Chapter 50:

Chapter 50:

Chapter 50

What will be the song’s title?

Park Jinhyuk started rapping when he was in the midst of an emotional storm, in his second year of middle school.

‘He’s so cool...!’

-I’m a second-year middle schooler who’s interested in hip-hop! Nice to meet you!

└ Wow, the hip-hop scene is getting younger. Even middle schoolers are here.

└ Don’t mind the comment above^^ Welcome.

He became immersed in hip-hop and participated actively in related communities.

-LoveJ is here, hi

-LoveJ, why don’t you make a mixtape and upload it on MusicCloud?

‘Mixtape?’

Park Jinhyuk registered his account on MusicCloud and recorded his rap with free sources as background music.

He uploaded it on the community.

‘Oh, my god! Sis!’

Park Jinhyuk’s sister, Park Seohyun, who had been eavesdropping, flung open Park Jinhyuk’s door.

‘Why don’t you stop being gloomy in your room and go audition for something?’

‘Should I?’

‘You don’t sound too bad to me. Well... you’re good.’

Park Seohyun felt that her brother’s skills were quite good, even though she didn’t know much about rap.

Park Jinhyuk, a middle schooler, blushed at his sister’s rare compliment.

‘If you’re going to do it, do it as an idol. I always wanted to have an idol brother.’

‘Really?’

Park Jinhyuk nodded his head after some hesitation.

That was the moment when his career path was decided in two minutes.

-Didn’t LoveJ say he was a middle schooler?ÚpTodated novels on no(v)el()bin(.)com

-He’s so good? What was I doing when I was in middle school? I feel so inferior lol

-LoveJ, do you want to join our label?

-Does anyone know LoveJ’s contact?

Without knowing that his mixtape caused a stir among the hip-hop community, Park Jinhyuk knocked on the door of an idol agency.

That was BHL Entertainment.

And the person who offered LoveJ a label deal was BlueMix.

-Come back, LoveJ

-Come back and let us hear your other songs

LoveJ stopped visiting the community he used to frequent after that. Many people who had heard his mixtape looked for Park Jinhyuk.

-Does anyone remember LoveJ?

-Listen to this. It sounds exactly like LoveJ, right?

And a few years later, Awi’s debut song spread among the hip-hop community.

Awi’s debut song was produced by Black Rush Jung Sejun, who was recognized in the hip-hop scene despite being an idol, so it spread faster.

‘This sounds familiar... Is this guy LoveJ? He sounds just like LoveJ.’

And BlueMix heard the voice of LoveJ he had been looking for in Awi’s title song he happened to hear.

‘What’s his name... Park Jinhyuk?’

He checked the birth year and it matched with the third year of middle school when LoveJ disappeared.

BlueMix jumped up as if he had been struck by lightning.

(Was it you who uploaded mixtapes under the name LoveJ when you were in middle school?)

(Yes, that was me...)

The second episode of ‘Idol Rapper’ started with Park Jinhyuk’s bewildered face.

Even among Lim Jihun’s biased editing favoring NNetSpoon, BlueMix’s presence was undeniable.

The screen time of Park Jinhyuk related to BlueMix also increased naturally.

(Ah... I finally found him...)

BlueMix said with a sigh as if he had been relieved. All the attention of the contestants was focused on Park Jinhyuk and BlueMix.

The screen changed suddenly and a VCR showed why BlueMix was looking for Park Jinhyuk.

“Wow, hyung, you were amazing after all?”

“Wow, we’re in the same group as a genius?”

The members made a fuss over Park Jinhyuk, who scratched the back of his head shyly.

‘So you’re saying that even Jinhyuk hyung, who is a genius of producing and a god of beats recognized by BlueMix, couldn’t beat the corruption of the broadcasting station and got second place?’

[Isn’t it ironic? That’s life.]

‘Can’t I just hit you once?’

[If you can hit me, go ahead~]

Jin flew around and dispersed like smoke. Ahh, that annoying bastard. Ian sighed deeply.

‘There’s a way around that.’

Ian handed the paper back to Park Jin-hyuk and suggested.

“How about adding Hyun-hyung too?”

“Would that be okay?”

“Hyun-hyung seems fine now, right? And besides, Hyun-hyung is the key to the satire.”

“That’s true.”

Ian pointed out the part that Jin had pointed out.

“But this part is written with Seo-on in mind, right? This is a bit risky. Hyun-hyung has to join to make it look like a revelation from back then, I guarantee it.”

“Is that so? Too bad... Well, then let’s change this part a bit... Actually, I also prepared a separate part for Hyun.”

Park Jin-hyuk accepted Ian’s opinion without hesitation and sneaked out another paper.

“I knew you would do this.”

Ian laughed as he said that.

Actually, he had noticed Park Jin-hyuk’s expression from before. It was not a naive look that wanted to avoid trouble at all.

“Alright... Let’s do it.”

Lee Joo-hyuk rubbed his head roughly and said. Even though he acted like that, his expression showed his excitement.

“So we’re going to cause some trouble?”

“Ian, go get Hyun too.”

Ian ran off to get Kim Hyun.

***

“Are you crazy?”

That was Kim Hyun’s first impression after hearing Park Jin-hyuk’s lyrics and explanation.

“Hyung, listen. YANG Entertainment and N-net are not on good terms...”

This time, Ian stepped forward and persuaded Kim Hyun.

Kim Hyun sat down on the sofa with a softened expression as he listened to Ian’s words.

“Why don’t you listen to me but listen to Ian?”

“He looks trustworthy. I would buy three of whatever he sells.”

Kim Hyun ignored Park Jin-hyuk’s tantrum and furrowed his brows.

He still hasn’t fallen for it... Ian pushed harder.

“Hyung, are you going to keep cursing N-net behind their backs?”

“...”

“That bastard PD who screwed you over, YANG Entertainment, and Park Sung-hoon. They’re all scumbags.”

“That’s true but...”

“You’re suffering alone if you keep it inside. No one knows. Only you’re miserable.”

“Sigh...”

“Look at Seo-on on TV... Hyung, I think it’s time someone knew.”

As Ian counted his fingers one by one, Kim Hyun sighed deeply.

Ian was speaking more passionately than usual, but maybe he wanted Kim Hyun to do what Kim Yong-min couldn’t do back then.

“Don’t you think it’s wrong? You barely got out of that mess, but they’re living their lives without knowing their faults.”

“That’s true but...”

“Hyung, let’s raise our voice.”

“Hey, don’t we have to get permission from the company for this?”

‘He’s almost there.’

Lee Joo-hyuk nodded at Ian’s eyes.

“Why do we need permission from the company? We’re doing our music.”

“Hey...”

“Even if they think we’re idols and they’re hip-hop, we shouldn’t think like that.”

“...”

“Let’s do it together.”

Kim Hyun closed his mouth at Park Jin-hyuk’s serious words. He thought for a while and grabbed Park Jin-hyuk’s hand.

“Okay, let’s do it.”

Park Jin-hyuk jumped up at Kim Hyun’s words. Lee Joo-hyuk calmed him down and said.

“Anyway, I think it’s better to tell the other kids too. They might hold us responsible if something goes wrong.”

“Of course.”

Ian went to call the other members who were still in the dance practice room.

The three who stayed in the studio looked over the lyrics again with excited expressions.

It felt great to plan something behind everyone’s back.

**

“So, what’s the title of the song?”

Kim Hyun asked and Park Jin-hyuk smirked.