Felix (rapper)

About

Felix Yongbok Lee (born 15 September 2000), known mononymously as Felix (Korean: 필릭스), is an Australian rapper and singer based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017.

Felix Yongbok Lee was born on 15 September 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Korean descent and has two sisters, one older and one younger. During his childhood, he practiced taekwondo for twelve years, achieving a black belt and reportedly winning 63 medals.
He attended Metella Road Public School and St Patrick’s Marist College in Dundas, New South Wales before being scouted on Facebook for an audition to become a K-pop trainee. He subsequently signed with South Korean record label JYP Entertainment at the age of 17.

Initially, Felix found the difference between school life in Australia and trainee life in South Korea quite challenging, compounded by working to reach fluency in the Korean language. However, he was personally chosen by Stray Kids’ leader, Bang Chan, to participate in the survival show after one year of training…