Eden

Eden Rhujin Park Santiago (born May 24, 1996), known by her stage name Eden, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and musician. She is the main rapper and lead dancer of the South Korean girl group, White Noise.

Early Life
Eden was born on May 24, 1996 in San Diego California. She is the daughter of Julianne Park, a South Korean lawyer, and Samuel Santiago, a Puerto Rican-American composer, lyricist, playwright, rapper, and actor, and the twin sister of Sebastian Santiago. Of South Korean and Puerto Rican descent, Eden spent her summers alternating in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico and in Daegu, South Korea.

Raised in Manhattan, New York City, Eden attended Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School, where she was part of the school's debate team. She was homeschooled for her senior year after signing with Big Hit Entertainment.

Pre-Debut Work
Having been exposed to Disney and musicals growing up, Eden fell in love with music at a very young age. Her mother taught her how to play the piano after she became fascinated with street pianists.

Eden began street dancing at age 8, having been forced to take dance lessons with her twin brother. They have competed as a dance duo at several junior street dance competitions and won a couple. However, after suffering several injuries and exhaustion, she stopped dancing. She was thankful for street dancing, though, since it introduced her to more genres, including hip-hop. She was particularly more intrigued with the lyrics of rap music. This lead her to try her hand at poetry.

In 2010, she opened her SoundCloud where she started posting her spoken word poems. It was also around that time when she decided to try songwriting and composing as well. She posted all her work on her SoundCloud, including beattapes. But it wasn't until 2012 when one of her songs, "Sign of the Times" went viral overnight. The following day it was posted, she was contacted by several record labels. However, after knowing of her ethnicity, most of them cancelled their offers.

Quotes

 * "Talk to the ukulele."
 * "Don't ask me for advice. I'm the least helpful person out here, I promise."
 * "She was right, of course, but it still hurts."
 * "We're idols. Deal with it."
 * "I've been wearing this sweatshirt for a year and a half. My stylist is used to it now."
 * "Jesus, take the wheel."
 * "Dahyun, you're barely a year older than me, not forty. Stop being insufferable."
 * "I think I busted my lung."
 * "Ya'll, my mom raps faster than you three combined when she's mad at me, my twin, and dad."
 * "You make me want to rip my eyelashes off."