Jung Ho-seok, better known as J-Hope, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer. He debuted in 2013 as a member of the globally renowned boy band BTS under Big Hit Entertainment. In 2018, J-Hope released his first solo mixtape, Hope World, which received critical acclaim and reached number 38 on the US Billboard 200, setting a record for Korean solo artists at the time. He became the first BTS member to chart as a soloist on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019 with the single Chicken Noodle Soup featuring Becky G. J-Hope continued his solo career with the release of his debut studio album Jack in the Box in 2022 and the single On the Street with J. Cole in 2023.