G-Dragon, born Kwon Ji-Yong, is a rapper from Seoul, South Korea who also writes and produces. At the age of 11, he signed to YG Entertainment and, a few years later, joined his label's popular group Big Bang, for which he wrote and produced a significant amount of material. November 2008's Remember topped Korea's Gaon chart, while most of the group's releases in Japan were certified gold. In August 2009, Kwon released his first solo album, Heartbreaker; a major success, it also topped the Gaon chart. He and fellow Big Bang member TOP then collaborated on December 2010's GD & TOP, a set that was more R&B and rap-oriented than their group's dance-pop-leaning releases. Kwon then issued his first solo EP, One of a Kind, which topped the Billboard World Albums chart. The September 2012 release was led by another chart-topping single, an acoustic ballad titled "That XX," as well as the hit "Crayon."

In 2013, Kwon released his sophomore set, Coup d'Etat, which featured appearances by Diplo, Baauer, Missy Elliot, Boys Noize, Sky Ferreira, and Jennie Kim from BlackPink. Once again topping the Gaon and the Billboard World Albums charts, Coup also won World's Best Album at the 2014 World Music Awards. Forays into fashion and art followed, as Kwon featured on a number of high-profile collaborations, including "Good Boy" with Taeyang (2014); "Dirty Vibe" with Skrillex, Diplo, and CL (2014); and "Temple" with Baauer and M.I.A. (2016). Kwon's second EP, the self-titled Kwon Ji-Yong, arrived in the summer of 2017. The five-song set -- released only as a USB -- topped the Billboard World Albums chart and Japan's Oricon digital chart, making G-Dragon the first Korean artist to do so.
G-Dragon has endorsed merchandise for Shinsegae Department Store with 49 % of sales of the Store sales due to him He is the brand ambassador of Chanel in Korea and collaborated with 8 Seconds participating in design and production process of their line of clothing. He won SIA’s Style Icon Top 10 and Style Icon of the Year Awards in 2013. He created in 2016 his signature style brand Peaceminusone selling his designed clothes and merchandise online.
In 2017, he released a solo EP titled ‘Kwon Ji Young’ on a USB flash drive and not on compact disc.The album topped the Billboard’s World Albums charts and Japan’s Oricon Digital charts, with more than 1.1 million sales. The single ‘Untitled, 2014’ reached number one position on major Korean music charts and the album topped iTunes album charts in 39 countries. It received Platinum certification from China (Ku Gou) music streaming and download service.