LE (rapper)

LE
Born	Ahn Hyo-jin December 10, 1991 Cheonan, Chungcheong, South Korea [1]
Occupation	Rapper singer songwriter
Musical career
Genres	K-pop hip hop
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Gamgak Yedang[2] Banana Culture
Associated acts	Jiggy Fellaz (2009-2010) EXID (2012–present)

LE
Hangul	엘리
Revised Romanization	Elli
McCune–Reischauer	Elli
Birth name
Hangul	안효진
Hanja	安孝珍
Revised Romanization	An Hyojin
McCune–Reischauer	An Hyochin

Ahn Hyo-jin (Hangul: 안효진; born December 10, 1991), better known by her stage name LE (/ˈɛli/), is a South Korean rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is the main rapper of the K-pop girl group EXID.

LE made her debut as a rapper with the underground rap group Jiggy Fellaz, performing under the stage name "Elly". In 2011, after signing a recording contract with Gamgak Entertainment, LE released "Whenever You Play That Song", a duet with Huh Gak.^[3] LE made her official debut with EXID in February 2012.

Music career

EXID

EXID officially debuted on February 15, 2012 with the release of their debut single, "Whoz That Girl".^[4]

Solo activities

In May 2012, LE collaborated with Gavy NJ on their song, "Don't Call Me".^[5]

In February 2013, producer Brave Brothers revealed that LE had collaborated with B2ST's Junhyung and Big Star's Feeldog in a project group and would be releasing a single on February 21, 2013. A teaser was released on February with a "19+" rating, which was previously acknowledged in the single cover, “19+ Profanity Included – Absurd”, and on February 20, Brave Brothers released LE's version of the “You Got Some Nerve” MV teaser.^[6]

A "15+" version of the song was released on February 21, with the curse words in the song bleeped out. The original song was rated "19+", but representatives of Brave Brothers said "You Got Some Nerve was scheduled to be released as is with a 19+ rating, but due to the interest and requests of the fans, we decided to beep out the profanity that was the reason for the 19+ rating." The explicit version of the song and its music video was be released on February 25, 2013.^[7][8] Some fans were angered by this, saying "Then why did they attract attention by writing 19+ on the poster? You’ve got some nerve" while a media outlet revealed that the song had never been sent to the TV networks to be reviewed and expressed disappointment on Brave Brothers' attitude on the situation due to their "media play" and mocking their fans.^[7][9]

In July 2014, LE was featured in Hyuna's mini-album "A Talk" and helped write the lyrics for the songs "French Kiss" and "Blacklist".^[10] In September of the same year, LE was featured in T-ARA's mini-album "And & End" and her vocals were used in their title track Sugar Free as well as its remixes.^[11]

Activities

Lyricist activities Artist Song Elly & Basick 벙개송 Double Trouble Rock With Us (feat. Elly) Untouchable Jiggy Get Down (feat. Jiggy Fellaz: Vasco, Marco, Bigtray, Deepflow, 9c, Basick, Elly, Joe Brown, Wooside) Joe Brown Give Me A Sign (feat. Elly) Nassun Random (Bonus Track) (Feat. 45Rpm, Basick, Beatbox Dg, B-Free, Bigtone, Bizzy, Boltrix, Deepflow, Dynamite, Elly, J-Dogg, J-Kyun, Kikaflo, Koonta, Leo, Mighty Mouth, Minos, Swings, Von, Woo-Side, 만성, 염따, 오반장, 호현) Kang Jihye Once Again (feat. Elly) Pinodyne Good Night (feat. Junggigo & Elly) Junhyung, FeelDog & LE You Got Some Nerve Lim Chang Jung Shall We Dance With Dr. Lim (feat. LE) Hyuna Blacklist (feat. LE) Zia Hurt (feat. LE) K.Will Sweet Girl (feat. LE) Gavy NJ Don't Call Me (feat. LE) The SeeYa The Song Of Love (feat. LE) ALi Goodbye Mr. Kim (feat. LE) Verbal Jint, Sanchez 귀아래 (Under The Ears) (feat. LE Of EXID)

Lyricist activities without her Artist Song Trouble Maker Trouble Maker Now Jewelry Look At Me Hyuna French Kiss Fiestar You're Pitiful DIA (다이아) 내 친구의 남자친구

Filmography

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2015	Weekly Idol	MBC Every 1	Guest (with EXID members), Ep 226
	Hello Counselor	KBS2	Guest (with Hani (singer) & Hyerin), Ep 250

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Official Video
2010	Jiggy Get Down	Untouchable	YouTube
2013	You Got Some Nerve	Yong Jun-hyung, FeelDog & LE	YouTube

Featured singles

Year	Title	Artist
2009	Oh Yeah	MBLAQ
	벙개송	Basick
	Rock With Us	Double Trouble
2010	Give Me A Sign	Joe Brown
	Random	Nassun
2011	Whenever You Play That Song	Huh Gak
2012	Once Again	Kang Jihye
	Don’t Call Me	Gavy NJ
	Good Night	Pinodyne
	Look At Me	Jewelry
2014	Hurt	Zia
	Sweet Girl	K.Will
	Blacklist	Hyuna
	Sugar Free	T-ara
	Shall We Dance With Dr. Lim	Lim Chang Jung
	The Song of Love	The SeeYa
2015	Goodbye Mr. Kim	ALi

References

1. "EXID Profile". DPKpopNews. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
2. "EXID sign exclusive contract with Yedang Entertainment". AllKpop. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
3. "Huh Gak & LE releases MV for "Whenever You Play That Song" feat. Yoo Seung Ho". AllKpop. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
4. "EXID reveals debut MV, "Whoz That Girl"". AllKpop. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
5. "Gavy NJ releases MV for Don't Call Me". AllKpop. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
6. Hong, Grace Danbi (February 20, 2013). "[Video] Exid’s Le Ignores Your Phone Calls in ‘You Got Some Nerve’ Teaser". CJ E&M enewsWorld. MWave. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
7. Hong, Grace Danbi (February 20, 2013). "Brave Brothers’ ‘You Got Some Nerve’ Censored for 15+ Rating". CJ E&M enewsWorld. MWave. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
8. Smith, Corynn (February 25, 2013). "Idols Gone "Bad?" Feeldog, Junhyung and LE Sound Off in "You’ve Got Some Nerve" MV". MTV K. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
9. Sin, Wong-cheol (February 21, 2013). [단독] 용감한형제 신곡 '어이없네', 19금 심의 애초에 받은 적이 없었다 [Brave Brothers song "You Got Some Nerve", 19+ rating review never took place]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved December 6, 2014.
10. "HyunA reveals tracklist for her upcoming mini album 'A Talk' featuring Yoseob and LE". AllKpop. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
11. "EXID's LE sings in T-ara's new song Sugar Free". OneHallyu. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-06.