South Korean K-pop R&B Celebrity Dies at 43

K-pop singer and songwriter Wheesung (born Choi Whee-sung), used to be discovered useless in his house in Seoul, South Korea on Monday evening (March 10). Consistent with The Hollywood Reporter, no reason for demise has been decided but and foul play isn’t suspected, with Seoul police pronouncing a “really extensive” period of time seemed to have handed ahead of the singer’s frame used to be came upon.

“The artist Wheesung has left us. He used to be present in cardiac arrest at his place of abode and used to be later pronounced useless,” his company, Tajoy Leisure, stated in a remark. The singer’s mom reportedly came upon his frame and known as emergency services and products.

Wheesung rose to prominence within the early 2000s together with his soulful vocals and easy R&B taste in a occupation reduce brief via a drug-use scandal.

Born on Feb. 5, 1982, Wheesung made his efficiency debut in 1999 with the K-pop boy band A4. After a brief stint within the staff, Wheesung broke solo in 2000 and launched his debut unmarried, the emotional R&B ballad “Can’t We?” in 2002, adopted via his R&B/soul-inspired debut solo album, Like a Film.

After profitable perfect new artist on the 2002 Golden Disc Awards, he dropped his sophomore effort, It’s Actual, in 2003, increasing his sound to incorporate hip-hop and dad vibes. A number of extra albums adopted in 2004 (For the Second), 2005 (Love… Love… ? Love… !) and 2007 (Everlasting Essence of Track); his most up-to-date liberate used to be the 2018 EP In House.

Wheesung bounced between quite a few other control firms within the resulting years and a decade into his solo run reverted to his early occupation level title, Realslow. His occupation went right into a downswing in 2013 when he used to be accused of the usage of the surgical anesthetic propofol — the drug that contributed to Michael Jackson’s demise — for a number of years for what he stated used to be remedy for a herniated disk and hair loss.

Inside of days in March and April in 2020, Wheesung used to be discovered handed out in public toilets close to syringes and vials containing etomidate, some other sleep-inducing drug very similar to propofol, in line with BBC Information. Following the ones incidents, his company on the time, Actual Gradual Corporate, issued a remark wherein it stated, “He has been going thru a shockingly tricky length because of the unexpected passing of his father and shut pals. He has been affected by despair and panic dysfunction and has been receiving psychiatric remedy,” in line with the Korea Bring in.

In 2021, Wheesung were given a two-year suspended sentence for abusing propofol.

The singer, who used to be additionally a well-respected manufacturer and songwriter, additionally labored with quite a few different K-pop artists, together with the woman teams Two times, T-ara and Orange Caramel, in addition to Younha, G. NA and Ailee. He used to be scheduled to co-headline a display with singer KCM dubbed “The Tale,” in Daegu, South Korea at EXCO Auditorium on Saturday (March 15); that display has been cancelled.