest of the
shareholders only have about 1% each so
they have a huge sway and influence in
YG Entertainment decisions even if they
completely leave YG Entertainment and
this I believe is just a publicity move
because yang hyun-suk wasn't a part of
the executive board for a long time
already the only thing that could change
is the fact that the CEO Jung Min Suk
left this is still monumental although
it really doesn't change much where does
this leave icon why she said Icahn would
continue as six members however bi was
the song writer composer producer and
more importantly the leader of the group
bi has been with yg half of his life for
10 plus years working on his craft
producing and writing for numerous yg
artists winners debut song empty that
was bi epik high's born hater bi black
pinks whistle bi tracks in size latest
album bi and most recently lee hi's
comeback it was bi bi dedicated his life
to the craft of music and yg helped with
that I've said this before there is no
loyalty anymore labels don't have
artists back they will turn on you no
matter what everyone has to know it's
like that but to continue to do this
every time an accusation happens what do
you have left for example when ball
matter scandal yg turned their back on
her and 21 but reports come out about
their artists they cut them off I don't
know what YG would do if GD had serious
allegations against him you know god
forbid but well why'd you turn their
back on an artist who made BIGBANG
happen brought Y Z into the
three I know companies don't want
negative press but when its allegations
and not a conviction or a sentence and
just rumors
come on where be I didn't even go
through with using drugs or even
purchasing them where is your spine when
he on and edawn started dating publicly
it was easy for cube to drop them how
about embracing it starting a new
culture of acceptance I'm using it as an
example but you get where it coming from
as I've been covering the yg fall out
there could be a company culture that
needs changing
yes but the media in Korea has been
relentless in their efforts to try to
take down my cheat tons of rumors and
speculation I'm not taking sides here
but the fact that these rumors keep
piling on at a time when yg is down I'm
sorry but I'm seeing it now and the fact
that yg is playing into the media's
hands tearing groose apart having long
hiatuses with no updates I'm really
tired of this
I hope bi doesn't take this hard I hope
he has someone to rely on because he
couldn't find it when he needed it the
most
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that's it for me guys I just want to
emphasize that this is still an ongoing
situation and any information that comes
out after this it comes out after this I
can't go back and read it and put this
video back up again I hope you guys
understand there's got to be more to
this because the fact that all this news
keeps coming up all year round so far
about yg the media has some part in it
you know when a celebrity name is
attached to something that could be
controversial or a scandal they can run
with it you you you have to agree and
sure there may be reasons as to why that
the rumors may possibly could be true
where there's smoke there's fire kind of
situation but at this point I don't know
I'm seriously getting tired and I'm sure
you guys feel the same if you enjoyed
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think about the whole situation is a
media play is there some truth involved
do you feel bad for BI because you I
don't know
I hope bi can can move on and grow from
this sin don't let it bring him down
into a place where he can't get out of
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happy ending at the end but I don't know
thank you guys so much for watching and
I'll catch you guys in the next one have
a great weekend and don't let all this
news stress you out as much as it did me
but yeah thank you guys again I'll catch
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