YG Entertainment

YG Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company established in 1996 by <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Yang-Hyun-Suk">Yang Hyun-suk</a>. The company is known for having successful groups like <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/group/2NE1">2NE1</a>, <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/group/BIGBANG">BIGBANG</a>, <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/group/BLACKPINK">BLACKPINK</a>, and <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/group/BABYMONSTER">BABYMONSTER</a>. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company, and music publishing house. In addition, the company operates a number of subsidiary ventures under a separate public traded company, <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/YG-PLUS">YG</a> <a href="https://kpopping.com/company/YG-PLUS">PLUS</a>, which includes a clothing line, a golf management agency, and a cosmetics brand. Following the Burning Sun scandal involving <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/group/BIGBANG">BigBang</a>'s <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Seungri">Seungri</a>, accusations of corruption surrounding <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Yang-Hyun-Suk">Yang Hyun-suk</a> and a drug scandal involving <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/B-I">iKon</a> leader <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/B-I">B.I</a>, <a href="https://kpopping.com/profiles/idol/Yang-Hyun-Suk">Yang Hyun-suk</a> stepped down and resigned from all positions in YG Entertainment and his brother, Yang Min-suk, resigned as CEO on June 14, 2019. Hwang Bo-kyung was appointed as the new CEO of YG Entertainment on June 20, 2019.