2011–2016: Career beginnings U-Kwon debuted with Block B in April 2011. Four years later, it was announced that U-Kwon would participate in Block B's first sub-unit,
Bastarz, along with members
P.O and
B-Bomb. The group's first album was released on April 13, 2015, and its second on October 31, 2016. In between, U-Kwon, along with B-Bomb, recorded the song "Bingle Bingle" on the Block B album
Blooming Period, which was released April 11, 2016. U-Kwon released his first Japanese solo, "Painless" (), on June 24, 2016; the song was composed by him for the short vampire film
Q Chan, in which he starred. On June 24, 2016, it was announced that U-Kwon had been cast on the idol-dance competition show
Hit the Stage. U-Kwon participated in the show with
YooA as his partner. U-Kwon won the premiere episode of the show with a dance routine in which he portrayed the
Joker. They ultimately finished fourth.
2017–present: Solo career In June 2017, U-Kwon and fellow Block B member
P.O received the
Maxim K-Model Icon Idol Award. U-Kwon performed a seven-show, six-city tour of Japan from August 26 to September 7, 2017, along with fellow Block B member
Taeil as the special unit
T2u. U-Kwon also took part in the Japanese special project album,
Block B: Project-1, released September 20, performing the song "Winner" along with
P.O and Japanese rapper
Chanmina. On October 18, it was announced that U-Kwon had been selected to host the music show
The Power of K, along with
Nancy of
Momoland and
Shownu of
Monsta X. The show began broadcasting January 2018 in both Korea and Japan. In December 2017, U-Kwon along with the singer
Rothy released an OST song for the drama
Jugglers entitled "Baby Baby." On January 8, 2018, Block B released the album
Re: Montage featuring a solo song by U-Kwon, "Everythin'." In addition to performing the song, U-Kwon helped write the lyrics. U-Kwon also wrote the Japanese lyrics to the 2018
T2u song "Good Bye," which appears on the
Block B The Best album, and the Japanese lyrics to the song "Ocean," which appears on the subunit's debut album,
T2U. On August 12, 2022, during
Haha's Twitch stream with him, U-Kwon announced that he left KQ Entertainment and is currently working independently before deciding on an entertainment company to join. ==Personal life==