Jackson Wang (Wang Ka-yee) was born on March 28, 1994 in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. His father was an Olympic fencer and his mother a national gymnast. Jackson competed for Hong Kong too. He placed 11th at the 2010 Youth Olympics and won gold at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships. After winning a JYP Entertainment audition he turned down a Stanford fencing scholarship and moved to Seoul to train.
He debuted with GOT7 in January 2014 as main rapper and lead dancer. In 2017 he went solo and started his own label, TEAM WANG. His first solo album Mirrors reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200, the highest debut by a Chinese artist at the time. Magic Man 2 later peaked at No. 13, the highest position any Chinese artist has reached on that chart.
TEAM WANG started so he could put out his own music the way he wanted. It now works with other artists too. In 2020 he started TEAM WANG Design. He still runs the creative side. The label has shown at Paris Fashion Week and picked up fans outside the usual celebrity fashion crowd.
Beyond music and fashion, Wang has positioned himself as an entrepreneur, putting money and time into companies and projects he personally believes in rather than just licensing his name to them. In September 2026 he signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation for management while continuing to run TEAM WANG, and released the fan-tribute single Thank You, his first under the new partnership. The Magic Man 2 World Tour sold out arenas across North America and Latin America in 2026. China dates begin October 2026.
He has been with GOT7 since January 2014 as main rapper and lead dancer. The group came back together in January 2025 for their 11th anniversary EP, Winter Heptagon.