RM

Known for ActingBorn 1994-09-12 (age 32)Seoul, South Korea

Kim Nam-joon, known professionally as RM (formerly Rap Monster), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is the leader of the boy group BTS. 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 US 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, which featured contributions from various artists including Erykah Badu and Anderson Paak. It peaked at number 3 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 5 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. In 2018, he was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit by the President of South Korea, along with the other members of BTS, for his contributions to Korean culture. In 2020, RM was promoted to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.Read more

Movies & web series

PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE in THE US

SUGA | Agust D TOUR “D-DAY” The Final: LIVE VIEWING Day 03

BTS Permission to Dance on Stage - Las Vegas

BTS Memories of 2021

BTS Love Yourself : Speak Yourself [The Final]

RM 'Indigo' Album Magazine Film

RM Live in New York @ Dia Beacon

RM Live in Seoul @ Rolling Hall

BTS X Cookie Run: Kingdom

BTS MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E DVD

BTS Memories of 2020

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.5: Magic Shop

BTS 5th Muster: Magic Shop in Busan

BTS 2020 Winter Package in Helsinki

BTS 5th Muster Magic Shop in Seoul

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Europe

BTS 2019 SUMMER PACKAGE in Korea

BTS 2018 SUMMER PACKAGE in Saipan

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.4 ~Happy Ever After~

BTS NOW3: BTS in Chicago

BTS NOW2: BTS in Europe & America

BTS Live Trilogy Episode I: BTS Begins

2015 Dream Concert

BTS NOW: BTS in Thailand

BTS Live: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage

Prologue

MTV Europe Music Awards

SUCHWITA

BTS Map of the Soul ON:E Day 1

BTS Map of the Soul ON:E Day 2

Radio Disney Music Awards

Encyclopedia of Useless Facts on Unbelievable Human Beings

BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Seoul (The Final Chapter)

BTS Memories of 2019

RM: Right People, Wrong Place

BTS Summer Package in Dubai

2016 BTS LIVE The Most Beautiful Moment in Life On Stage: Epilogue

BTS 2021 Muster: Sowoozoo Day 2

Break the Silence: Docu-Series

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in New York

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself - Japan Edition

BTS 2015 Summer Package in Kota Kinabalu

Break the Silence: The Movie

BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself -Speak Yourself' London

BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Goyang

BTS WORLD TOUR [ARIRANG] in Busan

BTS World Tour ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself’ São Paulo

BTS World Tour Love Yourself Hong Kong