Back in 2016, T.O.P faced a 2-year suspended prison sentence for marijuana use during his military service which also saw him face backlash from the Korean media. It was the beginning of a slippery slope that led to him leaving the K-pop boyband BIGBANG, leaving the entertainment industry and leaving South Korea altogether.

Former BIGBANG member T.O.P. played Thanos aka Player 230 in Squid Game Season 2. He's a failed rapper, a substance abuser and the wackiest character in the Netflix show. The actor-singer opened up about how the noise around his casting impacted him,

Love him or hate him, Thanos has taken the Squid Game fandom by storm — and he shares some wild parallels with the man who plays him.

Hwang Dong Hyuk told Koreaboo that he didn’t think casting T.O.P would cause such controversy. T.O.P has previously been at the centre of negative media attention after he received a two-year suspended prison sentence for using drugs, specifically, marijuana around seven years ago.

In first interview in 11 years, K-pop star with BigBang reflects on ‘lost years’, how he saw playing Thanos in Netflix series and the future.

South Korean star Choi Seung-hyun, better known by his stage name T.O.P, has opened up about his departure from the iconic boy band BIGBANG and his role in the second season of the hit survival drama "Squid Game.