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This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

RM

RM on the set of the "Boy with Luv" music video, March 2019

Born Kim Nam-joon

September 12, 1994 (age 25)

Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Rapper
Occupation
songwriter

record producer

Years active 2010–present

Home town Ilsan-gu, South Korea

 Awards  Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit (2018)

Musical career

Genres K-pop

hip hop

R&B

Instruments Vocals

Labels Big Hit

Associated acts BTS

Korean name

Hangul 김남준

Hanja 金南俊

Revised Romanization Gim Nam-jun

McCune–Reischauer Kim Namchun

Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준; born September 12, 1994),[1] better known by his stage

name RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record
producer. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group BTS. In 2015, he released his
first solo mixtape, RM. In October 2018, his second mixtape, Mono, was the highest
charting album by a Korean soloist on the Billboard 200 chart, having peaked at 26. He
has recorded with artists such as Wale, Younha, Warren G, Gaeko, Krizz
Kaliko, MFBTY, Fall Out Boy, Primary, and Lil Nas X.

Contents

 1Early life
 2Name
 3Career
o 3.12010–2013: Big Hit Entertainment and debut with BTS
o 3.22014–2016: First solo collaborations,  RM, and Problematic Men
o 3.32017–present: Second mixtape Mono and further collaborations
 4Artistry and impact
 5Discography
 6Filmography
o 6.1Television
o 6.2Music videos
o 6.3Trailers and short films
 7References
 8External links
Early life
Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준) was born on September 12, 1994, in Dongjak-gu,
South Korea, and grew up in Ilsan-gu, where his family moved when he was four or five.
[2][3][4]
 He is the elder of two siblings and has a younger sister. [5]
As a child, RM largely learned English through watching Friends with his mother.[6][7] As a
student, he actively wrote poetry and often received awards for his writings. [8] He posted
his work to an online poetry website for roughly one year, where he received moderate
attention. Through this, RM grew interested in pursuing a literary career but decided
against it.[8] At the age of 11, RM became interested in hip-hop music after hearing Epik
High's "Fly" in fifth grade.[9] He found that the song had provided him comfort, and, due
to this, decided to look further into the genre. Following an introduction to American
rapper Eminem by his school teacher, RM grew interested in lyricism, printing lyrics he
felt were "cool" and sharing them with his friends. RM transitioned to writing lyrics then,
stating that his poetry became lyrics when it combined with music. In 2007, as a first
year middle school student, RM began rapping in local amateur hip-hop circles, creating
his first self-composed recording for the first time using the program Adobe
Audition (then called Cool Edit). He later participated in his first concert in 2008. [8] RM
eventually became more active in the underground Korean hip-hop scene under the
moniker "Runch Randa", releasing a number of tracks and collaborations with other
underground rappers, such as Zico.[10]
In school, RM scored in the top 1% of the nation in the university entrance
examinations for language, math, foreign language and social studies and had an IQ of
148.[11] RM's parents were strongly opposed to his interest in a musical career due to his
academic achievements, and initially RM decided to set music aside to focus on his
studies. In order to convince his mother to allow him to be a rapper, he asked her if "she
wanted to have a son who was a first-place rapper, or a 5,000th-place student". [8]

Name
RM selected the name "Rap Monster" during his time as an idol trainee. Though
commonly misunderstood that the name means that he "raps like a monster", it actually
derives from the lyrics of a song he wrote, inspired by San E's "Rap Genius". The lyrics
contained a segment where San E declares he should be called a "rap monster" as he
"raps non-stop".[8] He adopted the stage name because he felt it was "cool". [12] RM has
described himself as having a love-hate relationship with the name, feeling that it was
not selected for being of "incredible value" to him. [8]
He formally changed his stage name to "RM" in November 2017, as he determined that
"Rap Monster" was no longer representative of who he was or the music that he
creates.[13] In an interview with Entertainment Tonight RM stated that "[the name] could
symbolize many things. It could have more spectrums to it." "Real Me" was provided as
a possible current meaning.[12]

Career
2010–2013: Big Hit Entertainment and debut with BTS
In 2009, RM auditioned for Big Deal Records, passing the first round along with Samuel
Seo but failing the second round as he forgot all his lyrics. [8] However, following the
audition, rapper Sleepy exchanged contact information with RM, who he later
mentioned to Big Hit Entertainment producer Pdogg. [14] In 2010, Sleepy contacted RM,
encouraging him to audition for Big Hit CEO Bang Si-hyuk. Bang offered RM a spot at
the record label, and, without his parents knowledge, RM accepted the offer
immediately.[8] The interaction caused Bang and Pdogg to start production of a hip hop
group, which eventually became idol group BTS.[15] RM joined Big Hit Entertainment
shortly after at age 16.[16] During his career as an idol, he enrolled at Global Cyber
University.[17]
RM trained for three years with fellow rapper Min Yoon-gi and dancer Jung Ho-seok,
who later became known as Suga and J-Hope respectively.[18][19] During his three-year
trainee period, RM performed on five pre-debut tracks credited to BTS in 2010 and
2011.[citation needed] He also worked as a songwriter for girl group Glam and helped pen their
debut single, "Party (XXO)", an explicitly pro-LGBTQ song which was praised
by Billboard as "one of the most forward-thinking songs out of a K-pop girl group in the
past decade."[20] On June 13, 2013, RM made his debut with BTS, [21] and has since
produced and written lyrics for a variety of tracks on all of BTS' albums. On August 29,
2013, RM performed the intro track to BTS' first extended play O!RUL8,2?, which was
released as a trailer ahead of the EP's September 11 release and marked his first solo
released collectively as "BTS".[22]
2014–2016: First solo collaborations, RM, and Problematic Men

RM performing with BTS on Show Champion, July 2015.

On August 5, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment released a trailer for BTS' first studio
album Dark & Wild, which was set to release on the August 20. The rap track, later
released as collectively under BTS "Intro: What Am I to You?", was a solo performed by
RM.[23] Through reality television show American Hustle Life that was used to
produce Dark & Wild,[24] RM formed a working relationship with Warren G, who offered to
give BTS a beat.[25] In an interview with Korean magazine Hip Hop Playa, Warren G
stated that he had befriended BTS through the program and had kept in touch with the
band after they returned to South Korea. [26] On March 4, 2015, RM released a single with
Warren G entitled, "P.D.D (Please Don't Die)" ahead of his first solo mixtape RM,
following an offer by Warren G to collaborate.[25][27] This track reflected how RM felt
towards those who hated and criticized him at the time, which he used to find very
upsetting.[26]
That same March, RM collaborated with hip hop project group MFBTY along with EE
and Dino J as a feature for the song "Bucku Bucku". He featured in the music video for
"Bucku Bucku," and also had a cameo in another MFBTY music video for their song,
"Bang Diggy Bang Bang".[11][28] RM first formed a lasting working relationship with MFBTY
member Tiger JK during a TV show in 2013 when Tiger JK was promoting his song
"The Cure", telling the rapper that he grew up listening to him. [29]
RM was cast as a regular on the Korean variety program Problematic Men where cast
members are given a variety of puzzles and problems to solve and work through them
by talking about their own thoughts and experiences. The program began airing on
February 26, 2015, however RM left the show after 22 episodes due to BTS' 2015 Red
Bullet world tour.[30][31]
On March 17, 2015, RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, which ranked 48th
on Spin's "50 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2015".[32] The mixtape featured a variety of topics
such as RM's past on the track "Voice" and the idea that "you're you and I'm me" in the
track "Do You".[26] When discussing his work on the track "God Rap", RM described
himself as an atheist, believing that the only thing that determines his fate was himself.
[25]
 The entirety of his work on the mixtape took around four or five months, with RM
working on it in between BTS' activities.[8] The following year, RM recalled that he had
largely written about the negative emotions he had been carrying, such as anger and
rage, but stated that the songs are not "100% under [his] sovereignty" and that he felt
many parts of the mixtape were "immature". He also added that he hoped his next
mixtape to be something he worked on by himself. [8] Following the mixtape, RM featured
along with Kwon Jin-ah on Primary's "U" that April.[11] That August, RM collaborated
with Marvel for Fantastic Four's soundtrack in Korea, releasing the digital single,
"Fantastic" featuring Mandy Ventrice through Melon, Genie, Naver Music and other
music sites.[33] In August 2016, vocal duo Homme released a single titled "Dilemma"
which was co-produced by RM and Bang Si-hyuk. [34]
2017–present: Second mixtape Mono and further collaborations
In March 2017, RM collaborated with American rapper Wale on a special socially-
charged track called "Change", released as a free digital download along with an
accompanying music video filmed about two weeks prior to the track's release. [35][36] The
pair first formed a relationship over Twitter with Wale reaching out to RM in 2016,
having seen RM's cover of his track "Illest Bitch". [37] RM decided on the topic of
"Change", saying that though the two rappers were extremely different, their
commonality lay in the fact that both America and Korea had their political and social
situations and both of them wanted the world to change for the better. [38] A month later,
RM featured on the track "Gajah" with Gaeko of Dynamic Duo.[39] That December, RM
collaborated on a remix of Fall Out Boy's song "Champion".[40] The track reached number
18 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, and helped RM reach number 46 on
the Emerging Artists Chart for the week of January 8, 2018. [41][42] On December 27, RM
made history as the first K-pop artist to chart on the Rock Digital Songs chart, coming in
at number two on the list.[43]
In 2018, RM released his second mixtape entitled Mono that October, which he referred
to as a "playlist".[44] He became the first Korean artist to rank number one on the
Emerging Artists Chart in the United States with the playlist. [45] The playlist was critically
well received, with RM laying "his deep insecurities bare on songs like 'Tokyo' and
'Seoul'".[46] The track "Seoul" was produced by British electropop duo Honne. Honne first
discovered RM after seeing him recommend their music on Twitter, and eventually met
him in Seoul following one of their concerts. The interaction caused the duo to want to
collaborate with RM.[47] That November, RM also collaborated with Tiger JK on his last
and final album as Drunken Tiger before retiring the name, featuring on the track
"Timeless". Tiger JK originally expected RM's lyrics to contain self praise, which was the
trend of rap at the time, but RM wrote the lyrics to leave behind the historical meaning of
Drunken Tiger's name.[48]
On March 25, 2019, Honne announced that RM had provided a feature on their remake
of "Crying Over You" alongside singer BEKA, which was released on March 27.
[49]
 Honne had originally released "Crying Over You" in 2018, with just BEKA providing a
feature. The song was originally slated for a January 2019 release but was postponed
due to "unforeseen circumstances".[50] Chinese singer Bibi Zhou was added to the
Chinese release, appearing with RM and replacing BEKA. [51] The same day, Big Hit
Entertainment released the song "Persona" as a trailer for BTS' EP Map of the Soul:
Persona, performed as a solo by RM.[52] Persona debuted at 17 on Billboard's YouTube
Song Chart.[53] Three months later, on July 24, 2019, RM featured on the fourth official
remix of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," entitled "Seoul Town Road", "infuse[ing]...his
English-language verse with a surprisingly good Southern twang". [54][55] On December 29,
it was announced that RM would be featuring on Younha's track "Winter Flower", which
was released on January 6, 2020.[56]

Artistry and impact

RM is a baritone.[57] In 2017, American hip-hop magazine XXL released a list entitled "10
Korean Rappers You Should Know", which included RM. Writer Peter A. Berry promises
that "Rap Monster rarely fails to live up to his name." He describes the young star as
"one of the region’s most dexterous rappers, capable of switching flows effortlessly as
he glides across an array of diverse instrumentals." [58]
Crystal Tai from South China Morning Post stated RM received a lot of praise for his
natural flow and lyrics and that he's got some "My Beautiful Dark Twisted
Fantasy mixed with Earl Sweatshirt and Chance the Rapper" in him.[16]
In January 2020, along with fellow BTS member J-Hope, RM was promoted from
associate to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association, joining bandmate
Suga who had previously been officially recognized as a full member in 2018. [59]
In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea, RM ranked at the 12th most preferred idol of
the year for 2018.[60] In 2019, he was ranked 11th.[61] In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-
class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea along with the
other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture. [62]

Discography
Main articles: RM discography and List of songs written by RM
For RM's works with BTS, see BTS singles discography and BTS albums discography.
Mixtapes

 RM (2015)
 Mono (2018)

Filmography
See also: BTS videography
Television
Episode(s
Year Network Title Role Note Ref
)

4things Show - Rap Documentary about Rap

2014 Mnet Himself 3 [63]

Monster Monster

Hot Brain: Problematic Cast [64]

tvN 1-22 Quiz/knowledge show [65]
Men member
2015

SBS Inkigayo Host N/A with Sungjae (BtoB) [66]

2016 MBig Close-up Observation

Himself 2 Reality show about his daily life [67]

TV Diary on Idol: Find Me

Gura-Chacha: Time Cast

KBS Pilot Reality show [68]

Slip - New Boy member

SBS Inkigayo Host N/A with Jin, Kei & Mijoo (Lovelyz) [69]

[70]
with Jin
 KCON New York with Ailee [71]

Mnet
2017 M Countdown with J-Hope & Jimin [72]

Music videos
Year Title Length Director(s) Note Ref

"Perfect with Jungkook, Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-

2013 3:45 Unknown [73]

Christmas" hee, & Jo Hee (8eight)

"Do You" 3:08 Woo-gie Kim (GDW)

"Awakening" 2:40 [74]

2015 "Joke" 3:19

Unknown
"P.D.D" 4:18 with Warren G [73]

"Fantastic" 3:56 featuring Mandy Ventrice [75]

Beom-jin (VM Project

2017 "Change" 4:49 with Wale [76]

Architecture)

"forever rain" 4:28 Choi Jae-hoon Animation [77]

2018 "seoul" 4:33 [78]

Yong-seok Choi
Lyric video
(Lumpens)
"moonchild" 3:38 [79]

Trailers and short films

Year Title Lengt Director(s) Note Ref.
 h

2013 "Intro:O!RUL8,2" 1:21 [80]

Unknown Animation
2014 "Intro:What Am I To You?" 2:53 [81]

[82]
2016 "Reflection #5" 3:02 [83]

Yong-seok Choi (Lumpens)

2019 "Persona" 2:58 Comeback trailer [84]

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