Jo Mi-hye (born November 2, 1981), better known by her stage name Miryo (), is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. She is currently the rapper of girl group
Brown Eyed Girls
Brown Eyed Girls (; ) is a South Korean girl group. The group is composed of four members: JeA, Miryo, Narsha, and Gain (singer), Gain. They debuted as an R&B/ballad vocal group with "Come Closer (다가와서)" in 2006 through the release of ...
, and is a former member of rap group Honey Family. Miryo debuted as a soloist in 2012, after appearing as a producer in the first season of ''
Show Me the Money''.
Early life
In her interview with rapper/YouTuber
Grace Kim, she revealed that she started off as a singer, where her mother is a music teacher, with a habit of playing classical music in the morning, which influenced her to sing since she was 5 all the way through junior high and high school, until she left home at 17 and went all the way to
Daehangno
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, Seoul, and became a hip-hop dancer and rapper instead, before dropping out of high school, and joined a Canadian college in the hip hop club.
Career
Miryo began her music career in 2000, when she featured on a song by underground hip-hop group Honey Family. She joined the group as the main female rapper the following year and participated in their second album. After the team disbanded, she featured in other hip-hop artists' songs, such as former groupmate
Gil Seong-joon from
Leessang, and
MC Mong
Shin Dong-hyun (; born September 4, 1979), better known by his stage name MC Mong, is a South Korean hip hop recording artist, record producer, radio personality, actor and television personality who is known for his comic disposition and his u ...
. Soon after, Miryo received and accepted an offer from singer
JeA to join
Brown Eyed Girls
Brown Eyed Girls (; ) is a South Korean girl group. The group is composed of four members: JeA, Miryo, Narsha, and Gain (singer), Gain. They debuted as an R&B/ballad vocal group with "Come Closer (다가와서)" in 2006 through the release of ...
. She became the rapper of the group, which debuted with an album entitled "Your Story" in March 2006. Brown Eyed Girls eventually achieved mainstream success in 2009 with their hit song
Abracadabra
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, which was followed up by their equally acclaimed song "Sixth Sense" in 2011.

In 2012, Miryo appeared as a producer on the rap competition TV show
''Show Me the Money'', and was the only female judge. During the show she mentored
Cheetah
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, who went on to win the first season of
Unpretty Rapstar three years later. After her appearance on Show Me the Money, she made her solo debut with the self-produced album "MIRYO aka JOHONEY". The album featured a variety of artists who ranged from idols to hip hop heavyweights. Brown Eyed Girls returned with their fifth studio album
Black Box
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in July 2013, and promoted the title song Kill Bill. In November of that year, Miryo and fellow Brown Eyed Girls member
Narsha
Park Hyo-jin (; born December 28, 1981), better known by her stage name Narsha, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. Her stage name, Narsha, is derived from the te ...
formed a subunit called M&N. The subunit released their first single, entitled "Tonight", on November 11.
Miryo released her single album "Queen" in July 2015, with the title song featuring her groupmate
Ga-In. In September of that year, she and the other members of Brown Eyed Girls left their agency
Nega Network. The group signed with
Mystic Entertainment in October and released their album
''Basic'' the next month.
Songwriting
Miryo is also a songwriter. Among female
idols, Miryo has copyright to the most songs, having a total of 56 songs by March 2013. She has been a composer and lyricist for Honey Family and also her current group Brown Eyed Girls.
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
Other charted songs
Filmography
Variety shows
References
External links
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Official website of Nega Network
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1981 births
Living people
Mystic Story artists
South Korean hip-hop musicians
South Korean hip-hop singers
South Korean women pop singers
South Korean female idols
South Korean women rappers
South Korean hip-hop record producers
Chung-Ang University alumni
People from Suncheon
Musicians from South Jeolla Province
Brown Eyed Girls members
21st-century South Korean women singers
21st-century South Korean rappers