Suga (rapper)

Min Yoongi
Hangeul	민윤기
Hanja	閔 玧 其
Revised Romanization	Min Yun-gi
McCune- Reischauer	Min Yunki
See also : Korean name

Min Yoon-gi (Hangul: 민윤기; born March 9, 1993 in Daegu , South Korea ), also known as Suga or Agust D , is a South Korean rapper , songwriter , dancer and music producer . He is a member of the boy band BTS ( Hangul : 방탄 소년단), which was founded by Big Hit Entertainment in 2013 . In 2016 he released his first solo mixtape .

biography

Min Yoon-gi was born on March 9, 1993 in Daegu , South Korea, the younger of two sons. He began composing at the age of 13. He took an interest in rap after hearing "Reggae Muffin" by Stony Skunk because, according to him, it was "unlike anything he's ever heard before". He started his rapper career after hearing the song "Fly" by the South Korean hip-hop group Epik High .

Before his debut with BTS , he worked as an underground rapper under the stage name Gloss . As part of the hip-hop crew D-Town he wrote the song "518-062" in 2010 to commemorate the Gwangju uprising of 1980. He was cast on a Bighit rap casting called Hit It at the age of 17 and joined the BTS trainee roster in 2010.

Career

Since 2013: BTS

→ Main article : BTS (band)

On June 13, 2013, Min Yoon-gi made his debut as rapper Suga of the boy group BTS (Bangtan Boys) on M! Countdown from Mnet with the track "No More Dream" from their debut album "2 Cool 4 Skool". Since then he has been writing and producing numerous songs for his group, including the successful singles "Blood Sweat & Tears", "DNA" and "Fake Love". The Korea Music Copyright Association , according to, seemed Suga at more than 85 songs with.

Suga's signature

On December 9, 2013, during the doctoral week in Japan, Suga suffered from appendicitis and had to fly back to Korea, where he was operated on. Because of this, he fell out of the subsequent activities of the Bangtan Boys for a short time.

In October 2018, South Korean President Moon Jae-in Suga and the remaining members awarded a medal for their extraordinary contribution to Korean culture and its spread. BTS are the youngest and first idols to receive this medal in the cultural awards.

In June 2019, Suga was named a member of the Recording Academy with the rest of the BTS members . Membership enables him, among other things, to vote for the Grammy winners.

Since 2016: solo activities

In August 2016 Suga brought under his solo artist name Agust D his first solo mixtape Agust D out. Agus is Suga backwards, while TD stands for "D-Town", his hometown of Daegu . The album was released for free on SoundCloud and also dispensed with a commercial studio album because, according to his own statement, this restricts him artistically. Among other things, he raps about his depression , suicidal thoughts, social phobia and the negative consequences of the limelight. In the song "The Last" he talks about his therapies and a stay in a psychiatric hospital, a topic that is still a taboo in Korean society in Korea. For the tracks “Agust D” and “Give It To Me” he shot music videos that were clicked millions of times on YouTube . During a fan event, he and his bandmate Jimin presented the song "Tony Montana".

On September 14, 2016, his mixtape was one of the five artists presented at the weekly edition of Artists to Watch by TIDAL .

As part of the BTS Festa 2017 , he released a version of `` So Far Away '' with bandmates Jin and Jungkook (originally with singer Suran on his mixtape).

In January 2019, Suga appeared as a guest rapper in singer Lee So-ra's song "Song Request." The song debuted at No. 3 on the Gaon Digital Chart and No. 2 on Billboard World Songs with 3,000 downloads in the United States.

In December 2019 the American singer and songwriter Halsey released the song "Suga's Interlude" from her third studio album Manic, which was written by Suga and in which he can also be heard.

Work as a music producer

In 2017 Suga first produced a song for an artist other than BTS . The song "Wine" by the Korean R&B singer Suran reached the top of the Korean charts within hours, for which the singer publicly thanked Suga, the producer of the song. At the Melon Music Awards 2017, the two received the Hot Trend Award for their collaboration .

In 2019 Suga produced the song Eternal Sunshine on Epik High's album "Sleepless in__________". In July 2019 Suga appeared as a producer and songwriter on the single We Don't Talk Together by the South Korean singer Heize. The song Eight, produced and recorded jointly by Suga and IU , was released in May 2020 . The song successfully entered the charts of many download providers such as iTunes worldwide .

Private life

Since 2019 he has lived in Hannam-dong , Seoul , South Korea. In 2018 he bought a luxury apartment in South Korea valued at $ 3 million but still resides in Hannam-dong. [46]

In 2014, he promised to buy his fans meat if he was to be successful as a musician. Four years later, on his 25th birthday, he donated beef to 39 orphanages under the name “ARMY”, the name of the BTS fan base. On his 26th birthday, he and 329 BT21 Shooky dolls donated 100 million South Korean won ( $ 88,000 ) to the Korean Childhood Cancer Organization. In February 2020, he donated US $ 88,000 to stop the coronavirus from spreading further and to heal those affected.

Suga has spoken openly about mental disorders and equality for the LGBTQ + community.

Discography

See also : BTS (band) / discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		KR	AT	CH	UK	US
2020	D-2	-	AT4 (1 week) AT	CH5 (1 week) CH	UK7 (1 week) UK	US11 (... weeks) US	as Agust D

Mixtape

• Agust D (2016)

Songs with chart positions

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		KR	UK	US
2016	First Love Wings	KR32 (1 week) KR	-	-	Sales KOR: + 103,240
2018	Trivia 轉: Seesaw Love Yourself 結 'Answer'	KR39 (8 weeks) KR	-	-	Sales US: + 11,000
2019	Song Request (신청 곡) Lee So-ra feat. Suga	KR3 (... weeks) KR	-	-	Sales US: + 3,000
2020	Daechwita D-2	-	UK68 (1 week) UK	US76 (1 week) US	as Agust D

Unofficial title and cover

year	title	Contributing artist	Original track
2012	"A Typical Trainee's Christmas"	RM , Jin	Kanye West - Christmas in Harlem Wham! - Last Christmas
2012	`` School of Tears ''	RM , Jin	Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools
2013	`` Adult Child ''	RM , Jin	Common - Celebrate

Songwriting and production

All informationen according to the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless otherwise stated.

year	Artist	title	album
2013	BTS	We Are Bulletproof Pt.2	2 Cool 4 Skool
		No more dream
		I like it
		Outro: Circle Room Cypher
		Road
		We On	O! RUL8,2?
		Coffee
		BTS Cypher, Pt.1
		Attack on Bangtan
		Paldogangsan
2014	BTS	Intro: Skool Luv Affair	Skool Luv Affair
		Boy on windward
		Where Did You Come From
		Just one day
		Tomorrow
		BTS Cypher, Pt 2: Triptych
		Spine Breaker
		Jump
		Miss Right	Skool Luv Affair (Special Edition)
		I Like It (Slow Jam Remix)
		24/7 Heaven	Dark & ​​Wild
		2nd grade
		Cypher Pt. 3: KILLER
		Danger
		Let me know
		Rain
		Look here
		이불 킥 (Blanket Kick / Embarrassed)
		Could You Turn Off Your Cell Phone?
		Was Of Hormones
		Hip Hop Phile
2015	BTS	Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment In Life	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1
		Hold me tight
		Dope
		Boyz With Fun
		Converse high
		Moving on
		Intro: Never Mind	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 2
		run
		Whalien 52
		Ma City
		Autumn Leaves
2016	BTS	Save me	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
		FIRE
		Epilogue: Young Forever
		Intro; Dt sugA (Feat. DJ Friz)	Agust D
		Agust D
		give it to me
		skit
		치리 사일 사팔 (724148)
		140503 새벽 에 (140503 at dawn)
		마지막 (The Last)
		Tony Montana (Feat. Yankie)
		Interlude; Dream, reality
		so far away (Feat. 수란 (SURAN))
		Blood Sweat & Tears	Wings
		First love
		BTS Cypher 4
		2! 3!
		Interlude: Wings
2017	BTS	Outro: wings	You Never Walk Alone
		Spring Day
		A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone
	Suran	Wine / If I Get Drunk Today	Walkin '
		Wine / If I Get Drunk Today (Inst.)
	BTS	Best Of Me	Love Yourself 承 'Her'
		Pied Piper
		DNA
		Outro: Her
		Sea
2018	BTS	Intro: circular hike	Face Yourself
		134340	Love Yourself 轉 'Tear'
		Anpanman
		Paradise
		Love Maze
		Magic Shop
		Airplane, Pt. 2
		So what
		Outro: Tear
	RM , Suga, J-Hope	땡 (DDAENG)	FESTA 2018
	BTS	봄날 (Brit Rock Remix For 가요 대축제)
		Trivia 轉: Seesaw	Love Yourself 結 'Answer'
		I'm fine
		Answer: Love Myself
		DNA (PEDAL 2 LA MIX)
		Seesaw XI NEED U REMIX
2019	Lee So-ra feat. SUGA	Song request
	Epic high	Eternal Sunshine	Sleepless in__________
	BTS	Dionysus	Map of the Soul: Persona
		HOME
		Make it right
		Microcosm
		Boy With Luv
	Heat	We don't talk together
2020	IU feat. Suga	Eight
	Suga ( Agust D )	Moonlight	D-2
		Burn it feat. Max
		Dear my friend feat. Kim Jong Wan
		Daechwita
		People
		28 feat. NiiHWA
		Interlude: Set me free
		Strange feat. RM
		What do you think?
		Honsool

Awards

Melon Music Awards

year	receiver	price	Result
2017	Suga (Wine)	Hot trend	Won

Web links

Commons : Suga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cicil: BTS (Bangtan Boys) Profile. In: 2deer. December 16, 2013, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
2. ↑ 방탄 소년단 의 슈가, 민윤기, 혹은 Agust D. October 7, 2016, accessed July 10, 2019 (Korean). 
3. ↑ <ⓒ “텐 아시아” 무단 전재 재배포 금지>: | 방탄 소년단, 네 꿈 은 뭐니? (인터뷰) 텐 아시아. October 14, 2013, accessed on February 22, 2020 (ko-KR). 
4. ↑ Han, Mi-rae: 방탄 소년단 슈가 가 고 2 때 만든 5 ㆍ 18 노래 화제. Retrieved September 12, 2015 . 
5. ↑ No name noted: Here's How Each BTS Member Was Discovered, And Signed To BigHit. In: koreaboo. Koreaboo, Inc., March 15, 2019, accessed July 10, 2019 . 
6. ↑ UPDATEDbtswritingproducingcredit.pdf . In: Google Docs . ( Online [accessed May 18, 2017]).
7. ^ ^{A b} Korea Music Copyright Association. Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 
8. ^ K-pop group BTS to receive cultural medal from Korean government. Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 
9. ^ BTS offered Recording Academy membership, to vote for Grammys. Retrieved June 27, 2019 . 
10. ↑ 방탄 소년단 의 슈가, 민윤기, 혹은 Agust D. October 7, 2016, accessed February 24, 2020 (Korean). 
11. ↑ Genius English Translations - Agust D - 마지막 (The Last) (English Translation). Retrieved February 24, 2020 . 
12. ↑ BTS 'Suga Addresses Depression & Cost of Fame on' Agust D 'Mixtape . In: Billboard . ( Online [accessed May 18, 2017]).
13. ↑ James Watkins: South Korea's Mental Health Problem - That Koreans Don't Admit. In: OZY. February 9, 2018, accessed February 27, 2020 (American English). 
14. ↑ ibighit: Agust D 'Agust D' MV. August 15, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
15. ↑ ibighit: Agust D 'give it to me' MV. August 18, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
16. ↑ Pratama Afiq: Suga & Jimin - Tony Montana (album 3RD MUSTER BTS 2017). April 11, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
17. ↑ TIDAL Rising: This Week's 5 Artists To Watch. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
18. ↑ So Far Away (SUGA, 진, 정국 Ver.) . In: BANGTAN BLOG . June 14, 2017 ( online [accessed June 14, 2017]).
19. ↑ Lee Sora & Suga Debut on World Digital Song Sales With 'Song Request'. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
20. ↑ 2019 년 04 주차 Digital Chart. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
21. ↑ C. Oh April 20, 2017: BTS's Suga To Compose And Produce For Artist Besides BTS For First Time Ever. In: Soompi. April 20, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
22. ↑ J. Lim April 26, 2017: Suran Announces Release Date And Reveals Changmo Will Feature In New Track Produced By BTS's Suga. In: Soompi. April 26, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
23. ↑ J. Lim April 27, 2017: Suran Thanks BTS's Suga And Changmo For Helping Her With Her First Chart-Topping Track “Wine”. In: Soompi. April 27, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
24. ↑ The Winners Of The 2017 Melon Music Awards | Soompi. Retrieved December 2, 2017 (American English). 
25. ↑ Epik High Drops New Song 'Eternal Sunshine,' Produced by BTS 'Suga: Listen. Retrieved March 11, 2019 . 
26. ↑ ^{a b} BTS's SUGA revealed as producer, composer, & lyricist for Heize's comeback single 'We Don't Talk Together'. Retrieved June 27, 2019 . 
27. ↑ IU, Suga's collaboration song 'Eight' becomes chart sensation. In: The Korea Herald . Yonhap , May 7, 2020, accessed May 8, 2020 . 
28. ↑ [라이프 트렌드] 유명인 이 반한 한남동, 최고급 주거지 로 뜬 이유: 네이버 뉴스. April 21, 2019, accessed February 24, 2020 . 
29. ↑ BTS 'Suga Donates Korean Beef to 39 Orphanages for his Birthday. Retrieved September 4, 2020 . 
30. ↑ 방탄 소년단 슈가, 한국 소아암 재단 에 성금 1 억원 기부. March 9, 2019, accessed February 24, 2020 (Korean). 
31. ↑ Jeff Benjamin: BTS Fans Inspired to Donate Concert Ticket Refunds to Coronavirus Relief. Retrieved March 1, 2020 . 
32. ↑ BTS Speaks Out In Seoul: The K-Pop Megastars Get Candid About Representing a New Generation. Retrieved February 24, 2020 . 
33. ↑ ^{a b} chart sources:
    • Suga - Gaon Chart .
    • AT charts
    • CH charts
    • UK charts
    • US charts
34. ↑ First Love sales:
    • 국내 대표 음악 차트 가온 차트! Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
    • 국내 대표 음악 차트 가온 차트! Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
35. ↑ Sales of Trivia 轉: Seesaw:
    • BTS Breaks Their Own Record for Most Simultaneous Hits on World Digital Song Sales Chart. Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Sales of Song Request:
    • Lee Sora & Suga Debut on World Digital Song Sales With 'Song Request'. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . 
37. ↑ BANGTANTV: 흔한 연습생 의 크리스마스 Video Edit by 방탄 소년단. December 22, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . 
38. ↑ BANGTANTV: 학교 의 눈물 by 방탄 소년단. January 20, 2013, accessed May 18, 2017 . 
39. ↑ Agust D - Agust D. In: SoundCloud. Retrieved January 5, 2019 . 
40. ↑ 땡 - RM, SUGA, J-HOPE. Retrieved January 4, 2019 . 
41. ↑ 봄날 (Brit Rock Remix For 가요 대축제). Retrieved January 5, 2019 . 
42. ↑ Seesaw XI NEED U REMIX. Retrieved January 5, 2019 . 
43. ↑ 2016 년 올해 를 빛낸 가수 와 가요 - 최근 10 년간 추이 포함, 아이돌 선호도. Retrieved January 2, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Min is the family name here, Yoon-gi is the first name.