Jackson Wang

Breeann Jones, Staff Writer

Jackson Wang was born on March 28th 1994 as  Wang Ka Yee of British Hong Kong. His parents were both busy athletes and encouraged him to join fencing in his early years. He went on to be part of Hong Kong’s national fencing team and won many awards including first place in the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship. He attended the American International School in Hong Kong during year eleven. He was offered a scolarship but turned it down to follow his heart and become a singer.

He moved to South Korea in July 2011 and became a trainee under JYP Entertainment. He trained for two and a half years with JYP before his debut. At this time, he was also put onto the survival show, WIN ( Who Is Next). After this, he made is official debut in the group GOT7 with their song “Girls,Girls,Girls”. He is the lead rapper and a vocalist for GOT7. During their first show he sang his solo songs “I love it” and “WOLO”. He also has an acting career.

He was in a drama involving his other members (JB, Junior, Young-Jae, BamBam, Mark, and Yugyeom). The drama is called Dream Knights and is about a girl who needed confidence, so her mom gave her dolls (GOT7 members). Then when she needed more confidence, the dolls came to life. It was a great drama it made me cry. He not only was in a drama but there is a reality show called The Real GOT7 that features all the members. He also was featured in the reality TV show Roommate. He not only is a great artist, but he is also fluent in multiple languages, including English.

His talent and personality on camera has made it very easy for me to decide on my bias or favorite from GOT7. From the first time I watched their music video to “Hard Carry” I knew from his voice that he was talented. And he did not let me down when I went to watch Dream Knights. then when I started to watch The Real GOT7 I saw how he acted around his members back stage and I also saw his amazing English speaking skills. Recently I watched him do something wonderful, he interacted with his fans as though they were old friends. Now that you know how talented Jackson is hope you look him up.