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Gong Minzy, or Gong Min-ji (born January 18, 1994), is a South Korean recording artist. She was born in Seoul, South Korea. Gong Min-ji was discovered by YG Entertainment. There was a video of her dancing that was uploaded onto the internet, and got many hits and praises for her ability to dance. Because of her rising popularity through the internet, YG contacted her and recruited her. She was placed into girl group 2NE1 along with three other members.

Biography Gong Min-ji was born in Seoul, South Korea, but moved to the countryside shortly thereafter. Min-ji is the granddaughter of Gong Ok-jin, a legendary folk dancer

Gong Min-ji was discovered by YG Entertainment. There was a video of her dancing that was uploaded onto the internet, and got many hits and praises for her ability to dance. Because of her rising popularity through the internet, YG contacted her and recruited her. She was placed into girl group 2NE1 along with three other members. They debuted in 2009 with "Lollipop," a collaboration with label mates Big Bang, when Min-ji was fifteen years old.[1] The song reached number one on the Gaon Charts, but questions were raised about whether the group could survive on its own.[3] In May the same year, the group had their official debut with the single "Fire," that reached number one again along with follow-up promotional single "I Don't Care."[4] The mini-album 2NE1 went on to sell over 100,000 copies.[5]

After initial success with 2NE1, the group went on a temporary year-long hiatus with each member releasing their own singles. Dara released "Kiss," Bom released "You and I," and CL and Minzy released "Please Don't Go." The song was the lowest performing of the three solo singles but still managed to chart at number six on the monthly charts.[6] After all the members released individual singles, the band released "Follow Me" which landed at number one for the week of February 13.[4] In September, the group had their comeback with album To Anyone with a triple hit title tracks namely "Go Away", "Clap Your Hands", and "Can't Nobody" wherein it also included "Please Don't Go." The album went on to sold 150,000 copies