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3Racha (RR: Sseuriracha, pronounced as three-racha) is a South Korean production and hip-hop sub-unit of the boy group Stray Kids, consist of 3 members Bang Chan, Chang-bin, and Han under pseudonym CB97, SpearB, and J.One respectively. The trio is credited as the main writers of Stray Kids' discography, alongside other credited producers.

3Racha have released three mixtapes on SoundCloud J:/2017/mixtape, 3Days, and Horizon independently in 2017. Several songs on these albums were later released physically as b-sides on Stray Kids albums.

Name
The group's name, 3Racha (stylized in all capital) is derived from the hot sauce, Sriracha, as a way to encourage listeners to "taste the piquant tang of their music—to feel the searing heat of their words".

2016–2018: Formation and underground release
The group was formed in 2016 by Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han, who at that that were idol trainees under JYP Entertainment while taking MIDI classes together at the JYP Entertainment Training Center. Later during an interview, Bang Chan revealed that 3racha upload their own songs on SoundCloud at that time without the company knowing about it.

On January 18, 2017, the trio released their first mixtape J:/2017/mixtape one by one every two weeks on SoundCloud and promoted it through Korean community Hiphople. The mixtape consist of seven self-produced tracks, "Intro", "Tik Tok", "Runner's High", "Don Quixote", "Eunseoki", "Wow", and "Nxt 2 U". Later one of the tracks, "Runner's High" was performed at 2017 JYP Trainee Showcase which got broadcasted as part of Stray Kids reality show episode 1.

On July 2, they performed at underground show The Ugly Junction Live(TUJL) 발아21 in Seoul. Their second mixtape, 3Days, was released on August 16. Their third mixtape, Horizon, was released on December 20.

On January 18, 2018, 3Racha released the single, "Start Line", to celebrate their first anniversary. With Stray Kids' official debut just around the corner, the theme of this song was memories of past efforts as trainees and new beginnings in the future.

2018–present: Stray Kids
On March 25, 2018, 3Racha officially debuted in Stray Kids with I Am Not. The trio remained as a producing unit who mainly wrote and composed most of Stray Kids' songs.mirohoddinaryrock-star

On September 9, The trio released a unit song titled "Zone" on YouTube for Stray Kids' SKZ-Player project alongside with a performance video. This song later be performed live by 3Racha on M Countdown StudioM Stage in 2019 then also got included in Stray Kids' SKZ-Replay compilation album on December 2022.

On August 18, 2019, 3Racha performed a special stage for the opening of KCON 2019 LA with N.Flying. On September 28, 3Racha collaborated with Ateez's Hongjoong and (G)I-dle's So-yeon to perform "Runner's High" in 2019 KCON Thailand

On January 18, 2020, they released the single, "Carpe Diem", to celebrate their third anniversary. On June 23, 3Racha performed their unreleased song "Passion" on KCON:TACT Summer 2020.

On December 2, 2021, 3Racha performed an untitled song on Asia Artist Awards 2021. On December 11, the trio performed an original verse titled "Hey, Monster!" for the opening of Stray Kids' performance on 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards

On August 20, 2022, 3Racha performed an original verse titled "Yeah" (stylized in all caps) on KCON 2022 LA. On November 30, The trio collaborated with Jung Jae-il and Tiger JK to perform an original verse titled "Music Makes One" for a special stage at the 2022 MAMA Awards.

In 2023, the trio was selected as the 3 of 25 annualy new regular members of Korea Music Copyright Association.

On September 23, 3Racha performed at the 2023 Global Citizen Festival in New York.

Won best creator award on AAA

Work on Japan Drama OST top chart

Work with Charlie Puth. songcamp

Members
Members from Stray Kids' website:


 * Bang Chan (CB97) – leader, vocalist, rapper
 * Changbin (SpearB) – rapper
 * Han (J.One) – rapper, vocalist

Each alias derives from a play on words:
 * CB97 is derived from Bang Chan's legal name, Christopher Bahng, and the year he was born, 1997.
 * SpearB is derived from the Hangul for Chang which can mean either "window" or "spear", and the "B" from the second syllable of his name, Chang-Bin.
 * J.One is derived from the Hangul for Han which means "one", and the "J" from his full name, Han Ji-Sung.

Live performances
Includes live performances by 3RACHA of unreleased songs.

Producing Credits
3Racha use their stage name for the music producing credits instead of their pseudonym. All song credits are adapted from KOMCA, unless stated otherwise.