Kpop: Heize (헤이즈)

Heize was a semi-finalist in the latest season of korean Unpretty Rapstar, where female rappers battle it out, and it was probably just a quastion of time before she got som solo succes and I think with what the two singles so far has shown it should come true. I hope her not being part of a group shouldn't be to big a disadvantage. As many other contestants, outside the hiphop competition she sings mostly non-rap songs, Heize going for the soulful and it seems to suit her, and she and Dean really seems to have something going musically.

• Heize ft Dean, DJ Fritz - And July
• Heize ft Dean - Shut Up & Groove

Kpop: Jessi (제시)

Jessi (real name Ho Hyun-ju), known from Lucky J but all the more as a successful rapper in korean show Unpretty Rapstar, grew up in New York and New Jersey. She moved to Korea when she was 15 to pursue her music career. She has a badass attitude, and together with a full voice very much unusual in korean rap, she has established her own niche in this hip hop scene. Her videos of "Ssenunni" is a perfect example of this.

• Jessi - Ssenunni ("Fierce Unni/Fierce elder sister", 쎈언니)
• Jessi - Ssenunni (live, Music Core)
• Jessi - I want to be me (나이고 싶어)