RM (rapper)
Kim Nam-joon is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group BTS. He has recorded with artists such as Wale, Younha, Warren G, Gaeko, Krizz Kaliko, MFBTY, Fall Out Boy, Primary, and Lil Nas X.
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Kim Nam-joon is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group BTS. He has recorded with artists such as Wale, Younha, Warren G, Gaeko, Krizz Kaliko, MFBTY, Fall Out Boy, Primary, and Lil Nas X. 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 was born on September 12, 1994, in Dongjak-gu, South Korea, and grew up in Ilsan-gu. 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. He trained for three years as an idol trainee with fellow rapper Min Yoon-gi and dancer Jung Ho-seok, who later became known as Suga J-Hope. He adopted the stage name ‘Rap Monster’ because he felt it was ‘cool’ He formally changed his stage name to ‘RM’ in November 2017, as he determined that ‘RapMonster’ was no longer representative of who he was or the music that he creates. 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. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight RM stated that ‘Real Me’ was provided as a possible current meaning for the name ‘RM’, as it could have more spectrums to it.
RM is the elder of two siblings and has a younger sister. RM’s parents were strongly opposed to his interest in a musical career due to his academic achievements, and initially decided to set music aside to focus on his studies. 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. In 2010, Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk offered RM a spot at the record label, and without his parents knowledge RM accepted. During his three-year trainee period, RM performed on five pre-debut tracks for BTS in 2010 and 2011. He also worked as a songwriter for girl group Suga-Hope in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he released his first solo mixtape,. RM. He released his second solo mixtapes, RM. and Mono, in 2015, and in October 2018,. RM released his third mixtape. In 2012, he worked with rapper Sleepy, who he later mentioned to Big hit Entertainment producer Pdogg. In 2014, Sleepy contacted RM, encouraging him to audition for Big Hit, and RM accepted the offer.
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