Agust D

Min Yoongi (Hangul: 민윤기; born on March 9, 1993), also known as Agust D (as a solo artist) and Suga (stage name in BTS), is a South Korean hip-hop artist, producer, lyricist, and a member of South Korean boy group BTS (Hangul: 방탄소년단). He debuted with the group in June 2013. Prior to his debut, he was an underground hip-hop rapper that self-wrote and produced his music. Suga adopted the alias Agust D in 2016, which is derived from the initials "DT", short for his birth place "Daegu Town", and "Suga" spelled backwards. His self-produced mixtape, Agust D, was released on August 16, 2016. He decided against releasing the project as a commercial studio album, describing it as the "feeling of being trapped in some sort of framework." On the record, he discussed matters such as his struggles with depression and social phobia. Fuse TV rated it as one of the top twenty mixtapes of 2016. Suga re-released his mixtape for digital purchase and streaming in February 2018. The success of the reissue placed it at number three on Billboard's World Albums Chart, number five on the Heatseekers Albums Chart, and caused Suga's solo alias, Agust D, to reach number 46 on the Emerging Artists chart for the week of March 3. Suga is responsible for writing, composing and arranging, as well as mixing and mastering his material. He has over sixty registered songs accredited to his name with the Korea Music Copyright Association. The foundation of his lyrics involve themes that are "full of dreams and hope," conceived with the intent of his music becoming "many people's strength." He cites Stony Skunk and Epik High as his inspirations to pursue hip hop music. Particularly, he credits the former's reggae-hip-hop hybrid album Ragga Muffin (2005) and its title track for igniting his interest in the genre, calling it "completely different" from mainstream music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.