This “Big 3 Privilege” shit pisses me off especially with all the stories of artists that had to deal with predebut/early part of their careers.

Besides the stories of BIGBANG, SUJU, and TVXQ that we all know

I think one of the lesser know stories that resonates with me the most is the rocky career path of WINNER’s MINO.

MINO was set to become one of the final members of what we now know as Block B with Zico, U-Kwon, Kyung, MINO, and Hanhae. But Cho PD cut him at the last minute alongside Hanhae in the final stages before Block B’s official debut.

He later went on to debut in a BALLAD group called BoM (Yes, Mino in a ballad group?!?!?) under the name Tagoon.

BoM was a 4 membered group that ultimately disbanded due to the lack of popularity.

MINO then auditioned for YG knowing that it was his absolutely his last chance and we all know how that turned out.

Goes to show that MINO never gave despite all the hardships that wanted him to stop. Shit he even went through a survival after getting YG.

Yes, every idol experienced hardships not just your faves. So stop discrediting everybody else even the artists at Big 3 companies. No idols deserves to be slandered with sayings like “they had it easy” or “only popular because their company” because it isn’t fair to them.