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== Early life and education ==
Kim Nam-joon ({{Korean|김남준}}) 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"}}</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 {{Ill|Gangneung Kim
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>
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