Hee Gun Kang (강희건), knowns synonymously as GARY or Garie, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, hip hop artist and TV personality born in South Korea on February 24, 1978.

In his younger years, Kang expressed that he was more interested in dancing more than he was in rap, and as such competed in and won a dance competition against competitors Jang Woo Hyuk and Moon Hee Jun, who later formed SM Entertainment’s iconic group H.O.T. (에이치오티) which debuted in 1996.

In 1997, Kang formed the hip hop group X-Teen, with Gil – the two would later form the hip hop duo Leessang in 2000 – but the two were dropped from the group in 1998.

After being dropped from X-Teen, Kang and Gil were added to the group Honey Family in 1999, but the group was later disbanded, with Gary stating the disbandment was due to him feeling like a celebrity after the group’s initial success. Thus, Kang, along with Gil and another Honey Family member Diggity, formed the group Leessam Trio, which later became Leessang after Diggity left the group.

During his time in Leessang, Kang started upon a solo career in 2014 and joined the cast of MBC’s Running Man in 2010. Kang later left the show stating that he wanted to focus on his music career.

In 2017, Kang announced a sudden marriage to a non-celebrity wife and later announced the birth of their first born child, son Ha-Oh Kang. The father and son would make appearances on MBC’s hit reality program 슈퍼맨이 돌아왔다 (Return of Superman) in 2020.