Dok2, 300 million won in taxes and non-payment of health insurance premiums
National Health Insurance Corporation: “You will be able to afford to pay health insurance premiums.”
A series of rumors… Supercars, luxury watches, overconsumption shed new light
National Health Insurance Corporation: “You will be able to afford to pay health insurance premiums.”
A series of rumors… Supercars, luxury watches, overconsumption shed new light
Rapper Dok2 (real name Lee Jun-myeong) owed more than 10 million won in health insurance premiums. Dok2, who previously did not even pay 300 million won in taxes. Coupled with the news of his habitual non-payment, his past spending habits were also reexamined.
On the 1st, a list of the four major insurance premiums and habitual defaulters was released on the National Health Insurance Corporation website. The posted list included Dok2.
Dogi had delinquent health insurance premiums of 16.66 million won from 2018 to 2019, and his personal information was disclosed for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. Since the standard for arrears is 2021, the amount is expected to rise further.
The National Health Insurance Corporation is disclosing the list of those who have not paid health insurance premiums worth more than 10 million won for more than a year after giving them an opportunity to voluntarily pay and explain for a certain period of time. Those who are judged to have the ability to pay health insurance premiums but are not paying are eligible for the list.
Dok2 is a person who has shown off his wealth since his debut in the entertainment industry in 2005. He confessed his unfortunate childhood and adorned himself with luxury watches and supercars. People clapped despite excessive consumption. The reason was the success he achieved on his own.
He also had a great influence on domestic rappers. This is because he gained public awareness through Mnet's 'Show Me the Money' and is the person who brought the hip-hop genre to the mainstream. He is also the rapper who has benefited the most from the 'hip-hop popularity' that has lasted for about 10 years.
What Dok2 insisted on was ‘showing coolness.’ What you buy, where you live, who you hang out with, and how you express yourself. As a celebrity in recent years, he has earned money through popularity and attention.
Dok2’s ‘bragging about money’ ended three years ago. He received jewelry worth 270 million won on credit three times in 2018. The 270 million won put on credit was not paid. At that time, the popularity of Dok2 was at its peak. Don't pay too much for jewelry just because it's famous.
Dok2 later explained that it was “for sponsorship purposes.” The controversy led to a legal battle, and the court decided to force Dok2 to pay about 45 million won.
In the end, Dok2 was disgraced. He disbanded the label he was working for, ‘Illionaire Records’, and headed straight to the United States. Although he is interacting with famous rappers in the United States, he is unable to produce any musical results. The decline in interest in Dok2 in Korea played a role.
Recently, it was announced that he was delinquent in taxes by 300 million won. Tax arrears on jewelry credit. Now, I am faced with the rumor that I have not paid my health insurance premiums. His past appearance shows that he has the ability, and the corporation has also recognized this and made the list public.
Dok2 is said to have survived a week on just one bowl of ramen as a child. He may not have known that decades later he would become an adult obsessed with ‘greed for money.’
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr