CL

CL (Korean: 이채린; Lee Chae-rin; born February 26, 1991) is a South Korean singer, rapper, dancer, lyricist and songwriter. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and spent much of her early life in Japan and France, where she learned English, French and Japanese. In 2009, she debuted along with YG Entertainment label mates Sandara Park, Minzy and Park Bom as 2NE1CL was born in Seoul, South Korea. She comes from a family of academics: her grandfather is a physicist; her uncle is an economist; her aunt is an art director, who also runs an art gallery; her father is a renowned physics professor, illustrator, robot builder and author of a series of children's books dedicated to his children. She has a younger sister, who is currently studying in Hong Kong.
CL spent most of her childhood living in Paris, Tsukuba Science City and Tokyo. She attended international schools throughout her school-days. her father encouraged her to listen to different genres of music. And she dreamed of becoming a singer when she was about 10. Influenced by Teddy Park, CL wanted to join YG Entertainment. She had tried to figure out ways to send in demo tapes since an elementary kid, yet she never got a reply. When she was 13, she moved back to Paris alone where she studied for two years. At the age of 15, she went to YG building and was able to give the CEO Yang Hyun-suk a demo tape directly, where she landed a successful audition afterwards. She attended an American international school in Seoul while practicing for YG.
CL's first feature on a song recording was Big Bang's "Intro (Hot Issue)" in 2007. Later that year, she had her first stage debut at Seoul Broadcasting System's Music Awards alongside her label mates at YG Entertainment.^{[citation needed]} Her first credited appearance in a song was in 2008, with Uhm Jung Hwa's "DJ," in which she rapped. CL also appeared on YMGA's track "What" as part of the YG Family.[