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{{Short description|South Korean rapper (born 1994)}}
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| birth_name = Kim Nam-joon
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| birth_place = [[Dongjak District]], [[Seoul]], South Korea
| education = [[Apgujeong High School]]<br
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active = {{start date|2010}}–present
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== Early life and education ==
Kim Nam-joon was born on September 12, 1994, in [[Sangdo-dong]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=김|first=효진|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=335316#hi|website=Topstar News|date=2017-12-10|title=현장] 방탄소년단(BTS) RM-슈가, 서울시 홍보대사 소감 "대한민국 대표라는 마음에 영광"|access-date=January 3, 2024|archive-date=January 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103165944/https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=335316#hi|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Dongjak District]], [[Seoul]], South Korea, and grew up in [[Ilsan-gu|Ilsan District]], [[Goyang]], where his family moved when he was aged four or five.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://bts.ibighit.com/bts.php|title=BTS Profile|publisher=BTS Official Website|access-date=July 23, 2013|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327054611/http://bts.ibighit.com/bts.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=335316|title=[현장] 방탄소년단(BTS) RM-슈가, 서울시 홍보대사 소감 "대한민국 대표라는 마음에 영광"|last=Kim|first=Ho-jik|date=December 10, 2017|website=Topstarnews|language=ko|access-date=September 27, 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719095652/http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=335316|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Hiphap hada : Han'guk, hiphap kŭrigo sam|last=Song|first=Myŏng-sŏn|year=2016|isbn=979-11-86559-11-6|edition=Ch'op'an|location=Sŏul-si|oclc=987381114|quote=I was born in 1994 and lived in Seoul until I was 4. My mother and father came to Seoul without any footholds, and after suffering for a while, they wanted to settle down and when I was 4 we ended up moving to Ilsan. Therefore, our family's main house is still in Ilsan.}}</ref> He has a younger sister<ref>{{cite web |title=[더스타프로필] 방탄소년단 랩몬스터, 감출수 없는 '섹시 예찬론자' 본능 |url=http://thestar.chosun.com/m/view.html?query=INEEDU&contid=2015043001348 |website=chosun |access-date=October 17, 2018 |language=ko |date=April 30, 2015 |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003108/http://thestar.chosun.com/m/view.html?query=INEEDU&contid=2015043001348 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is part of the
At age 11, in fifth grade, RM became interested in [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] music after hearing [[Epik High]]'s "Fly".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Baek|first1=Su-jeong|title=방탄소년단, 네 꿈은 뭐니? (인터뷰)|trans-title=Bulletproof Boys, what is your dream? (interview)|url=http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/174516|website=Ten Asia|access-date=October 20, 2018|language=ko|date=October 15, 2013|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913094613/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/174516|url-status=live}}</ref> Finding that the song had provided him comfort, he decided to look further into the genre. He was introduced to the music of American rapper [[Eminem]] by his school teacher, which first sparked RM's interest in lyricism. He would print out lyrics that he felt were "cool" and shared them with friends. RM began songwriting at that time, stating that his poetry became lyrics when combined with music. In 2007, as a first-year middle school student, he began rapping in local amateur hip-hop circles, creating his first self-composed recording with the program [[Adobe Audition]] (then called Cool Edit) and later participating in his first concert in 2008.<ref name="letsdohiphipinterview" /> RM became more active in the underground [[Korean hip-hop]] scene under the moniker Runch Randa, releasing several tracks and collaborations with other underground rappers such as [[Zico (rapper)|Zico]].<ref name="INTERVIEW Bangtan Boys">{{cite journal|date=July 22, 2013|title=[세상의 총알을 막아내는 소년들그룹 방탄소년단.|url=http://www.cuvismmag.com/b/interview/2922|journal=Cuvism Magazine|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220142140/http://www.cuvismmag.com/b/interview/2922|archive-date=December 20, 2013|access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref>
As a student, RM had an [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]] of 148 and scored in the top 1% of the nation in the [[College Scholastic Ability Test (South Korea)|university entrance examinations]] for language, math, foreign language and social studies.<ref name="Rap Monster Is Proving Assumptions About Korean Idol Rappers Wrong">{{cite magazine|url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_au/blog/rap-monster-rm-bts-korean-hip-hop-2015|title=Rap Monster Is Proving Assumptions About Korean Idol Rappers Wrong|last=Méndez|first=Blanca|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|NOISEY]]|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805075224/https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/rap-monster-rm-bts-korean-hip-hop-2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Because his parents had been strongly opposed to his interest in a musical career due to his academic achievements, RM initially decided to set music aside to focus on his studies. He eventually convinced his mother to allow him to be a rapper, asking her if "she wanted to have a son who was a first-place rapper, or a 5,000th-place student".<ref name="letsdohiphipinterview" />
In March 2019, after graduating from Global Cyber University with a degree in Broadcasting and Entertainment, RM enrolled at [[Hanyang Cyber University]]'s [[Master of Business Administration]] program in Advertising and Media.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hwang |first=Hye-jin |date=July 7, 2020 |title= |script-title=ko:방탄소년단 측 "RM·슈가·제이홉 지난해 대학원 입학, 지민·뷔 9월 입학 예정"(공식) |trans-title=BTS's "RM, Suga, and J-Hope enrolled in graduate school last year, Jimin and V will be enrolled in September" (Official) |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000298280 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707150601/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000298280 |archive-date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2021 |work=Newsen |language=ko |via=Naver}}</ref>
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== Career ==
=== 2010–2013: Joining 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 after forgetting lyrics.<ref name="letsdohiphipinterview" /> However, following the audition, rapper [[Sleepy (rapper)|Sleepy]] exchanged contact information with RM, whom he later mentioned to Big Hit Entertainment producer [[Pdogg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/news/naver_view.htm?idxno=2017090812122881565|title=슬리피 "방탄소년단 랩몬스터, 내가
RM trained for three years with fellow rapper Min Yoon-gi and dancer Jung Ho-seok, later known as [[Suga (rapper)|Suga]] and [[J-Hope]], respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/bts-kpop-korean-boy-band/|title=How BTS is changing K-pop for the better|date=May 12, 2016|work=[[The Daily Dot]]|access-date=September 17, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030453/http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/bts-kpop-korean-boy-band/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7850097/bts-j-hope-get-to-know|title=Get To Know BTS: J-Hope|date=June 30, 2017|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 8, 2017|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703100235/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7850097/bts-j-hope-get-to-know|url-status=live}}</ref> During this three-year trainee period, RM performed on five pre-debut tracks credited to BTS in 2010 and 2011.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} He also worked as a songwriter for girl group [[Glam (band)|Glam]] and helped pen their debut single "Party (XXO)", a pro-LGBTQ song that was praised by [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] as "one of the most forward-thinking songs out of a K-pop girl group in the past decade."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7824609/k-pop-videos-lgbt-pride-month|title=10 Kpop Videos for LGBTQ Pride Month|date=June 6, 2017|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 22, 2018|archive-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509115218/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7824609/k-pop-videos-lgbt-pride-month|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 13, 2013, RM made his debut with BTS<ref>{{Cite web|title=[Video] BTS Rides the School Bus in Making of 'No More Dream'|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/39190/bts-reveals-bts-of-mv|website=[[IBM Mwave|Mwave]]|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=October 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005225149/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/39190/bts-reveals-bts-of-mv|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has since produced and written lyrics for [[List of songs written by RM|many tracks]] on their albums. On August 29, 2013, RM performed the intro track to BTS' first [[extended play]] (EP) ''[[O!RUL8,2?]]'', which was released as a trailer ahead of the EP's September 11 release, marking his first solo after debuting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.tenasia.com/archives/71209|title=BTS to Drop 1st mini-album Next Month|last=Lee|first=Hye-ji|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=March 28, 2019|work=Ten Aisa|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226185837/http://en.tenasia.com/archives/71209|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2014–2016: First solo collaborations, ''RM'' and ''Problematic Men''
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On August 5, 2014, Big Hit Entertainment released a trailer for BTS' first [[studio album]] ''[[Dark & Wild]]'', which was set to be released on August 20. The rap track, officially credited to BTS as "Intro: What Am I to You?", was a solo performed by RM.<ref>{{cite news|work=Kult Scene|url=http://kultscene.com/what-can-we-expect-from-bts-dark-wild/|title=What Can We Expect from BTS' "Dark & Wild"?|last=Manion|first=Tara|date=August 9, 2014|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227185233/http://kultscene.com/what-can-we-expect-from-bts-dark-wild/|url-status=live}}</ref> Through reality television show ''American Hustle Life'', which was used to produce ''Dark & Wild'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rbq3m6/bts-american-hustle-life-coolio-k-pop-hip-hop-school|title=What Will Korea's Hottest New Rap Group Learn About Hip-Hop from Coolio on Their Trip to America?|work=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|Noisey]]|first=Blanca|last=Méndez|date=August 12, 2014|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018141906/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/rbq3m6/bts-american-hustle-life-coolio-k-pop-hip-hop-school|url-status=live}}</ref> RM formed a working relationship with [[Warren G]], who offered to write BTS a beat.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://hiphopplaya.com/magazine/16604|title=[인터뷰] 랩몬스터 '욕하기 위해서라도 믹스테잎을 꼭 들어주시면 좋겠다'|last=Kim|first=Bonghyun|language=ko|date=March 24, 2015|access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117164254/http://hiphopplaya.com/magazine/16604|archive-date=November 17, 2015|publisher=Hip Hop Playa}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://hiphopplaya.com/magazine/16457|title=[인터뷰] 워렌지(Warren G) '한국 팬의 존재를 더 빨리 알지 못해 아쉽다'|date=March 6, 2015|website=hiphopplaya|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316141835/https://hiphopplaya.com/magazine/16457|archive-date=March 16, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> 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 (mixtape)|RM]]'' following an offer by Warren G to collaborate.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=[Video] BTS′ Rap Monster and Warren G Call Out All the Haters in ′P.D.D′ MV|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/88528/video-bts-rap-monster-and-warren-g-call-out-all-the-haters-in-pdd-mv|website=[[IBM Mwave|Mwave]]|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=July 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722130226/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/88528/video-bts-rap-monster-and-warren-g-call-out-all-the-haters-in-pdd-mv|url-status=dead}}</ref> The track reflected how RM felt towards those who hated and criticized him at the time, which he used to find very upsetting.<ref name=":2" /> That same March, RM collaborated with hip hop project group [[MFBTY]], EE and Dino J on the song "Bucku Bucku". He featured in the song's music video and also had a cameo appearance in a music video for another song by MFBTY, "Bang Diggy Bang Bang".<ref name="Rap Monster Is Proving Assumptions About Korean Idol Rappers Wrong" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/89392/video-mfbty-breaks-it-down-with-ee-bts-rap-monster-and-dino-j-in-buckubucku-mv|title=[Video] MFBTY Breaks It Down with EE, BTS′ Rap Monster and Dino-J in ′Buckubucku′ MV|website=[[IBM Mwave|Mwave]]|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=July 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722130231/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/89392/video-mfbty-breaks-it-down-with-ee-bts-rap-monster-and-dino-j-in-buckubucku-mv|url-status=dead}}</ref> RM had first formed a lasting working relationship with MFBTY member [[Tiger JK]] after meeting and expressing admiration for him on a TV show in 2013, when Tiger JK was promoting his song "The Cure".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/24437/1/mfbty-bizzy-tasha-tiger-jk|title=Korean rap is your new favourite thing|last=Dazed|date=April 21, 2015|website=Dazedaccess-date=February 27, 2019|access-date=February 27, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509140644/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/24437/1/mfbty-bizzy-tasha-tiger-jk|url-status=live}}</ref>
RM was cast as a regular on the Korean variety program ''[[Problematic Men]]'', where cast members were given a variety of puzzles and problems to solve and work through by discussing 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 [[2015 BTS Live Trilogy Episode II: The Red Bullet|Red Bullet world tour]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ghim|first1=Sora|title=The ''Problematic Men'' Show Their Real Selves|url=http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=18475|website=BNTNews|access-date=April 7, 2015|date=February 25, 2015|archive-date=May 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509143937/http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=18475|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003144603|title=[단독] 블락비 박경, '뇌섹남'
On March 17, 2015, RM released his first solo mixtape, ''RM'', which ranked 48th on [[Spin (magazine)|''Spin'']]'s "50 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2015".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-50-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2015/|title=The 50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015|date=December 16, 2015|website=Spin|access-date=December 18, 2015|archive-date=May 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514053341/https://www.spin.com/2015/12/the-50-best-hip-hop-albums-of-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref> The mixtape addressed 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".<ref name=":2" /> When discussing the track "God Rap", RM described himself as an [[atheist]], believing that only he could determine his fate.<ref name=":1" /> The production process for the mixtape lasted around four or five months, with RM working on it in between BTS' activities.<ref name="letsdohiphipinterview" /> 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.<ref name="letsdohiphipinterview" /> Following ''RM''<nowiki/>'s release, he featured along with [[Kwon Jin-ah]] on [[Primary (musician)|Primary]]'s "U" that April.<ref name="Rap Monster Is Proving Assumptions About Korean Idol Rappers Wrong" /> In May, he collaborated on Yankie's ''ProMeTheUs'' alongside [[Dok2]], Juvie Train, [[Illson|ILLSON]], Topbob and Don Mills.<ref>{{Cite web
=== 2017–2021: Second mixtape ''Mono'' and further collaborations ===
In March 2017, RM collaborated with American rapper [[Wale (rapper)|Wale]] on a special socially-charged track called "Change", released as a free digital download along with an accompanying music video filmed two weeks prior to the track's release.<ref name="Change">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7728840/wale-bts-rap-monster-change|title=Wale & BTS' Rap Monster Team Up for Politically Tinged 'Change'|last=Herman|first=Tamar|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=March 20
RM released his second mixtape, ''[[Mono (mixtape)|Mono]]'', which he referred to as a "playlist", on October 23, 2018.<ref name="mono">{{cite
On March 25, 2019, Honne announced that RM would feature on
=== 2022–present: Solo debut ===
During BTS' ninth anniversary celebrations, in June 2022, RM mentioned needing time to think about his direction as a member of BTS and as an individual.<ref name="NME hiatus">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/bts-announce-official-hiatus-to-focus-on-solo-projects-3247357|title=BTS to "take time to explore some solo projects"|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=June 14, 2022|website=[[NME]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614142359/https://www.nme.com/news/music/bts-announce-official-hiatus-to-focus-on-solo-projects-3247357|archive-date=June 14, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref> Pursuant to an accompanying announcement that the band would be devoting more attention to individual endeavors going forward<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-35fbd8a289cbeefcc553e0711f158cb8|title=Label says BTS plan for solo projects plan is not a hiatus|date=June 14, 2022|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614174226/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-35fbd8a289cbeefcc553e0711f158cb8|archive-date=June 14, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-will-focus-on-solo-albums-embark-on-new-chapters|title=BTS Will Focus on Solo Albums, Embark on New Chapter|last=Delgado|first=Sarah|date=June 14, 2022|website=[[Teen Vogue]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614225700/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-will-focus-on-solo-albums-embark-on-new-chapters|archive-date=June 14, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>—they went on an extended break from most group activities shortly afterwards<ref name="NME hiatus"/>—he featured on the single "[[Sexy Nukim]]" by "alternative K-pop group" [[Balming Tiger]] in September,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/balming-tiger-bts-rm-sexy-nukim-video-1235133789/|title=BTS' RM Joins Korean Musical Collective Balming Tiger for 'Sexy Nukim'|last=Benjamin|first=Jeff|date=September 1, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901195751/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/balming-tiger-bts-rm-sexy-nukim-video-1235133789/|archive-date=September 1, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=September 1, 2022}}</ref> and commercially released his debut solo [[studio album]] ''[[Indigo (RM album)|Indigo]]'' on December 2.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/rm-indigo-solo-album-stream-1235179934/|title=RM Releases Debut Solo Album 'Indigo': Stream It Now|last=Rowley|first=Glenn|date=December 2, 2022|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202053758/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/rm-indigo-solo-album-stream-1235179934/|archive-date=December 2, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> Led by the single "Wild Flower", the album
RM traveled to Spain for inspiration for a second solo album in 2023. While there, in an interview with [[EFE]]
RM's second studio album, ''[[Right Place, Wrong Person]]'', was released on May 24; it is his first project to be released post-enlistment.<ref name="RPWP BB">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bts-rms-right-place-wrong-person-second-solo-album-1235691180/|title=BTS' RM Unveils Second Solo Album 'Right Place, Wrong Person: Stream It Now|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|date=May 24, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524063343/https://www.billboard.com/music/musicc-news/bts-rms-right-place-wrong-person-second-solo-album-1235691180/|archive-date=May 24, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref> Supported by the singles "[[Come Back to Me (RM song)|Come Back to Me]]" and "Lost!", the album debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 54,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s sold, earning RM his highest debut entry on the chart and the largest opening sales week of his career.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-sixth-week-number-one-billboard-200-tortured-poets-department-1235698720/|title=Taylor Swift Spends Sixth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With ''The Tortured Poets Department''|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=June 2, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240602190143/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-sixth-week-number-one-billboard-200-tortured-poets-department-1235698720/|archive-date=June 2, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref>
== Artistry and impact ==
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In a survey conducted by [[Gallup Korea]], RM ranked as the 12th most preferred idol of the year for 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gallupkorea.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-12_18.html|script-title=ko:한국갤럽 데일리 오피니언, 매주 새로운 여론조사 결과를 전합니다.|date=December 18, 2018|website=Gallop Korea|language=ko|access-date=December 19, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612150825/https://gallupkorea.blogspot.com/2018/12/2018-12_18.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He ranked 11th in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gallup.co.kr/gallupdb/reportContent.asp?seqNo=1072|title=2019년 올해를 빛낸 가수와 가요 - 최근 13년간 추이 포함|date=December 19, 2019|website=Gallup Korea|access-date=December 19, 2019|language=ko|archive-date=December 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219052021/https://www.gallup.co.kr/gallupdb/reportContent.asp?seqNo=1072|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, RM was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan [[Order of Cultural Merit (Korea)|Order of Cultural Merit]] by the [[President of South Korea]], along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to spreading Korean culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=312&aid=0000354692|script-title=ko:'대중문화예술상' BTS, 문화훈장 화관 최연소 수훈...유재석부터 故 김주혁까지 '영광의 얼굴들' (종합)|last=Kim|first=Ji-won|date=October 24, 2018|work=TenAsia|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421121025/https://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=312&aid=0000354692|archive-date=April 21, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 13, 2020|via=[[Naver (corporation)|Naver]]}}</ref> In July 2021, he and the members of BTS were appointed [[Office of the President (South Korea)|Special Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture]] by [[Moon Jae-in|President Moon Jae-in]] to help "lead the global agenda for future generations, such as sustainable growth" and "expand South Korea's diplomatic efforts and global standing" in the international community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/07/21/skorea-BTS-President-Moon-Jae-in-special-envoy/6491626854465/|title=BTS named special presidential envoy by South Korea|last=Maresca|first=Thomas|date=July 21, 2021|work=[[United Press International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721091025/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/07/21/skorea-BTS-President-Moon-Jae-in-special-envoy/6491626854465/|archive-date=July 21, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 20, 2021}}</ref>
On June 1, 2023, RM was appointed as the Public Relations Ambassador for South Korea's [[Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)|Ministry of National Defense Agency]] Remains Excavation and Investigation Team. The team's goal is to find and identify remains of war veterans from the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20230601154000504|script-title=ko:BTS RM "전사자 유해발굴
== Personal life ==
RM underwent [[septoplasty]] for his [[nasal septum deviation]] in 2018 and temporarily withdrew from band activities while recovering from the operation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=416&aid=0000219681|script-title=ko:[단독]방탄소년단 RM, 비중격 만곡증 수술 '당분간 휴식'|trans-title=[Exclusive] BTS RM undergoes septal curvature surgery 'Rest for a while'|last=Lee|first=Jeong-ah|date=February 5, 2018|work=[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS Entertainment News]]|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205114552/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=416&aid=0000219681|archive-date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=October 21, 2021|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref>
Since 2018, RM has lived in [[Hannam-dong]], Seoul, South Korea with his bandmates.<ref>{{cite news |last=Han |first=Jin |date=July 3, 2018 |script-title=ko:[라이프트렌드] 유명인이 반한 한남동, 최고급 주거지로 뜬 이유 |language=ko |trans-title=[Life trend] The reason why Hannam-dong, which celebrities fall in love with, has emerged as a luxury residence |work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] |url=https://news.joins.com/article/22766833 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421121021/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=025&aid=0002833392 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |via=[[Naver]]}}</ref> In November 2019, he bought a property in the [[Yongsan District]] of Seoul for {{KRWConvert|4.9|b|lk=on|year=2019|showdate=no}}, then sold it the following year for {{KRWConvert|5.8|b|lk=on|year=2020|showdate=no}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Ye-jin |date=May 26, 2021 |script-title=ko:방탄소년단 RM, 한남동 집 58억원에
=== Philanthropy ===
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===Military service===
On November 22, 2023, Big Hit announced through [[Weverse]] that RM, along with bandmates [[V (singer)|V]], [[Jimin]], and [[Jungkook]], had started the enlistment process to carry out his [[Conscription in South Korea|mandatory military service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/23/bts-military-service-enlistment-members-jung-kook-rm-jimin-v-enlist|title=BTS members Jung Kook, RM, Jimin and V to begin military service in December|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=November 23, 2023|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123001734/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/23/bts-military-service-enlistment-members-jung-kook-rm-jimin-v-enlist|archive-date=November 23, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=December 10, 2023}}</ref> He began his military service on December 11
== Awards and nominations ==
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| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0011736391|script-title=ko:박재범, '한국 힙합 어워즈' 올해의
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| Music Video of the Year
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'''Studio albums'''
* ''[[Indigo (RM album)|Indigo]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Right Place, Wrong Person]]'' (2024)
'''Mixtapes'''
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== Filmography ==
{{See also|BTS videography}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"▼
▲{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+RM television work
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Episode(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Note(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
| ''4things Show – Rap Monster''
| Himself
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| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thethaovanhoa.vn/giai-tri/bts-tung-bi-tru-eo-nhu-the-nao-khi-ra-mat-lang-kpop-n20180605111305871.htm|title=BTS từng bị 'trù ẻo' như thế nào khi ra mắt làng K-pop|last=Ba|first=Thứ|date=June 5, 2018|website=thethaovanhoa.vn|language=vi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015080152/https://thethaovanhoa.vn/giai-tri/bts-tung-bi-tru-eo-nhu-the-nao-khi-ra-mat-lang-kpop-n20180605111305871.htm|archive-date=October 15, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Hot Brain: Problematic Men]]''
| Cast member
| 1–22
| Quiz/knowledge show
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003144603|script-title=ko:[단독] 블락비 박경, '뇌섹남'
|-
| ''[[Inkigayo]]''
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| {{NA}}
| with [[Yook Sung-jae|Sungjae]] ([[BtoB (band)|BtoB]])
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GywH4KNPmaY|title=[BANGTAN BOMB] Ingigayo Special MC debut Rap Monster|date=December 11, 2015|publisher=Bangtan TV|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118085919/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GywH4KNPmaY|archive-date=January 18, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 13, 2018|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''Close-up Observation Diary on Idol: Find Me''
| Himself
| 2
| Reality show about his daily life
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpWuwabTHsI|title=[Close-up Observation Diary on Idol] Find Me - Rap Monster's exciting Friday|date=March 18, 2016|publisher=MBig Tv|format=Video|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511071837/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpWuwabTHsI|archive-date=May 11, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=October 20, 2018|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''Gura-Chacha: Time Slip – New Boy''
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| rowspan="4" {{NA}}
| with [[Jin (singer)|Jin]], [[Kei (singer)|Kei]] & [[Mijoo]] ([[Lovelyz]])
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=893532|script-title=ko:[단독] 방탄소년단 랩몬스터·진, '인기가요' 스페셜
|-
| with Jin
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RunVSO5boUU|title=[BANGTAN BOMB] Ingigayo 1st win and Jin & RM Special MC - BTS (방탄소년단)|date=May 21, 2016|publisher=Bangtan TV|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202140506/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RunVSO5boUU|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live|access-date=October 13, 2018|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| [[KCON (music festival)|''KCON'' New York]]
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| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7416595/kcon-new-york-2016-ailee-seventeen|title=KCON New York 2016: Ailee Comes Home, Seventeen Makes First American Appearance & More|last=Melendez|first=Monique|date=June 26, 2016|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407210514/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7416595/kcon-new-york-2016-ailee-seventeen|archive-date=April 7, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2017
| ''[[M Countdown]]''
| with [[J-Hope]] and [[Jimin]]
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://style.tribunnews.com/2017/09/28/live-straming-mnet-countdown-3-anggota-bts-bakal-jadi-spesial-mc-hari-ini-tonton-di-sini|title=Live Streaming Mnet Countdown - 3 Anggota BTS Bakal Jadi Spesial MC Hari ini, Tonton di Sini!|last=Ajeng|first=Tisa|date=September 28, 2017|website=Tribune Style|language=id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328031404/http://style.tribunnews.com/2017/09/28/live-straming-mnet-countdown-3-anggota-bts-bakal-jadi-spesial-mc-hari-ini-tonton-di-sini|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2022
| ''The Dictionary of Useless Knowledge''
| 1–9
| [[tvN (South Korean TV channel)|tvN]] series co-hosted with [[Jang Hang-jun]]; aired December 2, 2022 to January 27, 2023
| style="text-align:center" |<ref>References for ''The Dictionary of Useless Knowledge'':
*{{cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/10/25/entertainment/kpop/Korea-Kpop-BTS/20221025152920634.html|title=BTS's RM to co-host educational show 'The Dictionary Of Useless Human Knowledge'|last=Lee|first=Jian|date=October 25, 2022|newspaper=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025063340/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/10/25/entertainment/kpop/Korea-Kpop-BTS/20221025152920634.html|archive-date=October 25, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2024}}
*<!--first episode air date-->{{cite news|url=https://v.daum.net/v/20221203100919375|script-title=ko:역시 RM 효과?..'알쓸인잡' 첫방 최고 시청률 5.9%로 출발 [종합]|trans-title=Is it really the RM effect?..'All-rounder' starts off with highest viewership rating of 5.9% [Summary]|last=Kim|first=Chae-yeon|date=December 3, 2023|work=Osen|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704174807/https://v.daum.net/v/20221203100919375|archive-date=July 4, 2024|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2024|via=[[Daum (web portal)|Daum]]}}
*<!--final episode air date & 9 eps total-->{{cite news|url=https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/broadcast/2023/01/28/23VJJH7AS4CB5V5URGV7PGE5OQ/|script-title=ko:7년만의 예능' RM "알쓸인잡, BTS 가사에도 많은 영향줄 것" [어저께TV]|trans-title='Variety show after 7 years' RM "Alsseulinjab, will have a big influence on BTS' lyrics" [Yesterday TV]|last=Ha|first=Soo-jung|date=January 28, 2023|work=Osen|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128054327/https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/broadcast/2023/01/28/23VJJH7AS4CB5V5URGV7PGE5OQ/|archive-date=January 28, 2023|url-status=live|access-date=July 4, 2024|via=[[Chosun.com]]}}</ref>
|}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Dongjak District]]
[[Category:Rappers from Seoul]]
[[Category:MTV Video Music Award winners]]
[[Category:South Korean male rappers]]
[[Category:South Korean record producers]]
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[[Category:Hybe Corporation artists]]
[[Category:Gangneung Kim clan]]
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