Tablo

Tablo
타블로
Tablo in September 2014
Born	Daniel Lee (1980-07-22) July 22, 1980 (age 44) Seoul, South Korea
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Lee Seon-woong Tablo
Education	Stanford University (BA, MA)
Occupations	Rapper lyricist composer record producer
Spouse	Kang Hye-jung ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop
Instruments	Vocals keyboards synthesizer sampler sequencer violin
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Woollim YG HIGHGRND William Morris Ours
Musical artist
Korean name
Hangul	이선웅
Hanja	李善雄
Revised Romanization	I Seon-ung
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Sŏnung

Daniel Armand Lee (Korean: Lee Seon-woong; Hangul: 이선웅; born July 22, 1980), better known by his stage name Tablo (Hangul: 타블로), is a Korean-Canadian hip hop recording artist, lyricist, composer and record producer. Tablo is best known as the leader and producer of veteran Korean hip-hop group Epik High, and the founder of independent music label HIGHGRND (High Ground), which housed bands Hyukoh and The Black Skirts.

Tablo became employed as a lyricist while still in high school. Under the supervision of Tobias Wolff, Tablo graduated from Stanford University with honors in English literature and creative writing. He then moved to Korea,^[1] where, in 2001, he formed Epik High alongside DJ Tukutz and Mithra Jin. The group has since released 10 full-length albums and 1 EP, with Tablo having produced and co-written all the songs. His debut solo album, Fever's End, was released in 2011.

Outside of Epik High, Tablo is a record producer and songwriter for other artists and involved in collaborative projects such as Borderline, Eternal Morning, and Anyband. His music incorporates numerous styles, ranging from trance, trip hop, to rock.^[2] Tablo is also the author of the best-selling book Pieces of You, published in both English and Korean, and Blonote. He made his film debut acting in Nonstop (2005). In 2016, Tablo left his radio show, MBC FM4U's Tablo's Dreaming Radio, after eleven years to focus on YG's music sub-label HIGHGRND.^[3][4]