NAMJOON: PILLAR OF BTS!

BTS’ charismatic and amazing rapper and frontman RM aka Kim Nam Joon is the pillar on which the group is built and it is a fact! Our president RM is a rapper, songwriter and producer. He was born on September 12, 1994, in Ilsan, South Korea. His love for poetry and rap led him to his current career. Epik High’s ‘Fly’ inspired him to write his music and eventually, he decided to make music his life! Besides his work and activities with BTS, he released his first solo mixtape, ‘RM’ which received rave reviews from fans and critics worldwide. In October 2018, his second mixtape, Mono, was the highest-charting album by a Korean soloist on the Billboard 200 chart, having peaked at number 26. Our God of Destruction is the K-Pop global sensation, widely cherished by ARMY for his stable leadership, compassionate nature towards his team members, evocative speeches about selflove, and fighting stereotypes. Of course, his impeccable rapping and dancing skills are just the icings on the cake. Going by the numerous videos and lives, it’s evident that the group worships their leader and hangs on to his every word. That doesn’t stop them from teasing him and calling him the ‘god of destruction as he tends to be very clumsy backstage.

Like his friends on the BTS journey, RM has been through the entire spectrum too, dealing with brutal trolling, hate, accusations of Chartbeat manipulations and even death threats at one point. However, he has managed to keep his cool like a BOSS when handling the negativity spewed against him. In fact, in an old video, RM reads out all the hurtful comments against him, where they attacked him for his lyrics, and said he can never be a K-Pop idol. RM reads the comments and then tells the trolls, “I will prove it to you.” Well, apart from the stupendous success of BTS, he has his own thriving solo career and has released his own mixtape. Recently, Project Forget Me Not, a fundraiser for elderlies affected by Alzheimer’s is being collected by the Indian Fan Page ‘Bangtan India’. The donation is made in the name of Hope Ek A.S.H.A, for these patients’ cures. Before BTS, RM was originally known as Runch Randa in the Korean underground scene and was also part of the Daenamhyup crew. Rap Monster’s always held on to a bit of that anti-mainstream attitude, especially with his expressive 2015 mixtape. According to the BTS members: Namjoon is the central pillar of our team. He is BTS. Namjoon is BTS itself. I don’t think I could do anything without Namjoon.-JIN

“My happiness started when I met Rap Monster (RM)- Jungkook And while talking about RM, Jimin said, “Namjoon’s very existence is enough.
TaeTae wrote, “Namjoonie is someone who understands me the best and is very important to me, but personally I don’t think I know of how he feels much. I do really want to know, and I really wanna drink and have a meaningful conversation with him soon.” “The first person I shared the album with, it’s always the same for me. I always share with RM first,” He is a friend who is like a brother to me for internity - Hobi said Yoongi said “I need him or i’ll be worn out. He also left a sweet note that read, “happy birthday namjoon youve worked hard let’s grow/gain the strength.