Louie (rapper)

In this Korean name, the family name is Hwang.

Hwang Mun-seob (Hangul: 황문섭, born April 30, 1990),^[1] better known by his stage name Louie (Hangul: 루이), is a South Korean rapper and members of Geeks. He released his first album, Inspiration, on March 27, 2014.^[2]

Louie
황문섭
Born	Hwang Mun-seob (1990-04-30) April 30, 1990 (age 33) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Rapper
Spouse	U Sung-eun ​ (m. 2021)​
Musical career
Genres	Hip hop
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Grandline Entertainment How Entertainment
Member of	Geeks
Korean name
Hangul	황문섭
Revised Romanization	Hwang Mun-seob
McCune–Reischauer	Hwang Munsŏb

Personal life

Louie married singer U Sung-eun on July 11, 2021.^[3][4]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR ^[5]
Hwang Mun-seob (황문섭)	Released: April 22, 2016 Label: How Entertainment, Grandline Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	37	KOR: 423^[6]

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
		KOR ^[5]
Inspiration (영감)	Released: March 27, 2014 Label: WA Entertainment, Grandline Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	31	KOR: 558^[7]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales (DL)	Album
		KOR ^[8]
As lead artist
"At This Time" (이 시간에) feat. U Sung-eun, Young Luffy	2013	18	KOR: 169,454^[9]	Inspiration
"Where You At" feat. Young Luffy	2014	60	KOR: 51,920^[10]
"Side Mirror Girl" (사이드미러걸) feat. Sanchez		16	KOR: 219,238^[11]
"Just Go" (그냥가요) feat. Wheein	2015	25	KOR: 96,630^[12]	Non-album single
"Wings" (날개) feat. U Sung-eun, Ryno	2016	—	—	Hwang Mun-seob
"Shadow" (그림자) feat. Kwon Soon-il		53	KOR: 37,691^[13]
"On the Four Lane Road" (사차선도로) feat. Yook Sung-jae		—	KOR: 24,311^[14]
Collaborations
"Your Face" (니 얼굴) with Lee Hyun-woo	2016	54	KOR: 33,201^[15]	Non-album singles
"Monitor Girl" (너에게만) with Soyou	2017	—	—
Soundtrack appearances
"Airplane" (비행기) feat. Hayana	2017	—	—	Manhole OST
"YOLO"		—		Hip Hop Teacher OST
"Walk" feat Go Young Bae (Soran) and Froom	2019	-		My Secretary Life OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Filmography

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2020	King of Mask Singer	MBC	Contestant as "Memil-muk" (episode 283)^[16]

References

1. "루이 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
2. "긱스 루이, 오늘(27일) 정오 첫 솔로앨범 '영감' 발표" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
3. Kim Soo-jeong (July 11, 2021). "유성은♥긱스 루이, 오늘 결혼 "잘 살겠습니다!"". No Cut News (in Korean). Retrieved August 8, 2021.
4. Yoo Soo-kyung (July 11, 2021). "긱스 루이♥유성은, 오늘(11일) 결혼..."포근한 쉴 곳 돼주려 해"". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 8, 2021.
5. "Gaon Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
6. "2016년 04월 Album Chart".
7. "2014년 03월 Album Chart".
8. "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart.
9. "2013년 12월 Download Chart".
10. Cumulative sales of "Where You At":
    • "2014년 05주차 Download Chart".
    • "2014년 06주차 Download Chart".
11. Cumulative sales of "Side Mirror Girl":
    • "2014년 03월 Download Chart".
    • "2014년 04월 Download Chart".
12. "2015년 11월 Download Chart".
13. "2016년 11주차 Download Chart".
14. "2016년 17주차 Download Chart".
15. "2016년 02주차 Download Chart".
16. Lee Seung-hoon (November 29, 2020). "량현량하 량하∙유소영→왕석현∙긱스 루이, 반전 매력+독보적 음색으로 '귀호강'('복면가왕')[종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2020.