Rapper Noel (Jang Yong-jun), the son of People Power Party lawmaker Jang Je-won, who caused controversy for drunk driving, is causing controversy by mentioning the 'Chun Doo-hwan era' in his lyrics. Some criticized it for ridiculing the victims of the military dictatorship of the Chun Doo-hwan regime and disparaging the value of the democratization movement.
Noel released the song ‘Gang Gang Gang?’ on SoundCloud on the 13th. This song contains the lyrics, "Hey, my fans, raise your heads/It's not a diss song, this is fan service//The company I walked out on/The company that started fighting against each other/If it were the Chun Doo-hwan era/If you touched me, I'd go straight to the basement."
This is the result of targeting rapper Flicky Bang. When Flicky Bang appeared on the 'Rising Verse' of the YouTube channel 'Dingo Freestyle' and criticized Noel's past drunk driving conviction with the lyrics, "I grew up eating soybean paste stew, but I never drank and drove," he released a diss song in response. will be.
This is not the first time Noel's lyrics have been controversial. On the 11th, Noel wrote, “One day, two days, three days, a week goes by,” in the lyrics of “Like You,” one of the songs included in the new album <Triponoel>. Three days means the third day. The fourth day was written as 'four days', and Noel was embroiled in controversy over the misuse of lyrics by writing the fourth day as 'three days'.
In September 2021, Noel was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison and 2 years of probation for causing a drunk driving traffic accident and switching drivers in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Last year, he was involved in an accident while driving without a license in Seocho-gu, Seoul. At the time, Noel was arrested and indicted on charges of failing to comply with the police's request for a breathalyzer test and causing bodily harm, and was sentenced to one year in prison. He was released from the detention center in October of last year.
Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr