Stray Kids Lee Know would have ended up competing on Mnet's "Street Man Fighter" if he didn't join JYP Entertainment and train to become a K-pop idol. Want to know the reason? Then, keep on reading!
Stray Kids Lee Know Would Have Been Competing on Mnet's 'Street Man Fighter' - Here's Why
Following the success of "Street Woman Fighter," Mnet launched the spin-off "Street Dance Girls Fighter" (SMF) in November of last year. This past August, the music channel aired another spin-off, which is "Street Man Fighter."
"Street Man Fighter" features eight male dance crews that will compete to be the number one team. Each crew will showcase different genres of street dance, including Old School, hip hop, locking, waacking, krumping, and breakdancing. The eight male dance crews are 1MILLION, WDBZ, EO DDAE, BIIB, PRIMEKINGZ, YGX, Mbitious, and JustJerk.
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While these teams don't have existing celebrities as members, it was recently revealed that a male K-pop idol would have been part of the show. This idol is none other than Stray Kids Lee Know.
On Sept. 7, one netizen created a post on the online forum Nate Pann titled "Stray Kids Lee Know Almost Ended in SMF." In their post, they attached a pre-debut photo of the male idol, and in this picture, he was with WDBZ Vata and YGX Junho.
It can be seen that they were staff members at an event called "SOUL GLOBE," and they even have similar t-shirts and an ID showing that they are staff.
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The netizen who made the post wrote, "These are Stray Kids Lee Know, WDBZ Vata, and YGX Junho. If Lee Know never debuted and kept continuing his path as a dancer, he would have totally appeared on SMF, right?"
Lee Know got into JYP Entertainment as a trainee in July 2017 and made his debut as a member of Stray Kids in March 2018. Before he started training, he was a backup dancer for BTS starting from 2016 with "Fire" and February 2017 with "Not Today" and "Spring Day."
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If Stray Kids Lee Know did not audition for JYP Entertainment and train as an idol, he would have been a contestant on Mnet's "Street Man Fighter." He would have been a member of either WDBZ or YGX, or any of the crew.
In the comments section, another netizen shared a different pre-debut photo of the "MANIAC" singer with other individuals at a certain event. It appears like he was a staff member again that time.
How Are Netizens Reacting to Stray Kids Lee Know Almost Ending Up on Mnet's 'Street Man Fighter'?
Other netizens agreed with the poster about Stray Kids Lee Know ending up competing on Mnet's "Street Man Fighter" if he didn't train to become a K-pop idol. There are also some who took note of his face.
Below are a few of the comments:
"Wow, this was his face pre-debut? That self-assertiveness in his features is no joke."
"I knew he debuted as a dancer but I bet he would've really ended up on SMF. He would've come up a lot on screen with that face."
"His face looks so young, he's cute. Haha."
"His face looks so different, did something bad happen to his eyes? Or did he just lose a bunch of weight?"
"If there was a Vata and Lee Know reunion, it would be epic. It's a bummer."
Meanwhile, "Street Man Fighter" airs every Tuesday at 10:20 p.m. KST on Mnet.
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Written by Maria Scott
