BTS RM's birthday: Check out Kim Namjoon's childhood pics as he turns 27 today

BTS leader Kim Namjoon, also popularly kwn as RM, is celebrating his birthday today.  27-year-old idol who started his journey as an underground rapper has established his name worldwide through his music and his dedication to BTS. RM's birthday, which falls on September 12, is being celebrated by ARMYs worldwide with hashtags like '#HappyRMDay',  '#HAPPYBIRTHDAYBESTLEADER', '#HappyNamjoonDay', and '#RMBirthday' to commemorate ir favourite K-pop leader's birth. 

While many ARMYs would have come across HD quality pictures of Kim Namjoon taken by fansites or uploaded by rapper, some of his rarer childhood moments can be considered as prized possessions for ARMYs as well. As RM turns 27, here are some adorable childhood photos of BTS RM that mark his growth from a young boy in Islan to leader of world's biggest boyband.

RM turns 27: RM's childhood pictures

RM defends ARMYs

Just a few days ago, RM once again proved his love for ARMYs after Billboard Magazine's cover story carried allegations of chart manipulation against K-pop boyband's fandom. In article, fans of singers like Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa blamed ARMYs for 'cheating' and claimed that massive purchase of albums by ARMY was behind chart-topping performance of BTS songs. BTS leader and rapper RM defended ARMYs and said that band was an easy target since it had such a high fan loyalty. “It’s a fair question. But if re is a conversation inside Billboard about what being . 1 should represent, n it’s up to m to change rules and make streaming weigh more on ranking", he said.

"Slamming us or our fans for getting to . 1 with physical sales and downloads, I don't kw if that's right. It just feels like we're easy targets because we're a boy band, a K-pop act, and we have this high fan loyalty," BTS RM added.

On work front, BTS has dropped 'Butter Remix' featuring American rapper Megan e Stallion. y have also released a new MV of BTS ‘Permission to Dance’ MV (Shorts Challenge ver.)-- a compilation video of BTS Permission to Dance challenge which was released on Youtube Shorts.

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