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RM
Seoul, South Korea
Kim Nam-joon, known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is the leader of the boy…
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Kim Nam-joon, known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is the leader of the boy group BTS. Born in Seoul and raised in Ilsan, RM began his music career in the underground Korean hip-hop scene as a teenager, going by the name Runch Randa. He joined Big Hit in 2010, and debuted as part of BTS in June 2013. RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, in 2015, followed by his second mixtape, mono, in 2018. The latter became the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist in the US in history when it peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200. He made his official solo debut in 2022, with the release of his studio album Indigo, which featured contributions from various artists including Erykah Badu and Anderson Paak. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200, becoming the highest-charting album by a Korean solo artist of all-time. In 2024, he experimented with alternative music on his sophomore album Right Place, Wrong Person, which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 and garnered critical acclaim. RM has also collaborated with artists such as Warren G, Krizz Kaliko, MFBTY, Primary, Gaeko, Wale, Fall Out Boy, Younha, Megan Thee Stallion, Tablo, and Lil Nas X. 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. In 2020, RM was promoted to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.
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2026
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Los Angeles
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2026
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Busan
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2026
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Japan
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2026
BTS: The Best Talk Show!
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2026
BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Goyang
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2026
BTS: THE RETURN
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2026
BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
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2025
BTS [MUSTER SOWOOZOO] Remastered
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2025
BTS Army: Forever We Are Young
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2025
BTS [MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E] IN CINEMAS
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2025
BTS 7 Moments
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2024
RM: Right People, Wrong Place
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2024
HYBE CINEMA NORAEBANG
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2024
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
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2024
BTS BANG BANG CON
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2024
SUGA | Agust D TOUR 'D-DAY' THE MOVIE
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2024
PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE in THE US
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2023
BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star
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2023
Jimin's Production Diary
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2023
Seotaiji 25 Live Time : Traveler
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2023
j-hope IN THE BOX
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2023
BASTIONS
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2023
BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas
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2023
K-Pop Generation
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2022
RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall
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2022
RM Live in New York @ Dia Beacon
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2022
SUCHWITA
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2022
RM 'Indigo' Album Magazine Film
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2022
BTS X Cookie Run: Kingdom
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2022
BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA
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2022
BTS Memories of 2021
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2022
&Audition - The Howling
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2022
BTS 2021 MUSTER: SOWOOZOO
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