▷ RM (BTS) Biography ◁ Age, Height, Pack, Weight, Fortune, Girlfriend, Family

Who is RM (BTS)?

Kim Nam Joon , better known as RM (Rap Monster) is one of the seven members of the successful K-Pop group BTS ; he was born on September 12, 1994 in Ilsan-Gu, Goyang, South Korea. RM is a rapper, singer and dancer within the Korean boy band, he is one of the most loved by all his fans.

RM biography

RM, formerly Rap Monster, is a famous South Korean rapper, songwriter, and producer, best known as a member of the hip-hop group, BTS ‘Bangtan Boys’. He is also popularly known as ‘ Rapmon ‘ by the South Korean fans of him. He is the youngest member of this hip-hop group, being part of the 7 members of BTS: Jungkook ,  V , RM , Jimin , Jin , Suga and J-Hope . 

He was a brilliant student and did extremely well academically. However, he started rapping at a young age and decided to make it his career. He started out as a solo artist and sang with a few local groups before joining the ‘Bantan Boys’ . After joining the ‘Bantan Boys’ , he became the leader of the group as well as the main rapper and songwriter. He has collaborated with some of the famous Korean and international rappers to produce music that has gone viral on the Internet.

His endorsements include ‘K’hawah’ coffee and a number of South Korean products. He is a familiar face on South Korean television with his talk show, ‘Hot Brain: Problematic Men’ and has been featured in various magazines as one of South Korea’s most promising rappers. He is active on social media and has a huge following.

In 2020 on the red carpet of the Grammys 2020 it was the perfect moment that RM knew how to take advantage of to thank the ARMY , since it is their fandom that gives them the strength to continue growing with their music, as well as in recent years the comments of Hate from BTS ‘haters’ have been increasing and this cannot be hidden anymore. RM confessed that the negative things against him have been able to cope thanks to the support and love of his fans, ARMY is there and it is the only thing that matters. The ” I purple you ” is a promise not only of love, but also of protection and loyalty.

Beginnings in the life of RM

Rap Monster was born as Kim Nam-joon on September 12, 1994 in Ilsan-gu, Goyang, South Korea. He grew up with his younger sister, Kim Geong Min in Soul. During his elementary school days he was impressed by the uniforms and wanted to be a security guard for a housing society.

He attended Global Cyber ​​University, majoring with honors in Broadcasting and Performing Art. He was among the top ranked on the school’s national exam and earned a TOEIC score of over 900, which is commendable. She also had a very high IQ. She learned her native language and Japanese in school and also became fluent in English by watching popular American sitcoms like ‘ Friends ‘. He also studied in New Zealand for a while and taught himself English, which he considered essential.

Considering his academic performance, his parents expected him to take a regular job. However, his love for music and the company he kept prevailed and he convinced his parents to allow him to become a full-time rapper. He was already writing lyrics that were quite popular while he was at school. According to him, rap helped him overcome the stress of his studies and the lyrics of his song ‘No More Dreams’ were inspired by the days when he worked late at night for his exams.

RM is the leader of BTS , and is rumored to have been the only surviving member of the original BTS lineup before they changed from a Rap group to an idol group. He played a big role in helping Big Hit finalize the group that fans can enjoy today. It is well known that Jungkook was being scouted by major entertainment companies and decided to sign with Big Hit after meeting with RM despite the company’s lower budget. RM also helped discourage the members from leaving the band during their difficult training days. He is also a low-key genius with an IQ of 148 and taught himself English by watching episodes of Friends. MRIhe is also a writer and producer for the band, and has also put out two of his own solo albums titled Mono. and RM.

In his early days, RM struggled a lot with his identity as a musician. After his career as an underground rapper, he received a lot of backlash from the community for joining BTS. Meanwhile, he received a lot of criticism from the Korean music industry that he didn’t fit the beauty standards for an idol group. It is understandable that these problems have caused you a great deal of internal turmoil. But through his music and fans, he has been learning to love himself while imploring others to do the same in his lyrics. These days, he seems much more comfortable and happy in his own skin, which is quite a sight to see!

RM’s artistic career

Kim Nam-joon began his career in music as a solo artist under the stage name ‘Runch Randa’. In 2008, he briefly sang with the group ‘ Zico ‘ which was one of the rising stars in the South Korean hip-hop community at that time. He was also part of a Korean hip-hop group called ‘ Daenamhyup ‘ for some time.

Later in 2013, he joined the popular K-pop group, ‘BTS ‘ also known as Bangtan Boys and came to be known as ‘ Rap Monster ‘ among his fans. He made his debut album with BTS titled ‘2Cool 4 Skool’ with the song ‘No More Dream’ in June 2013. Subsequently, he wrote lyrics for several BTS songs and became the group’s leader and main rapper.

BTS, an acronym for Beyond The Scene (also known as 방탄소년단 or Bangtan Sonyeondan in Korean, and防弾少年団 or Bōdan Shōnendan in Japanese, literally meaning “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”, is a boy group K- Pop, influenced by hip-hop consisting of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, V, Jimin and Jungkook.

In addition to BTS, he has collaborated with various Korean and foreign artists to produce some of the most popular rap music singles and videos that went viral between 2014 and 2016. These include ‘Please Don’t Die’ with Warren G, ‘Bucku Bucku ‘with hip-hop group MFBTY’s and the ‘Fantastic Four’ soundtrack with Marvel. Popular songs of his performed in collaboration with other artists include ‘Perfect Christmas’ with Jo Kwon, Lim Jeong-hee, Joohee and Jungkook and his international favorite ‘Please Don’t Die’ with Warren G.

He has appeared on the talk show ‘Hot Brain: Problematic Men’ where he is part of a panel of five celebrity members discussing current social issues affecting today’s youth. Rap Monster has been featured in various magazines and has been included in the Korean book titled ‘HipHopHada’ which features Korea’s top hip-hop artists. He has also been covered in the American magazine XXL as one of South Korea’s most promising rappers.

Kim Nam-joon has done many commercials and appeared in several for Korean brands. He is the brand ambassador for the popular coffee brand ‘K’hawah’ made in South Korea. He is active on social media and has a large following in South Korea and abroad. As a lead artist, his numbers From him ‘Fantastic Feat’ from the album ‘Fantastic Four’ and ‘Reflection’ from the album ‘Wings’ have been listed as hits on the South Korean music charts. He released the mixtape, ‘RM’ in March 2015 under the label of ‘Big Hit Entertainment’ as a digital download on the internet.

He has made several music videos including ‘ School of Tears’ (2012), ‘Adult Child’ (2013), ‘Do You’ (2014), ‘Bucku Bucku’ (2015) and his latest music video ‘Change’ in 2017.  He has also appeared on the TV shows ‘4things Show – Rap Monster’, ‘Hot Brain: Problematic Men’, ‘Close-up Observation Diary on Idol: Find Me’ and ‘Gura-Chacha: Time Slip – New Boy’.

On November 13, 2017, Namjoon wrote a message on the group’s official fan cafe announcing that he had changed his stage name from Rap Monster to RM. Namjoon stated that “RM” could mean whatever you want, like ” Real Me ” for example.

BTS released the group’s first album since completing their Love Yourself trilogy in 2019 , MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA marked the beginning of a new thematic chapter for BTS .
The album’s theme centers on Carl Jung’s theory that personality archetypes are the fundamentals of character. This album focuses on the persona archetype, which is the mask an individual dons to maintain an image. Obviously, the concept photos in the album represent the preparation process of the person.

The album title MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA was previously announced during an introductory video at MAMA in December 2018. Prior to its release, the album managed to surpass 3.02M pre-orders according to BTS distributor Dreamus Company. Thus, it projects to be the biggest sales debut of all time for a Korean album.

This is the first time that a BTS album has surpassed 3 million pre-orders. The group’s previous record was 1.5 million stock pre-orders for “Love Yourself: Answer.” The album broke the all-time record for the highest first day sales and debut week sales on the Korean platform, Hanteo. It is also the best-selling album in the history of the Hanteo chart, having sold 1.4 million copies, more than any album has sold in an entire week. The album also became the best-selling album of all time in Hanteo Chart history by reaching 2.1 million sales.

The group took a short break in 2019, returning earlier this month with the release of “Black Swan” , a song from the new album and later released the promotional singles of what would become their new record material ” EGO ” and ” Shadow ” which managed to position themselves within the most successful songs in their week of release worldwide.

In February 2020 through its social networks, BigHit revealed all the details of the new BTS album “Map of the soul 7” but it caught the attention of all its fans and followers to see so many surprises included. The disc again included the songs “Make it right”, “Boy with Luv”, “Intro:PERSONA” and “Dyonysus”. Of the 20 songs that he included, 15 were brand new and 4 were already known by all his huge Army fan base. The lead single was ” ON “, the digital version of which will be a collaboration with singer Sia . As if that were not enough, the successes did not stop for the boys because the ‘from the Kids Choice Awards.

On August 2020, the boy band BTS released their new single titled ” Dynamite ” with great success and breaking many sales and viewing records on YouTube. The members of BTS commented that they released the single to bring joy to all people after all the bad things that humanity had been going through due to the coronavirus pandemic that was still being experienced in various countries around the world at that time. ” Due to COVID-19, people around the world have been going through some difficult times and we wanted to share some positive energy with our fans.”

Curiosities and things you did not know about RM from BTS

• He was nicknamed ‘Dance Prodigy’ at school by his dance teacher because of his dance moves.
• Her favorite dance move is swinging her arms from side to side.
• RM is called ‘RapMon’, ‘Leader Mon’ and ‘God of Destruction’ by his fans
• His best friends from BTS are Jin, Suga and J-Hope
• His favorite food is Korean knife noodles.
• He is a big fan of the computer game ‘Maple Story’
• Support gay rights
• considers himself an atheist
• Born in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-d, South Korea
• His family is made up of: father, mother and he has a younger sister
• He studied at Apgujeong High School; Global Cyber ​​University
• He has a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering.
• RM studied in New Zealand and lived there for 6 months
• He also enrolled in the Global Cyber ​​University
• Before debut, he had already performed as an underground rapper, with several tracks released informally, including a collaboration with Zico (Block B).
• He is really smart with an IQ of 148.
• He was previously ranked in the top 1% in the nation in his high school exams.
• RM can speak English fluently
• On his English for International Communication exam he achieved a score of 900
• At the age of 15, Namjoon underwent heart surgery with a 30% chance of living
• He likes to surf the web, walk in a park, ride a bike, photograph, climb mountains.
• It’s good for ice skating.
• Her image before debut was an orderly and calm student.
• He started writing lyrics since he was in school, in his textbook.
• RM has composed and produced over 250 songs so far.
• RM’s nicknames throughout his career with “Rap Mon” (abbreviated), “Leader Mon” (because he is the leader), and “God of Destruction” (destroys everything he touches: sunglasses sun, clothes, doorknobs, bunk-ladders. Hence, its members gave it this nickname).
• He really likes the world of fashion and dressing well.
• Her favorite foods are meat and Kalguksu (Korean knife noodles).
• BTS has been around since 2010, but debuted in 2013 due to constant member turnover.
• Despite his rough and tough image, he is very playful and laid back.
• Her favorite colors are black, pink and purple.
• Purple was his favorite color when he was little and now it reminds him a lot of his childhood
• He nicknamed himself Pink Mon, because he used to like pink.
• His favorite number is 1
• Her favorite items are clothes, computer, books.
• He likes clear weather
• Namjoon dreamed of being a security guard when he was still young.
• Rap Mon’s role model is Kanye West and A$AP Rocky.
• RM wrote the lyrics for ‘No More Dream’ because he didn’t have dreams when he was in school.
• He along with Jung Hunchul (former Bangtan member) wrote a Brave Brother/YG diss song called ‘Hook’.
• He always wants to dedicate himself to rap
• He has a dog, whose name is RAP MON.
• He would like to do a sub unit with Jungkook.
• He was the first member to join BTS.
• He likes to imitate his members.
• Rap Mon said that he and GOT7 Jackson are good friends. He said that Jackson is very handsome and very good at dancing.
• During high school, BTOB’s Rap Mon and Ilhoon were classmates in the same club.
• On March 4, 2015, he released his first solo single, a collaboration with Warren G, titled “PDD (Please Don’t Die)”.
• He released his first solo mixtape, “RM” on March 17, 2015.
• On October 23, 2018, he released his mixtape “Mono”. She released three MVs: “Moonchild”, “Forever Rain”, and “Seoul” off of her mixtape.
• RM’s ideal date would be movie together, eat together, walk together. “I want to have love like this. It’s because I can’t at all”
• When he is on tour he usually shares a room with V
• RM ranked No. 70 of “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2018.”
• RM’s ideal girl would be someone “sexy, someone who is thoughtful and confident”

RM Pack (BTS)

Although on social networks and the internet people search a lot for the RM pack or photos in which they can be seen scantily clad or in sensual poses, the truth is that currently there is no RM pack other than those photos that the artist has published on their own networks and that could be considered as sexy.

How much is RM’s fortune?

This is one of the questions that people ask themselves the most about RM and although they always end up answering it on other pages with “I don’t know” or “it depends” if there are some estimates that various web portals mention. RM has a fortune valued at more than 7 million dollars tax free and that undoubtedly makes this artist one of the highest paid and highest income personalities in his country. She would only need a few million more to enter the top 100 of the highest paid artists in her field.