Sik-K

Sik-K
Sik-K in 2020
Sik-K in 2020
Background information
Born
Kwon Min-sik

(1994-02-26) February 26, 1994 (age 32)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres
OccupationsRapper, Singer
InstrumentVocals
Years active2015–present
LabelKC
Korean name
Hangul
권민식
RRGwon Minsik
MRKwŏn Minsik

Kwon Min-sik (Korean: 권민식; born February 26, 1994), known professionally as Sik-K (식케이), is a South Korean rapper. His stage name is derived from the English ordering of his birth name, Min-sik Kwon, with "Sik-K" taken from "-sik Kwon". He appeared on Show Me the Money 4 in 2015, and released his first EP Flip in 2016. Sik-K was signed to H1GHR Music from 2017 to 2022, before founding his own label in 2023. He has received awards from the Korean Hip-hop Awards and the Korean Music Awards.

Early life and education

Kwon Min-sik was born on February 26, 1994, and has an older sister. He attended Balsan Middle School, and subsequently moved to Vancouver, Canada with his family, where he attended Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. After his graduation, Kwon returned to South Korea. He majored in Business Administration at Sejong University, and later dropped out.

Career

In 2015, Sik-K first garnered attention on Show Me the Money 4. Shortly after, Sik-K appeared on Jay Park's 2015 album WORLDWIDE on the track "F*ckboy" as a featured artist alongside other South Korean rappers BewhY and Ugly Duck. He released his first EP, Flip, on July 20, 2016. Kwon was also active as a member of Yelows Mob, a Korean hip-hop collective that toured Europe that year. Sik-K became associated with a melodic style that blends rapping and singing, and he has said that he prefers not to define his releases only within traditional hiphop categories. Sik-K joined Jay Park's label H1GHR Music upon its founding in 2017 and in 2022, left the label when his contract expired. In 2023, Kwon created his own label under the name KC or Kwonminsik Company.

Personal life

Kwon enlisted in the army for his mandatory military enlistment on June 29, 2020. His label H1GHR Music announced his discharge in December 2021.

In May 2025, Sik-K was sentenced by the Seoul Western District Court to ten months in prison, with a two year suspension, for charges related to drug use. The court also ordered probation and 40 hours of drug relapse prevention education. According to prosecutors, the charges included the use of ketamine and ecstasy in October 2023, and the smoking and possession of marijuana in January 2024.

In April 2026, prosecutors appealed the first-trial sentence and again requested a prison sentence of three years and six months. His legal representatives asked the court to dismiss the appeal, citing his voluntary confession and stating that he had remained off drugs for two years.

Following the first-trial sentence, Sik-K's scheduled appearance at Waterbomb Seoul 2025 drew media attention because prosecutors had appealed the ruling and the case was remained ongoing. Waterbomb later stated that it planned to proceed with the appearance, while also saying that the decision could be reviewed depending on the appeal result and changes in public response. In April 2026, Sik-K appeared by video during HAON's final-stage performance on Show Me the Money 12, which aired on the same day as his first appeal hearing.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work / Recipient Result
2017 Korean Hip-hop Awards Collaboration of the Year "Eung Freestyle" — LIVE, Sik-K, Punchnello, Owen Ovadoz, and Flowsik Won
2025 Korean Hip-hop Awards Artist of the Year Sik-K Won
Collaboration of the Year "FASHO" Won
Music Video of the Year "KC (BUST IT DOWN)" — Sik-K and HAON featuring Leellamarz Won
2026 Korean Hip-hop Awards Artist of the Year Sik-K Won
Hip-hop Album of the Year K-FLIP+ — Sik-K and Lil Moshpit Won
Hip-hop Track of the Year "LOV3" — Sik-K and Lil Moshpit featuring Bryan Chase and Okasian Won
Collaboration of the Year "LOV3" — Sik-K and Lil Moshpit featuring Bryan Chase and Okasian Won
Best Rap & Hip-hop Album K-FLIP+ — Sik-K and Lil Moshpit Won
Best Rap & Hip-hop Song "LOV3" — Sik-K and Lil Moshpit Won

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
FL1P
  • Released: February 26, 2019
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Flip : FL1P"
  2. "Noizy"
  3. "19 Cayenne Freestyle"
  4. "Vanessa" (with Crush)
  5. "Love Aches"
  6. "Fxck.That.Flower"
  7. "Outta My Head"
  8. "Mi Casa Es Tu Casa" (with Jessi & The Quiett)
  9. "Xibal"
  10. "Addict"
  11. "Fire"
  12. "Runnin'"
  13. "R.I.P (Rest in Party)"
  14. "Sorry (1000)" (with Crush)
 28
  • KOR: 2,541
Headliner
  • Released: June 11, 2020
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Headliner Str8bars (Big Celebration)"
  2. "RSVP"
  3. "Uno Gotta Run"
  4. "Need Her"
  5. "Hater" (with Haon)
  6. "Joe"
  7. "Darling" (with Crush)
  8. "New Love"
  9. "She's Gone"
  10. "Addy" (with Moon)
  11. "Too Picky"
  12. "12:45"
  13. "Nirvana"
  14. "Bae"
  15. "IBTFY" (with pH-1)
  16. "Tell Ya!"
 32
  • KOR: 2,720
Pop A Lot
  • Released: August 9, 2023
  • Label: KC, Dreamus
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Stupid I Guess"
  2. "See You in Every Party"
  3. "5882 (Oppa ASAP)"
  4. "Exotic & Toxic"
  5. "The Sik"
  6. "I Wonder" (featuring Big Naughty)
  7. "Got Lost"
  8. "On the Phone" (featuring Uhm Jung-hwa)
  9. "Sorry, I Hate You" (featuring B.I)
  10. "Can You Not?" (featuring Leellamarz)
  11. "Dirty" (featuring Be'O)
  12. "Give Me Lit" (featuring M Huncho)
  13. "Stay"
  14. "PLUTO PLUTo PLUto PLuto Pluto"
  15. "Alright" (featuring pH-1, Haon & Jay Park)
  16. "Plz"
  17. "28"
 54 KOR: 1,486

Extended plays

Title EP details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
Flip
  • Released: July 20, 2016
  • Label: OTC
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Zero Fucks Is Given"
  2. "Cha Cha"
  3. "Rendezvous"
  4. "No Where" (featuring Loco)
  5. "Act Different" (featuring Mac Kidd)
  6. "God Damn"
  7. "Habibi"
  8. "Don't Play" (featuring Punchnello)
  9. "I Call It Love"
  10. "Alcohol" (with Jay Park)
  11. "#yelowsmobbin"
 —
H.A.L.F (Have.A.Little.Fun)
  • Released: June 5, 2017
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Ring Ring" (with Gaeko)
  2. "Party (Shut Down)" (with Crush)
  3. "Henny"
  4. "Chit Chat Ting" (with Herr Nayne)
  5. "Too Many" (with Jay Park)
  6. "Interlude: 24 7 365"
  7. "XYZ"
  8. "A Lil Bit" (with Simon Dominic and The Quiett)
  9. "Somebody Else"
  10. "Have a Little Fun" (with DPR Live)
 39
  • KOR: 750
Boycold
  • Released: September 21, 2017
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. "Your Night"
  2. "Earphone"
  3. "Get That Money"
  4. "Ex" (with Cha Cha Malone)
  5. "H1gher Gang" (with Jay Park and pH-1)
 43
Trapart
  • Released: January 19, 2018
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Young Boy"
  2. "YeLowS Gang" (with Herr Nayne and Woodie Gochild)
  3. "Fuck It Up"
  4. "Link Up"
  5. "Another 0" (with The Quiett)
  6. "Never Know" (with Loco)
  7. "Lil Baby"
  8. "Not My Type"
  9. "Boom" (with Loopy)
  10. "Choppy" (with Herr Nayne)
  11. "Never Know" (with Ye Ali)
 —
Officially OG
  • Released: March 24, 2020
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "VJ Is Classic"
  2. "No Hook" (with Paloalto and The Quiett)
  3. "Hear Me"
  4. "30min" (with Simon Dominic)
  5. "Soap Seoul"
  6. "Season Off"
  7. "Do Main 2020" (with Lil Boi, Takewon, Ugly Duck & Zico)
  8. "Water" (with Haon, Jay Park, Woodie Gochild & pH-1)
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborative albums and mixtapes

Title Album details
S.O.S (Sink Or Swim) (with Coogie)
  • Released: September 24, 2019
  • Label: H1ghr Music
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Drowning"
  2. "Two Everything" (with Giriboy)
  3. "Wet the Bed"
  4. "Goin' Up"
  5. "Summer Snack" (with The Quiett)
  6. "h1gherATM Freestyle"
Album on the Way! (with Haon)
  • Released: May 18, 2023
  • Label: KC
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "Shawty Wanna Wait"
  2. "Crash Mercedes"
  3. "Bitch Boy" (featuring Leellamarz)
  4. "Maybe I'm Kcrazy"
  5. "Balaclava Babies" (featuring Blase)
  6. "POV: God" (featuring Ourealgoat, ShyboyTobii)
  7. "I Can't See You"
  8. "Abu Dhabi D-day Freestyle" (featuring Theo)
  9. "Locked-In"
3=1 (with Haon and Leellamarz)
  • Released: February 21, 2024
  • Label: Ambition Musik
  • Formats: Digital download
KCTape, Vol. 1 (with Haon and Vangdale)
  • Released: May 22, 2024
  • Label: KC
  • Formats: Digital download
Track listing
  1. "X"
  2. "GIOTL"
  3. "Hella Dope" (featuring Icecream Drum, Leellamarz and White Punk)
  4. "Go DJ" (featuring Jibin)
  5. "Cybertruck Beastmode"
  6. "Beat the Case"
  7. "I Like It" (featuring Leellamarz)
  8. "Sohohouse Paris"
  9. "What the Deal" (featuring Coogie)
KCTape, Vol. 2 (with Haon and Vangdale)
  • Released: July 30, 2024
  • Label: KC
  • Formats: Digital download
K-Flip (with Lil Moshpit)
  • Released: January 8, 2025
  • Label: KC, AT AREA
  • Formats: Digital download
KC2.5 (with Haon, Jmin, Nowimyoung and vangdale)
  • Released: August 8, 2025
  • Label: KC
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
"Better Life" 2015 — Non-album singles
"Untitled" (제목미정) (featuring Crucial Star and Taylor) —
"I Call It Love" 2016 — Flip
"No Where" (featuring Loco) —
"Rendezvous" (랑데뷰) —
"Ring Ring" (featuring Gaeko) — H.A.L.F (Have.A.Little.Fun)
"Fly" 2017 —
"Party (Shut Down)" (featuring Crush) 97
  • KOR: 21,820
"Your Night" (너의 밤) — Boycold
"Choppy" (마음이) (featuring Herr Nayne) 2018 — Trapart
"Yellows Gang" (featuring Herr Nayne and Woodie Gochild) —
"Plus It" — Non-album singles
"Skip and Kiss" (그래 그냥 내게 바로) —
"Xibal" (X발) — FL1P
"Fire" —
"Addict" 2019 —
"Noizy" —
"Why You?" — Non-album singles
"Is It Love?" (featuring Moon Su-jin) —
"Water" (featuring Woodie Gochild, pH-1, Haon and Jay Park) — Officially OG
"Hear Me" (몰라) 2020 —
"Tell Ya!" — Headliner
"Darling" (달링) (featuring Crush) —
"5882 (Oppa ASAP)" 2023 — Pop a Lot
"See You in Every Party" —
"Trap" (featuring Jimmy Paige) 2024 — Non-album single
"Lov3" (featuring Bryan Chase and Okasian) 2025 103 K-Flip+
"Karma Collector" (with Haon and Nowimyoung) 2026 137 KC3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
"Respect" (with Lil Boi and Geegooin, featuring Loco, Gray and DJ Pumkin) 2015 6
  • KOR: 411,916
 Show Me the Money 4
"Stylin'" (with Supreme Boi and Elles) 2016 — Non-album single
"Decalcomanie" (데칼코마니) (with Imlay) 2017 — SM Station Season 2
"Just U" (with Jeong Se-woon) 24
  • KOR: 130,091
 Ever
"Iffy" (with pH-1 and Jay Park) 99
  • KOR: 20,106
 Non-album singles
"Garasadae" (가라사대) (with pH-1 and Woodie Gochild) 2018 —
"On The Road" (with Ted Park, pH-1 and Woodie Gochild) —
"Kitkat" (with Woodie Gochild, Haon and pH-1) —
"All Night" (까만밤) (with Soyou) 59 Re:Fresh
"119 Remix" (with various artists) — Non-album singles
"The Fearless Ones" (with The Quiett, Beenzino and Changmo) 2019 —
"Giddy Up" (with Haon, pH-1, Woodie Gochild and Jay Park) 120
"Gang Official Remix" (with pH-1, Jay Park and Haon) 2020 4
"TTM" (with B.I and Reddy) 2023 —
"Day Off" (with Haon) —
"KC (Bust It Down)" (with Haon, featuring Leellamarz) 2024 —
"Tell Me Tell Me" (as M-Flo Loves Sik-K) 2026 — M-Flo's Superliminal
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
"Don't Be Shy" (Crush featuring Sik-K) 2017 88 Outside
"Yacht (K)" (Jay Park featuring Sik-K) 34 Non-album single
"VVIP" (Jo Woo-chan featuring Sik-K and Gaeko) 43 Show Me the Money 6
"Boong-Boong" (붕붕) (Haon featuring Sik-K) 2018 3 High School Rapper 2
"Easy" (Wheein featuring Sik-K) 36 Soar
"Watch Me Ballin'" (빌어먹을 인연) (Coogie featuring Sik-K) 72 Show Me the Money 777

Music videos

Official music videos

Year Title Album
2015 "Better Life" My Man
2016 "알콜은 싫지만 주면 마실 수 밖에" ("Alcohol") (feat. Jay Park) FLIP
"랑데뷰" ("Rendezvous")
2017 "FLY" (prod. Groovy Room) H.A.L.F (Have.A.Little.Fun)
"party (SHUT DOWN)" (feat.Crush)
"내일 모레" ("Get that Money") (Prod. BOYCOLD) BOYCOLD
"너의 밤" ("Your Night") (Prod. BOYCOLD)
"이어폰" ("Earphone") (Prod. BOYCOLD)
2018 "YeLowS Gang" (feat. Herr Nayne, Woodie Gochild) (prod. GroovyRoom) TRAPART
"그래 그냥 내게 바로" ("Skip And Kiss") (Prod. GroovyRoom) youth.wit.purpose
"FIRE" (Prod. GroovyRoom) FL1P
2019 "ADDICT" (Prod. Girlnexxtdoor)
"NOIZY" (Prod. GroovyRoom)
"LOVE ACHES + VANESSA" (Prod. BOYCOLD)
"WATER" (Feat. Woodie Gochild, pH-1, 김하온(HAON), Jay Park) (Prod. GooseBumps) Non-album single
"침대 노래(Wet The Bed)" (Prod. GXXD) S.O.S (Sink or Swim)
2020 TELL YA!, DARLING (Feat. Crush) Short Film Headliner

Other music video appearances

Year Title Artist Album
2017 "데칼코마니" ("Decalcomanie") IMLAY and Sik-K SHURAI
"YACHT (K)" (Dance visual) Jay Park feat. Sik.K Yacht (K)
"YACHT (K)" (Choreography video)
"XINDOSHI" GroovyRoom feat. Sik.K, Loopy, Masta Wu, 김효은 (Kim Hyo-Eun) EVERYWHERE
"ADY" ("아침에 다시 얘기해") Boi B feat. Sik-K Night Vibe
"JUST U" (prod. GroovyRoom) Jeong Se-woon feat. Sik-K The 1st Mini Album, Pt.1 Ever
"Iffy" (prod. GroovyRoom) Sik-K, Jay Park, pH-1 Iffy
"Hope You're Ruined" KISSES feat. Sik-K K1sses
"I'm Good" ("아무렇지 않아") Bumzu feat. Sik-K BUMZU 3rd Mini Album '27'
2018 "Easy" Wheein feat. Sik-K Magnolia
2019 "The Fearless Ones" The Quiett, Sik-K, Beenzino, CHANGMO Non-album single
"GIDDY UP (Prod. GroovyRoom)" Sik-K, 김하온(HAON), pH-1, Woodie Gochild, 박재범 (Jay Park) Dingo x H1ghr Music
2020 장성규 – 워크맨 (feat. 식케이, 박재범) (prod. GroovyRoom) Sik-K, 장성규 (Jang Sung Kyu), 박재범 (Jay Park) Workman x H1ghr Music
2023 "TTM" B.I, Sik-K, Reddy Non-album single

Notes

  1. ↑ "119 Remix" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but it peaked at number 47 on the component Download Chart.

References

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  31. ↑ "2017년 23주차 Download Chart".
  32. ↑ Circle (formerly Gaon) Digital Chart positions:
  33. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Respect":
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