Rapper Yang Hong-won Posts Message Hinting at Visiting Detained Labelmate Kim Gam-jeon: "You Deserve a Beating"

Rapper Yang Hong-won, 27, has drawn attention by mentioning his labelmate and junior rapper Kim Gam-jeon, 22, who was recently detained for smoking marijuana.

On September 20, Yang posted a photo on his social media story that appeared to have been taken inside a vehicle heading toward the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center. He tagged the track titled "Kim Sang-min is nothing short of a legend" as background music, hinting that he was on his way to see Kim.

Yang also wrote, "My younger brother Sangmin. You need to take a beating from your older brother once, you know that right? Your older brother really will hit you," warning and scolding his junior for causing social controversy and disappointing fans.

Earlier, Kim was detained on September 16 on charges of smoking marijuana during his probation period. Judge Yang Eun-sang, the senior warrant judge at the Seoul Western District Court, issued an arrest warrant after holding a pre-arrest interrogation (warrant review) for Kim, who faces charges under the Narcotics Control Act (marijuana), stating that there is a risk of flight and destruction of evidence. Kim is accused of smoking liquid marijuana, and the Mapo Police Station in Seoul obtained an arrest warrant from the court to arrest him on September 14, subsequently requesting an arrest warrant the following day.

Kim is signed to Indigo Music, a label led by rapper Swings (Moon Ji-hoon, 39), and previously has a confirmed criminal record for smoking marijuana. For smoking marijuana with an acquaintance in a parking lot in Seoul in May 2024, he was sentenced in April of last year to eight months in prison suspended for two years in his second trial. The first-instance court pointed out regarding Kim, "He committed the crime again despite having a history of receiving a suspension of indictment for the same type of offense. The nature of the crime is poor as it was committed in a public place."

Kim's latest detention comes approximately one year and five months after he was caught again on the same charges before his probation period had concluded.

In January, Kim appeared alongside his agency's head, Swings, on the YouTube channel SPNS TV to address the controversy surrounding his past marijuana smoking. At the time, Swings expressed deep trust in him, saying, "When Sangmin caused trouble, he left a handwritten letter in front of my house door saying, 'I am sorry for losing your trust.' There are about six people from our agency who have been to detention centers, but he was the first one to apologize to me like that first."

In April, Kim joined a diss battle between rapper BIG Naughty and Swings, releasing "Naughty Talk + VANCOUVER FLOW" alongside GGM Kimbo and Rich Iggy, with lyrics such as "Flush BIG Naughty down the toilet" drawing significant attention.

 

(Photo: SBS Entertainment News, reported by Kang Kyung-yoon)
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