- Steve Kim
Infobox Korean name
hangul=김상욱
hanja=
rr=Gim Sang-uk
mr=Kim SangukSteve Kim (born
April 16 1977 [cite web|url=http://people.naver.com/search/people_detail.nhn?id=8392|title=스티브 김|work=Naver People|accessdate=2007-05-30. See also [http://people.empas.com/people/info/11/96/1196/] ] ) is a Korean-American hip hop artist who is a member of the Korean hip-hop group Uptown. He is also known by the alias Kwon. He was also one half of the now defunct hip-hop duoUptown 3000 .Wrongfully accused of murder
On December 11, 2004, Man Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American was found murdered in the backyard of his parents Burbank home. Kim had been seen leaving the scene by witnesses and was considered a primary suspect by Burbank police. After going into hiding for several days, Kim turned himself in at Burbank police headquarters on December 14. [cite web|url=http://www.knbc.com/news/3995377/detail.html|date=2004-12-14|title=Rapper Arrested In Connection With Slaying|work=KNBC.com|accessdate=2007-05-30]
Music career comeback in Korea
In 2006, Kim returned to
South Korea to make a comeback with original Uptown members, Carlos Galvan and Chris Jung. In May 2006, their new album "Testimony" was released.Drugs
In May 2008, Steve Kim along with vocal trainer Park Sun Joo were facing investigations of using the illegal drug MDMA, better known as ecstasy.
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