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•Rap Monster (Now RM) was born on September 12, 1994, in Ilsan, South Korea. He is the main rapper and leader of the South Korean boyband, BTS. He is the youngest amongst the hyung line.

•Before his debut with BTS, 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 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. He is thus, the brainiest member of the group.

•He is the only member fluent in English and Japanese, and while all members of BTS studied Japanese as trainees, Rap Monster continues to learn Japanese after debut.

•He has described himself as an atheist.

•Rap Monster was recruited as BTS's first member back in 2010 during a Big Hit talent audition

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•Rap Monster was recruited as BTS's first member back in 2010 during a Big Hit talent audition. Rap Monster trained for years with two other underground rappers, Jung Ho-seok (J-Hope) and Min Yoon-gi (Suga).

•On June 13, 2013, Rap Monster made his debut as a member of BTS on Mnet's M! Countdown with the track "No More Dream" from their debut single album 2 Cool 4 Skool. It was written by him because apparently, he had no dreams in school.

•He has produced and written lyrics for a variety of tracks on all of BTS's albums. Overall, till date, he has wrote and composed over 100 songs. He used to write lyrics at the back of his notebook since childhood.

• Rap Monster has collaborated with many 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.

P.D.D

•Along with EE and Dino J, Rap Monster collaborated with hip hop project group MFBTY for the song "Bucku Bucku". 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)."

Bucku bucku

• He released his first solo mixtape, RM on March 20. The mixtape was ranked 48th on Spin's "50 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2015".

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