Dumbfoundead

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Argentinian-born American rapper (born 1986)

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Jonathan Edgar Park (; born February 18, 1986), known professionally as Dumbfoundead (), is an Argentinian-born American rapper and actor. He began his career in the 2000s as a battle rapper in Los Angeles and has since become one of the most prominent East Asian American rappers, known for his witty and socially conscious lyrics.

Early life

Park was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to South Korean immigrants. He has one younger sister. When he was three years old, Park's family immigrated to the United States by crossing the Mexico–United States border without green cards. His family settled in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

Park began rapping when he was fourteen years old, inspired in part by the rappers he saw perform weekly at Project Blowed, a local open-microphone workshop. He dropped out of John Marshall High School in his sophomore year and moved into a one-bedroom apartment with his sister and a roommate at the age of sixteen. Before becoming a full-time rapper, he worked as a bail bondsman, among other odd jobs.

Park became a U.S. citizen when he was nineteen years old.

Career

Park's first solo album, DFD, was released in 2011. His second album, Take the Stares, was released in 2012. In 2013, Park released his third album, Old Boy Jon, which was produced entirely by Duke Westlake.

Park was a member of Thirsty Fish along with Open Mike Eagle and Psychosiz. He has also collaborated with Epik High, Traphik, Wax, Jay Park, Kahi, Jessi, GSoul, MC Jin, Year of the Ox, Rekstizzy, and Anderson .Paak. In 2015, he was featured on the remix of Keith Ape's "It G Ma", alongside Waka Flocka Flame, ASAP Ferg, and Father.

Park began growing a web fan-base after video clips of his rap battles were posted to YouTube. In 2015, Park announced his return to battle rap, participating in Drake and OVO's event King of the Dot Blackout 5, with Drake expressing his excitement at Park's return. Park competed against Wild 'n Out cast member Conceited, and the battle was the most popular English rap battle of 2015.

He has been featured on NBC for his viral video Jam Session 2.0, consisting of eight different musicians from around the world sharing the spotlight individually via split screen but collaborating on one cohesive track. He has also been featured by Los Angeles Times, Last Call with Carson Daly, MTV Hive, and Mnet.

Park played a supporting role in Joseph Kahn's horror film Detention and would later appear in Kahn's 2017 film Bodied as battle-rapper Prospek.

In 2016, he released the music video "Safe," which gained widespread attention for superimposing Park's likeness onto the faces of white actors in famous movie scenes. The objective of this was to call attention to the fact that there were no East Asian or East Asian American actors at the Oscars, and that "the only yellow men were all statues." Furthermore, the music video was another call to "the obvious underrepresentation of people of color in Hollywood." Park was also a starring member of the 2016 documentary Bad Rap, which outlined the lives of four East Asian American musicians trying to make it in the hip-hop scene. He also played Dylan Shin in the Starz drama Power. In 2017, he co-wrote "Spirit Animal" and "Arrived" alongside Jessi for her debut EP Un2verse.

Since 2018, Park has hosted the Fun With Dumb podcast.

In April 2020, Peacock began development on a half-hour comedy television series based on Park's life entitled Big Dummie.

Park's talk show with Sasha Grey, Grey Area, debuted on the online television network VENN on August 5, 2020.

Park is also the co‑host of the podcast Baby Goat, launched in April 2025 with Andrea Jin, where the duo explore contemporary culture and personal anecdotes.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Park promoted support for restaurant workers affected by COVID-19.

Discography

Studio albums

::data[format=table] | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | US R&B/ Hip-Hop | US Rap | DFD | Take the Stares | Old Boy Jon | We Might Die | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 41 | 24 | | | | | | | | | 56 | — | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | | | | | | | — | — | | | | | | | ::

Extended plays

::data[format=table] | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | KOR | Fun with Dumb | Foreigner | Rocket Man | Café Bleu | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | — | | | | | | | | | 87 | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table] | Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | KOR | As lead artist | "Different Galaxies" (featuring Sam Ock) | "Clouds" (featuring Jay Park and Clara) | "Respect 16's" (featuring Dok2, Myk, Yankie, Rakaa, Mithra Jin, Tablo, Bizzy, Sean Rhee, and Tiger JK) | "Mellow Yellow" | "Coachella" | "Domies" (도우미) (featuring Keith Ape and Okasian) | "Mijangwon" (미장원) (featuring Loopy and Nafla) | "Safe" | "Hyung" (형) (featuring Dok2, Simon Dominic, and Tiger JK) | "3890" | "Every Last Drop" | "P.A.A.C. (Protect at All Cost)" | "Kill Me" | Collaborations | "100 Grand" (with Keith Charles Spacebar) | "Banned From The Motherland" (with Josh Pan featuring Jay Park, Simon Dominic, and G2) | "K.B.B" (가위바위보) (with Jessi, Microdot, and Lyricks) | "Inside" (with SATICA) | "Outside" (with SATICA) | As featured artist | "It's Me" (Kahi featuring Dumbfoundead) | "Exquisite Corpse" (Watsky featuring Dumbfoundead, Grieves, Adam Vida, Wax, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, & Chinaka Hodge) | "Please" (DPR Live featuring Dumbfoundead, Kim Hyo-eun, and G2) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2010 | — | rowspan="13" | Non-album singles}} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | — | We Might Die | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | — | Foreigner | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | Rocket Man | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | — | rowspan="5" | Non-album singles}} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | — | Inside/Outside | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | 45 | | Who Are You? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | — | | x Infinity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | — | | Coming to You Live | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Filmography

Film

Television series

References

References

  1. Grigsby Bates, Karen. (2013-04-15). "Dumbfoundead: A Rising Star In A Genre In Transition". NPR.
  2. "덤파운데드".
  3. (May 25, 2017). "[Next Wave] Rapper Dumbfoundead talks about the LA Korean-American experience".
  4. Kivanc, Jake. (2015-12-10). "LA's Hidden Gem: Dumbfoundead Speaks on Battle Rap and Finding His Place as an Asian Rapper in America". Noisey.
  5. (2018-03-19). "Korean-American rapper Dumbfoundead on why representation in hip-hop matters". CBC News.
  6. Doo, Rumy. (2017-05-22). "[Next Wave] Dumbfoundead on Koreatown, 'Foreigner'". [[The Korea Herald]].
  7. Tabios, Nina. (2018-03-20). "Trump's tweets inspire rapper Dumbfoundead's new EP". San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. Weiss, Jeff. (2011-11-18). "Dumbfoundead On Dropping Out Of High School, Working As A Bail Bondsman, And The Advantages Of Being An Asian Rapper". [[LA Weekly]].
  9. Son, Linda. (9 November 2011). "Dumbfoundead Gets Personal and Professional with 'DFD'". [[KoreAm]].
  10. Lam, Charles. (26 October 2012). "Dumbfoundead can't 'Take the Stares'". [[Northwest Asian Weekly]].
  11. Bauman, Matrin. (October 22, 2013). "Interview: Dumbfoundead talks "Old Boy Jon," changing his name to Parker, and representing Asian-Americans". The Come Up Show.
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  29. Armecin, Catherine. (2020-07-23). "Ex-Porn Star Sasha Grey To Tackle The Hard Questions In 'Grey Area' Series".
  30. Browne, Ryan. (2020-08-05). "A new TV network aims to lure a generation brought up on video games in the coronavirus era".
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