Code Kunst


Jo Sung-woo, better known by his stage name Code Kunst, is a South Korean composer and music producer. He joined the record label HIGHGRND in September 2015, and released his third studio album Muggle's Mansion on February 28, 2017. In June 2018, he moved to the record label AOMG. In July 2018, it was confirmed he would be appearing as a judge alongside Paloalto on the reality survival show, Show Me the Money 777.

Life and career

The word "Kunst" means "Art" in German, therefore the stage name Code Kunst has a meaning of "the music I produced will become arts." Code Kunst started his music career relevantly later in his life, after serving in the military. He adds a lot of vocal chopping in his music which became one of his unique music styles.
In September, 2015, Code Kunst joined the label HIGHGRND under YG Entertainment due to the impact of Tablo, and released his third album Muggle's Mansion in February, 2017. He left HIGHGRND and joined AOMG in June 2018. He is also a member of Legit Goons crew, which consists of composers, rappers, engineers, and filmmakers.

Survival shows

In 2018, Code Kunst collaborated with various Korean hip-hop artists including Nafla, Loopy, Kid Milli, etc. In September 2018, Code Kunst officially appeared in the Korean Hip-Hop survival show Show Me the Money 777 as one of the judges. He then was nominated by Korean Hip-Hop Awards for Best Producer in 2019.
Loopy and Kid Milli from his team won second and third place in Show Me the Money 777.
In 2019, Code Kunst, along with Jay Park, Simon Dominic, Woo Won-jae, and Gray, appeared as judges on the audition program Signhere started by Korean Hip-hop label AOMG and MBN.
Same year in 2019, Code Kunst appeared in another Hip-hop reality survival program High School Rapper 3. Code Kunst was in the same team with The Quiett. Together they produced "Go High", sang by female rapper Lee Young-ji, who became the final winner to the show.

Filmography

Television

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles