Kwon Jiyong (Hangul: 권지용; born August 18, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea), known by his stage name G-DRAGON, is the leader of the YG Entertainment Korean boy group BigBang.

Jiyong is the vocalist/rapper of the group, alongside T.O.P. He is a widely-accepted and talented songwriter, having won the ‘Songwriter Award’ in 2007 from MKMF. Jiyong has taken on an active role of composing songs for Big Bang, such as their hit song ‘Haru Haru’.

He was originally supposed to debut as a child hip-hop artist in hope of gaining fame