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Choi Myung-hwan widely known as Mokyo is a South Korean producer, singer-songwriter and visual artist. With formal training in Latin, Jazz and Classical music, he began his career in 2012, performing across the indie and electronic music sphere. His friendship with South Korean rapper Loco broadened his musical scope into the Korean hip-hop and R&B scene.

Mokyo first debuted as a producer under the moniker Thurxday at H1GHR MUSIC in 2017. As a solo artist, he adopted the stage name Mokyo in 2019. His debut studio album accent fried was released the following year.

He has participated in producing, composing and sound design of several notable projects including ph-1’s HALO (2019), RM’s Right Place, Wrong Person (2024) and Beenzino’s Nowitzki (2023), the latter of which won Album of the Year at the 21st Korean Popular Music Awards. He has also frequently collaborated with the likes of DEAN, Jay Park, Giriboy, Baek Yerin and many more.

In addition to music, Mokyo also works on paintings, graffiti, installation art and spatial art. He has participated in several exhibitions and brand projects, including the sound design for legendary South Korean painter Park Seo-bo's solo exhibition "Origin, Emergence, Return" at Rockefeller Center in New York, as well as Nike, LANEIGE, PUMA, Hyundai and HP Asia.

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