박재범

Park Jaebeom (Hangul: 박재범, born April 25, 1987), also known as Jay Park, is a Korean American b-boy, dancer, singer, rapper and actor. He is a former member and leader of South Korean boyband 2PM, and is part of Seattle-based b-boy crew Art of Movement.
A 3rd generation Korean American born and raised in Edmonds, Washington, Jaebeom originally auditioned in the US for JYP Entertainment as a rapper and b-boy. Park Jin-young himself watched Jaebeom's audition and brought him to Korea where he trained for four years to improve his singing and Korean, initially to debut as a solo artist.
n September 4, 2009, articles surfaced on the internet regarding Jaebeom's anti-patriotic posts from 2005 on his personal Myspace account, in which he expressed his dislike for his life in Korea while still a trainee. This caused an explosion of rage from netizens, including demands for him to be forced out of the country as well as a suicide petition that gained up to 3,000 signatures before it was closed down.[citation needed] Jaebeom issued an apology regarding this matter.Although outraged protesters demanded that Jaebeom should be stripped of his status as a member of 2PM, JYP Entertainment CEO Park Jin-young stated on September 7 that he was going to continue to remain part of the group.The following day, Jaebeom announced on his official fancafe that he would be leaving the group for a while and returning to the United States. He also apologized to the other 2PM members for not being a good leader and older brother to the group. Park Jin-young confirmed that 2PM would continue as a 6-member group. Additionally, due to the sensitive topic of Jaebeom's departure, all 2PM members were withdrawn from their regular appearances on variety shows, and the final episode of their reality show "Wild Bunny" was postponed indefinitely. Forced to continue with their preparations, the 6 members re-filmed their music video for "Heartbeat" without Jaebeom on October 31, 2009. During a press conference, it was revealed that Jaebeom's vocals would not be removed from the older songs he promoted with 2PM, but he would be completely absent from the newer tracks.
On July 6, 2010, Park had finished featuring in a song by a famous Korean composer for a rookie female singer that is preparing for debut, as well as having received love calls for a drama appearance.Aside from holding a series of nationwide fanmeetings for his Korean fans starting August 3, 2010 in Seoul, he is also confirmed to hold 8 other Asian fanmeetings in Taipei, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore throughout the month of September. 12 of the fanmeetings were reportedly sold out within one day.
On July 8, 2010, it was reported that Park is to sign a contract with Sidus HQ for his domestic Korean activities in terms of acting and singing where his management states that he plans to redebut as a rookie artist. It was also revealed that Jung Hoontak, President of Sidus HQ, has been involved in Park's activities since May when Park traveled to Taiwan to film a music video. The contract with Sidus HQ was finalized on July 16, 2010.