▁what ▁has ▁now ▁been ▁term ed ▁as ▁the ▁Korean ▁W ave ▁( H ally u ; ▁H ang ul : ▁ 한 류 ) ▁and ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁Korean ▁id ol ▁group ▁to ▁successfully ▁break ▁into ▁the ▁market ▁in ▁China . ▁g . o . d ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁id ol ▁group ▁to ▁be ▁dub bed ▁" the ▁nation ' s ▁group " ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁broad ▁popular ▁appeal ▁and ▁became ▁only ▁the ▁second ▁K - pop ▁id ol ▁group ▁to ▁have ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁album ▁sell ▁over ▁a ▁million ▁copies . ▁ ▁Moon ▁He e - jo on , ▁leader ▁of ▁H . O . T ., ▁personally ▁invited ▁his ▁H . O . T . ▁band mate ▁Tony ▁An , ▁Se chs ▁K ies ▁leader ▁and ▁ra pper ▁E un ▁Ji - won , ▁dan cer ▁and ▁singer - song writer ▁Ch un ▁My ung - ho on ▁of ▁NR G ▁and ▁ra pper ▁D anny ▁A hn ▁of ▁g . o . d , ▁all ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁( 1 9 7 8 ) ▁and ▁have ▁remained ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁entertain ment ▁industry . ▁They ▁would ▁meet ▁in ▁a ▁r ented ▁house ▁where ▁they ▁could ▁have ▁a ▁candid ▁chat ▁about ▁issues ▁and ▁topics ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁speak ▁about ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁closed ▁and ▁highly ▁t ac it urn ▁culture ▁of ▁the ▁K - pop ▁industry ▁while ▁they ▁were ▁active ▁as ▁members ▁of ▁their ▁groups . ▁Moon ▁had ▁proposed ▁the ▁concept ▁of