Rap Monster
Full Name: Kim Nam Joon
Nickname: RapMon, Leader Mon, God of Destruction
Revised Romanization: Gim Namjun
McCune-Reischauer: Kim Namjun
Position: Rapper, Leader
Birthday: September 12, 1994 (Age 21)
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 64 kg
Blood Type: A
Native Name/Hangul Name: 김남준
Genres: Hip hop, R&B
Occupation(s): Rapper, Singer-songwriter, Composer and Music Producer
Years Active: 2013-present
Labels: Big Hit Entertainment and Pony Canyon
Associated: BTS, Zico, Warren G, Krizz Kaliko
Acts: Primary and MFBTY
Fun Facts:
•BTS has been around since 2010, but they debuted in 2013 because of the constant member change up. Rap Monster is the only member left from the original line up.
•His favorite color is black.
•He studied in New Zealand.
•His ideal type is someone with a nice voice, pale, and looks good in white t–shirt,jeans, and red converse.
•His role models are Kanye West, and A$AP Rocky.
•He taught himself how to speak English, and can speak it extremely well.
•He is a big advocated for gay/lesbian rights.
•Despite his rough and tough image, he is very playful and relaxed.
His Family name is Kim
Kim Nam-joon (born September 12, 1994; Hangul : 김남준), better known as Rap Monster, is a South Korean Idol rapper, singer-songwriter, composer and Producer. He is the leader and one of the main rappers of the South Korean group namely BTS, managed under Big Hit Entertainment. In 2015, he released his first solo mixtape, RM.
[Biography]
Rap Monster was born on September 12, 1994, in Ilsan, South Korea and has one younger sister. Before his debut with, he was an underground rapper under the stage name "Runch Randa". He released a number of tracks and once collaborated with fellow underground rapper Zico. He is part of the underground Korean hip hop crew called Daenamhyup, consisting of the members Marvel J, l11ven, Supreme Boi, Iron, Kyum2, Kidoh, Samsoon, Illipse and DJ Snatch. The group has been active since 2009.
Rap Monster is known for his intelligence. He achieved an 850 on the TOEIC when he was in junior high. He allegedly was part of the top 1.3% of the nation in the preparatory university entrance exams for language, math, foreign language and social studies, and has an IQ of 148. Alongside his native language Korean, he is also fluent in English.
[Career]
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On June 13, 2013, Rap Monster made his debut as a member of on Mnet's M! Countdown with the track "No More Dream" from their debut single album 2 Cool 4 Skool. He has produced and written lyrics for a variety of tracks on all of BTS's albums.
[Solo work]
Rap Monster has collaborated with many respected Korean and American artists. On March 4, 2015, he released a single with Warren G entitled, "P.D.D (Please Don't Die)" alongside its music video, which featured behind-the-scene footage of their collaboration in LA. In an interview for Hiphopplaya webzine, Rap Monster received praise from Warren G, who stated: "If I comment from an artist and a producer point of view, Rap Monster is one of the best rappers I know. The way he delivers his rap is outstanding".
On December 31, 2014, BTS performed an intro performance on MBC Gayo Daejejeon , which featured 's Krizz Kaliko's song "spaz". Krizz Kaliko and Rap Monster later produced the song: "Rush", which was released on March 20 on BTS's Sound Cloud, along with Rap Monster's solo mixtape.
Along with EE and Dino J, Rap Monster collaborated with hip hop project group MFBTY for the song, "Bucku Bucku (부끄부끄)". He was featured in "Bucku Bucku"'s music video, and also had a cameo in MFBTY's other music video for their song, "Bang Diggy Bang Bang (방뛰기방방)." On the 4things show, Tiger JK from MFBTY stated that Rap Monster is "the industry junior who changed his preconceptions about idols."
On March 10, 2015, a picture of Rap Monster was released on his blog, along with the words: "RM by Rap Monster. You do You, I do I". This picture helped announce that Rap Monster would be releasing his first solo mixtape : RM on March 20. His first track, "Awakening (각성)" was released with a music video on March 12. Two more tracks from his mixtape, "Do You" and "Joke (농담)" also had music videos released on Youtube. The mixtape was ranked 48th on spin 's "50 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2015".
On April 9, 2015, Primary released his mini-album, 2-1, on which Rap Monster, along with Kwon Jin Ah, was featured in the song, "U".
For his new album, Andre, Yankie released an animated music video for his track, "ProMeTheUs",on June 5. The song features Rap Monster as well as Dok2, Juvie Train, Double K, Topbob, and Don Mills.
Rap Monster collaborated with Marvel for Fantastic four film's soundtrack. The digital single, "Fantastic" featuring Mandy Ventrice, was released on August 4, through Melon, Genie, Never Music and other music sites.
On September 20, Rap Monster participated in the 2015 All Force One (A.F.O) Hot & Cool Concert at AX-Korea, along with other hip hop artists: Palo Alto, Verbal Jint, Supreme Boi, Sik-k, and Incredible.
[Other work]
On March 23, tvN released the preview for an upcoming variety talk show, Hot Brain: Problematic Men, which features Rap Monster as a panel member. During the show, Rap Monster and five other male celebrities discuss social topics with guests.
Rap Monster is a model for the coffee brand K'hawah, along with Iron and Jimin of AOA.
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