Draft:Hwang Hyun-jin

Hwang Hyunjin (born on March 20, 2000), known mononymously as Hyunjin is a South Korean rapper and singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, debuted in 2018 under the music label JYP Entertainment. He hosted the Korean television music program Show! Music Core from February 16, 2019 to February 20, 2021.

Early life
Hwang Hyunjin was born in March 20, 2000 in Seoul, South Korea as an only child in his family. His family owns a dog named Kkami. As a child, he attended kindergarten in Las Vegas, Nevada where he used the English name Sam. Hwang got scouted on the street by JYP Entertainment scout team when he went shopping with his mother in his third year of middle school.

In February 2019, Hwang Hyunjin graduated from School of Performing Arts Seoul.

2017–present : Pre-Debut & Stray Kids
He trained for around 1 year 6 months before debuting in Stray Kids. In 2017, he appeared in JYP survival show called Stray Kids, a show which allowed him to debut as Stray Kids member. Later, JYP Entertainment released all their performed song in the survival show as a pre-debut Stray Kids EP Mixtape, including "4419", the first song Hwang participated in the production process.

Hyunjin officially debuted with Stray Kids on March 25, 2018 with EP I Am Not. In this album, he also participated in the lyrics making of song "Mixtape #1". In 2019, Hwang became one of the presenters of Show! Music Core with SF9's Chani and Gugudan's Mina, and debuted as an actor through a streaming television series A-Teen 2 as a cameo on the last episode with fellow Stray Kids member, I.N.

In May 2023, Hyunjin attended Dua Lipa and Donatella's "La Vacanza" collection in Cannes. In that event, he also met Troye Sivan who later collaborated with Hyunjin in one of his song. In July 2023, he also attended "La Vacanza" pop-up store opening event.

Legacy
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Endorsements
In 2021, Hyunjin alongside members Lee Know and Felix became the endorser for Italian luxury label Etro's unisex Earthbeat sneaker. Killian Paris

Fashion
In July 2023, Hyunjin officially got appointed as a new Global Brand Ambassador of the Italian luxury house, Versace. He is the first Korean Star to become a Versace global ambassador. His first step as the role is to front the Versace Holiday 2023 campaign, composed of images and videos, that launched in November of the same year.

Hyunjin attended the 'Versace Fall-Winter 2024 fashion show' held in Milan on February 23 with all black styling. According to Lefty, a global influencer marketing platform, Hyunjin was selected as the most prominent participant at Milan Fashion Week 24FW, generating $4.02 million in EMV (Expected Monetary Value) with one post on his personal SNS channel. On March 13, fashion magazine Vogue Business mentioned Hyunjin as the celebrity with the highest SNS engagement rate of over 37% with just one post during the Versace show. In May 2024, he made his Met Gala debut with Stray Kids as the guest of Tommy Hilfiger.

Philanthropy
On February 16, 2023, it was reported that Hwang Hyunjin participated in donating ₩100 million (equivalent to $77,590 in 2023) through the international relief organization, The Promise, to aid the relief efforts following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. His contributions made him appointed as a member of the honors club on March 30th. In 2024, to celebrate his birthday, he donated $100 million (equivalent to $75,220 in 2024) to the Snail of Love, a social welfare organization that provides hearing-impaired people with artificial cochlear surgery and hearing aids to help them find sound, supports social adaptation of hearing children, and provides education to improve public awareness.

Songwriting credits
All song credits are adapted from KOMCA, unless stated otherwise.