Kanto

Kanto
Concept photo for Celebration
Background
Other name(s)	Choi Kanto
Birth name	Choi Kwang-ryul (최광렬)
Birth date	May 23, 1994 (1994-05-23)
Birth place	Seoul, South Korea
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Career
Occupation	Rapper, songwriter
Group debut	March 14, 2014
Solo debut	October 25, 2013
Years active	2012–present
Agency	DREAL FUTURE (2023–present) Brand New Music (2013–2023)
Associations	TROY The Unit
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Kanto (칸토) is a South Korean rapper-songwriter under DREAL FUTURE. He is a former member of the boy group TROY.

He debuted as a solo artist on October 25, 2013 with the digital single "What You Want".

Discography

Studio albums Celebration (2022) EPs 30 (2024) Mini albums 14216 (2016) Repetition (2018) Mixtapes Initial Step (2012) Digital singles "What You Want" (2013) "Before the Snow" (2014) "Girl" (2016) "YOSM" (2016) "Down" (2018) "Rain DDuk" (2019) "Out Of The Blue" (2020) "Favorite" (2020) "I'm So Fine" (2020) "The Reason I Love That Old Song" (2023) "Horror Movie" (2023) "Recycling" (2024) "SWDITB" (2024) "??" (2024) "Berlin" (2024)

Collaborations "Brand New Year" (Various Artists) (2012) "Brand New Year Vol.2" (with Various Artists) (2014) "Call Me Sister" (with Kang Min Hee) (2014) "Brand New Year Vol.3 - Brand New Day" (Various Artists) (2014) "Brand New Year 2015 'Brand New Shit'" (Various Artists) (2015) "Holyhood Present Vol.2" (with Hanhae) (2017) "Won" (with Dough-Boy) (2018) "Dejavu" (with Wonderframe) (2019) "BrandNew Year 2019 'Do That BrandNew Thing'" (with Various Artists) (2019) "BrandNew Year 2020 'BrandNew Up'" (with Various Artists) (2020) "Playlist" (with Kim Dong Hyun, Lee Dae Hwi, Hong Seong Jun, Yun Jung Hwan, Lee Eun Sang, Gree) (2021) "BrandNew Year 2021 'TEN: The Ever New BrandNew'" (with Various Artists) (2021) "BrandNew Year 2022 'BrandNew V1s1on'" (with Various Artists) (2022) "Wang" (with Boombastic) (2024) Features H - "Lose Control" (2013) Younha - "All-Day, Everyday" (2014) 15& - "Love is Madness" (2015) Seo In Young - "Lies" (2015) KittiB & Jace - "So Busy" (2016) Lee Boram - "Spring and Spring" (2017) Rooree - "Raining" (2019) Oh Hayoung - "Nobody" (2019) OSTs "Potato Star 2013QR3 OST Part.1" (with DinDin) (2013)

Filmography

Reality shows

• Show Me the Money 2 (Mnet, 2013)
• The Unit (KBS2, 2017–2018) - contestant
• Good Girl (Mnet, 2020) - guest (Episodes 1-2)

Variety show

• New Festa (2022) (ep. 4)

Gallery

The Unit

Repetition

"Won"

"Out Of The Blue" (1)

"Out Of The Blue" (2)

"Favorite" (1)

"Favorite" (2)

"Favorite" (3)

"Favorite" (4)

"Favorite" (5)

"Favorite" (6)

"Favorite" (7)

"Favorite" (8)

"BrandNew Year 2021 'TEN: The Ever New BrandNew'"

Celebration (1)

Celebration (2)

Celebration (3)

Celebration (4)

Celebration (5)

Official links

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter