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Also known as Kim Nam-joon, Rap Monster, Real Me
South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and leader of the boy band BTS
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RM, born Kim Namchun (Gim Nam-jun) on September 12, 1994, is a South Korean artist who began his professional work period in 2013. Standing 181 centimeters tall and weighing 67 kilograms, he is associated with the music genres of k-pop, rap, Hip-Hop, and Korean music. His official website is hosted on ibighit.com.
The artist has been referenced by 439 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, his music has accumulated 545,061,829 plays from 826,621 listeners. Open Library lists him as an author with 22 works, including titles such as "Time, a Place," "UCLA Thesis," and "Mandala Coloring Book Designs." Crossref records five works under his name.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
Top works
- Time, a Place
- UCLA Thesis
- Ireland (Ravenstein Maps)
- Livre de Coloriage Beaux Oiseaux
- Mandala Coloring Book Designs
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 826,621
- Total plays
- 545,061,829
Tags
RM real name is Kim Namjoon (Korean: 김남준; born September 12, 1994), better known as RM, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader and the main rapper in the South Korean boy group BTS, managed under Big Hit Labels. RM of BTS - Active during his pre-debut days as an underground rapper (Runch Randa). 13-year-old Nam-joon was already a prodigy in rap, he'd often attended gigs in his hometown Ilcheon and earned a place for himself in the underground scene at an ear
via Last.fm · RM
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,815x
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,624x
- Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants
· 2016 · cited 2,851x
- A common genetic variation in the 3'-untranslated region of the prothrombin gene is associated with elevated plasma prothrombin levels and an increase in venous thrombosis
· 1996 · cited 2,283x
- Annexin V for flow cytometric detection of phosphatidylserine expression on B cells undergoing apoptosis
· 1994 · cited 1,902x
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Key facts
- Born
- Kim Nam-joon , ( 1994-09-12 ) September 12, 1994 (age 31) , Seoul , South Korea
- Alma mater
- Global Cyber University [ ko ]
- Occupations
- Rapper songwriter record producer
- Years active
- 2010 ( 2010 ) –present
- Works
- Solo discography songs written
- Honors
- Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit (2018)
- Genres
- K-pop hip hop R&B Alt-pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Label
- Big Hit
- Member of
- BTS
- Hangul
- 김남준
- Hanja
- 金南俊
- Rr
- Gim Namjun
- Mr
- Kim Namjun
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Encyclopedic overview
Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준; born September 12, 1994), known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader of South Korean boy band BTS, under Big Hit Music. 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 United States 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. The project featured contributions from various artists including Erykah Badu and Anderson .Paak. It peaked at number three 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 five 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RM” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.