# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary
# Generated: 2026-09-02T21:16:37.207Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary"
name: "Gary"
slug: "gary"
description: "Kang Hee-gun, better known by his stage name Gary, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. Besides being a solo artist, he is also the rapper and lyricist of the former hip hop duo Leessang. Since their formation in 2002, the group has produced a total of eight albums and had several hits under their belt. In 2014, Gary made his debut as a solo artist with the mini-album Mr.Gae. Despite the album being banned by all major TV broadcast stations for its 19+ content, his songs still managed to top several charts. He and long time collaborator Jung-in later went on to form the duo, Jung In & Gary. The two released the singles \"Your Scent\" and \"Bicycle.\""
tagline: "South Korean rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kang_Gary.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.57
  momentum:             2.871717678541562
  historical:           21.74372266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  103
  category: null
totalFollowers: 283000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kanggary58"
    handle:    "kanggary58"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kanggary_yangban/"
    handle:    "kanggary_yangban"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5004157/"
    handle:    "nm5004157"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCguxVQUEtEIa6hcgZdhj_yA"
    handle:    "@kanggary88"
    followers: 283000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2181560"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "غاري (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "جارى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "قاری (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garie"
    title: "Garie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(Rapper)"
    title: "Gary (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rapper)"
    title: "Gary (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garie"
    title: "Garie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C_(%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1)"
    title: "گری (رپر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garie"
    title: "Garie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rappeur)"
    title: "Gary (rappeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rapper)"
    title: "Gary (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary"
    title: "Gary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rapper)"
    title: "Gary (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AA_(%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "ゲリ (ラッパー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%9C%EB%A6%AC_(%EB%9E%98%ED%8D%BC)"
    title: "개리 (래퍼)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary"
    title: "Gary"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garie"
    title: "Garie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rapper)"
    title: "Gary (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rapper)"
    title: "Gary (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garie"
    title: "Garie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5_(%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C)"
    title: "แกรี (แร็ปเปอร์)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garie"
    title: "Garie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(rapper)"
    title: "Gary (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A7%9C%E7%86%99%E5%BB%BA"
    title: "姜熙建"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_(%E9%9F%93%E5%9C%8B%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "Gary (韓國歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cec6ecc6-dfe2-46f0-9382-8a6eede03716"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495413"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump