Suga (musician)

Suga

Suga at SK Telecom fansigning event on June 5, 2016
Background information
Native name 민윤기
Birth name Min Yoon-gi
Also known as Agust D
Born (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993
Buk District, Daegu, South Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active 2013 (2013)–present
Labels Big Hit Entertainment
Associated acts
Website bts.ibighit.com
Korean name
Hangul 민윤기
Hanja 閔允其
Revised Romanization Min Yun-gi
McCune–Reischauer Min Yunki
Stage name
Hangul 슈가
Revised Romanization Syuga
McCune–Reischauer Syuka

Min Yoon-gi (Hangul: 민윤기; born March 9, 1993),[1] known professionally as Suga or Agust D, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is a lead rapper of the South Korean boy group BTS, managed under Big Hit Entertainment. In August 2016, he released his first solo mixtape, Agust D.[2]

Early life

Min Yoon-gi was born on March 9, 1993, in Buk District, Daegu, South Korea. He has an older brother.[3]

Before his debut with BTS, he was an underground rapper going by the stage name "Gloss".[4] Yoongi decided to become a rapper after listening to "Fly" by Epik High.

Career

BTS

On June 13, 2013, Suga made his debut as a member of BTS on Mnet's M Countdown with the track "No More Dream" from their debut single album 2 Cool 4 Skool.[5]

On December 9, 2013, during their promotions in Japan, Suga was diagnosed with appendicitis and had to be flown back to Korea to receive surgery. Due to his surgery, Suga was therefore unable to participate in the 2014 Idol Star Athletics Championships, BTS's SBS Gayo Daejeon and MBC Gayo Daejejeon year-end performances.[6]

As a member of BTS, he has produced, composed, and written lyrics for a variety of tracks on BTS's albums.

Solo work

His first mixtape was released on August 16, 2016 under the name Agust D, combining his stage name spelled backwards with the initials of "D-Town", which is the name of his old hiphop crew in Daegu.[7] The mixtape was 4 years in the making, entirely produced by Suga himself and explores many socially conscious themes such as his past experience with depression, suicidal thoughts, and social phobia.[8] Two tracks from his mixtape, "Agust D" and "Give It to Me" had music videos released on YouTube, with the former reaching over 1 million views within 12 hours.[9] He was also listed as one of the weekly Artists to Watch by TIDAL Rising on September 14, 2016.[10]

Suga was listed as the main producer for fellow musician Suran's song, "Wine", in April 2017. The song topped multiple charts and stayed #1 on Melon's realtime chart for several weeks.[11]

Discography

Charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
[12]		 US World
[13]
As lead artist
"First Love" 2016 32 17 Wings
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Mixtapes

Title Album details
Agust D

Videography

Music videos

Year Title Ref
2016 "Agust D" [15]
"Give It to Me" [16]

References

  1. ↑ "슈가 프로필" (in Korean). Naver.
  2. ↑ "Agust D(방탄소년단 슈가) ‘Agust D’, 연기력+OUI 김성욱 감독의 영상미 ‘금상첨화’" (in Korean). Gyeonggi Domin Ilbo.
  3. ↑ "BTS Profile". BTS Official Website.
  4. ↑ "[TRANS/PANN] An idol who posted a post on Pann some years ago". Tumblr.
  5. ↑ "[Video] BTS Rides the School Bus in Making of ‘No More Dream’". Mwave.
  6. ↑ "BTS’ Suga Reveals Details About His Emergency Surgery Experience". Soompi.
  7. ↑ "[아이돌 믹스테이프①] ‘Agust D’, 방탄소년단 슈가의 이면" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
  8. ↑ "BTS' Suga Addresses Depression & Cost of Fame on 'Agust D' Mixtape". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "BTS’s Suga drops solo as Agust D with "Give It to Me" MV". Koreaboo.
  10. ↑ "TIDAL RISING: THIS WEEK’S 5 ARTISTS TO WATCH". TIDAL Rising.
  11. ↑ 27, J. Lim April; 2017 (2017-04-27). "Suran Thanks BTS’s Suga And Changmo For Helping Her With Her First Chart-Topping Track “Wine”". Soompi. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  12. ↑
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ Cumulative sales of "First Love":
  15. ↑ ibighit (2016-08-15), Agust D 'Agust D' MV, retrieved 2017-04-21
  16. ↑ ibighit (2016-08-18), Agust D ‘give it to me’ MV, retrieved 2017-04-21
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