RM (rapper)

RM
RM behind the scenes of the "Boy with Luv" music video shoot, March 2019
Born	Kim Nam-joon (1994-09-12) September 12, 1994 (age 27) Dongjak District, Seoul, South Korea
Education	Apgujeong High School Global Cyber University
Occupation	Rapper songwriter record producer
Years active	2010 (2010)–present
Awards	Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit (2018)
Musical career
Genres	K-pop hip hop R&B
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Big Hit
Member of	BTS
Musical artist
Korean name
Hangul	김남준
Hanja	金南俊
Revised Romanization	Gim Nam-jun
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Namchun
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Kim Nam-joon (Korean: 김남준; born September 12, 1994), known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group BTS.

RM released his first solo mixtape, RM, in 2015. In 2018, he released his second mixtape, Mono, which peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 and became the highest-charting album by a Korean soloist in chart history. He has also collaborated with artists such as Wale, Younha, Warren G, Gaeko, Krizz Kaliko, MFBTY, Fall Out Boy, Primary, and Lil Nas X.