Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Perry, Early YG Producer, Missing Since Last Seen in 2010
Perry is an American rapper and music producer who helped build YG Entertainment's early sound.
He moved to South Korea in the 1990s to work in music.
He helped produce songs for several important Korean artists.
He also released an album called Perry By Storm in 2001.
A young G-Dragon appeared on one of its songs.
Perry's last known work with YG involved Big Bang's 2010 Japanese single, Beautiful Hangover.
He was last seen in Los Angeles in 2010 and later stopped communicating with friends and colleagues.
SBS's Unanswered Questions recently asked the public for information about where he might be.
Perry, whose full name is Perry Thomas Borja, was born in California in 1971 and was partly raised in Guam.
He moved to South Korea in the mid-1990s and became a founding member of the collective that developed into YG Family.
Perry produced and wrote music for early YG acts including Jinusean, 1YTM, Lexy, Se7evn, Wheesung and Big Bang.
His 2001 album, Perry By Storm, featured a young G-Dragon on the song Storm.
Perry was last seen in Los Angeles in 2010, and SBS's Unanswered Questions appealed for information about his whereabouts on September 17.
- Who
- Perry Thomas Borja, an American rapper and producer associated with early YG Entertainment.
- What
- His whereabouts have remained unknown since he was last seen in Los Angeles in 2010.
- When
- He was last seen in 2010; SBS issued a public appeal on September 17.
- Where
- Perry was last seen in Los Angeles, after previously working in South Korea.
- Why
- SBS appealed for information because Perry's long-term disappearance and lack of contact with friends and colleagues remain unexplained.
- Full name
- Perry Thomas Borja
- Birth
- California, 1971
- Music base
- South Korea from the mid-1990s
- YG role
- Founding member of the collective that became YG Family and its main in-house producer
- Solo album
- Perry By Storm, released in 2001
- Last known sighting
- Los Angeles in 2010
- Public appeal
- SBS's Unanswered Questions posted an appeal on September 17