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San E 정산
San E at the Friendship Super Show on October 14, 2017
Background information
Born	Jung San (1985-01-23)January 23, 1985 (age 40) Bupyeong District,Incheon, South Korea
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2008 (2008)–present
Labels	JYP Brand New FameUs Entertainment
Spouse	Unknown ​ (m. 2022)​

Jung San (Korean: 정산; born(1985-01-23)January 23, 1985),^[1] more commonly known by his stage nameSan E (산이), is a South Korean rapper.^[2] He debuted in 2010 underJYP Entertainment, where he was the label's first solo rapper. He left the company in 2013 to sign with hip hop labelBrand New Music.^[3] He left the company in 2018^[4] and established hip hop label FameUs Entertainment in 2019.^[5]

San E has released one full-length album:The Boy Who Cried Wolf (2015), and three extended plays:Everybody Ready? (2010),'Not' Based on the True Story (2013), andSeason of Suffering (2017).^[3][6] San E has received several major awards, including Best Hip Hop Song at the 2010Korean Music Awards,^[7] Best Rap Performance at the2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards,^[8] and the Hip Hop Award at the 2016Golden Disc Awards^[9] and at the 2016Seoul Music Awards.^[10]

San E was born on January 23, 1985, in South Korea. He moved with his family toAtlanta, Georgia, US, when he was amiddle school student because his parents had been struggling financially as a result of the1997 Asian financial crisis.^[11] He attended theUniversity of Georgia, where he majored in graphic design.^[12]

San E released his first mixtapesReady To Be Signed andReady To Be Famous in 2008 and 2009, respectively. As a way to draw attention to his self-released music, San E jokingly dissed established underground rapperVerbal Jint in one of his songs. The diss brought him attention from the Korean hip hop community and from Verbal Jint himself, who invited San E to join his hip hop crew, Overclass.^[2][13][14]

Still unsigned, San E won Best Hip Hop Song at the 2010Korean Music Awards for the track "Rap Genius."^[15] Soon after, he became the first solo rapper to sign withJYP Entertainment, one of the "big three" records labels in the k-pop industry.^[16] That September, he released his first mini-album,Everybody Ready?, which featured fellow JYP Entertainment artistsMin (ofMiss A), andJoo andYeeun (ofWonder Girls). He debuted several days later on the television music show,M Countdown, with his single "Tasty San," featuring Min.^[17] In November, San E started another round of promotions for the single, "LoveSick," the music video for which starred label mateSohee ofWonder Girls.^{[18][unreliable source?]}

In 2011, San E released several singles, including "Please Don't Go," a collaboration with rapperOutsider and singerLee Changmin (of2AM).^{[19][unreliable source?]} The song reached #14 on theGaon Digital Chart, making it his highest charted song while contracted under JYP Entertainment.^[20] He also collaborated that year withVerbal Jint,Beenzino,Swings, and other artists on the single "Stand Up, Japan!" which benefited Japan's relief efforts after theTohoku tsunami.^{[21][unreliable source?]}

In April 2013, San E ended his contract with JYP Entertainment, saying that he was leaving on good terms.^{[22][unreliable source?]} That June, he joined hip hop label,Brand New Music, home to his Overclass crew mate,Verbal Jint.^{[23][unreliable source?]} San E achieved his first #1 hit on theGaon Digital Chart with the song, "Story of Someone I Know," from the album'Not' Based on the True Story.^{[24][unreliable source?][25]} His next three singles, "Where Did You Sleep?" (feat.Verbal Jint andSwings), "Break-Up Dinner" (feat.Sanchez ofPhantom), and "What's Wrong With Me" (feat.Kang Min Hee), all reached the top ten of the Gaon Digital Chart.^[26][27][28] San E's success continued with the single "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness," a collaboration withRaina (ofAfter School). The song was an instant hit and achieved #1 on ten music charts shortly after its debut.^{[29][unreliable source?]} The song went on to win awards that year at theGaon Chart K-Pop Awards, theMelOn Music Awards, and theSeoul Music Awards.^{[30][unreliable source?][31][unreliable source?][32][unreliable source?]} His next single, "Body Language" (featuringBumkey), was also a #1 hit, topping both the Gaon Digital Chart and seven Korean real-time music charts shortly after its release, despite its 19+ rating.^{[33][unreliable source?][34]} In June 2017, San E was featured inHyoyeon's single "Wannabe".^[35] San E was also the rap mentor forKBS2's survival show,The Unit.^[36]

In late 2018, Brand New Music terminated San E's contract after the rapper made a series of controversial remarks aboutfeminism.^[4][37]

In 2019, San E established hip hop label FameUs Entertainment and recruited rappers Errday, Malkey, andBe'O. They released their first compilation albumGod FameUs on April 9, 2020.^[5]

San-E married his girlfriend in a private ceremony on September 24, 2022, inCheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.^[38]

On September 13th, 2025, San E announced he and his wife were expecting their first child.

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