BTS' Rap Monster talks about women and rap culture
BTS’ Rap Monster shared some insight into the rap culture’s attitude towards women in a recent interview with ’@star1’ (’@style1’) magazine.
The interviewer commented, “Some rappers express hip hop by dissing others, demeaning women, or harsh cursing,” and Rap Monster revealed his point of view. He said, “The hip hop culture can be very open, but if you look at it another way, it’s a closed culture that only those within it could understand.”
Rap Monster continued, “The public needs to respect that culture in part, but I think that the demeaning of women needs to be subdued.”
a namjoon stan was nervous because it was their first fansign. rap monster who saw the fan said “you practiced with me, so don’t be nervous in front of your bias”
“young idol fans don’t like me nor do the hip hop fans…does that make you feel good?” - rap monster
fan: “i got your photocard!” // rap monster: “i’m sorry”
“2013, some month, some date, i did something. this won’t get released, right? how sad. i just didn’t appear on the group log, but i was next to the trashcan” - v
“i should stay low (quiet) for our group” - jimin
“you don’t have to come if you are tired. don’t invest so much time on us. it’s a waste. we’re not anything special” - jhope
q: “what was the most hurtful comment recently?” // rap monster: “leave bangtan”
there were only four in-ears. they said to give it to the ones who have trouble with live vocal, so they gave it to jimin and he cried.
q: “what’s was saddest about 2014?” // suga: “there are no sad memories really. only, we worked on album promotions the entire year. that was hard. it was hard mentally and physically. it was so hard that i would reject the offer to repeat the process.
“it’s a good thing that people listen to our music through good looking v and jungkook. haha. it works out so it must be a good thing.” - suga
“it’s a bit illogical, but i want fans to view our relationship as a person to person than a fan to an idol.” - rap monster