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RM is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Juice Wrld, Drunken Tiger, MFBTY, Krizz Kaliko and Epik High. Those roots explain a lot about how RM arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as J-Hope, Agust D, Jung Kook, Jimin and BTS, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Agust D, The Chaos Chapter: Freeze and Younha, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around RM, reaching back through Juice Wrld and forward to Agust D. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kim Nam-joon, known professionally as RM, 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.
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RM connections
RM grew out of Juice Wrld, Drunken Tiger, MFBTY and Krizz Kaliko, shares an orbit with J-Hope, Agust D, Jung Kook and Jimin, went on to shape Agust D, The Chaos Chapter: Freeze and Younha. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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