Suga

I. Introduction

Min Yoon-gi, better known by his stage names SUGA and Agust D,is a South Korean rapper-songwriter and record producer under Big Hit Music. He is a rapper of BTS, also he is notable for his large input in songwriting and is the major music producer between the members.

As a solo artist, he has released two mixtapes: Agust D in 2016 and D-2 in 2020.

In 2018, Suga was promoted to full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association.

II. Career

Min Yoon-gi was born on March 9, 1993, in Daegu, South Korea, the younger of two sons. He attended Taejeon Elementary School, Gwaneum Middle School, and Apgujeong High School. He became interested in rap after hearing "Reggae Muffin" by Stony Skunk, stating that it was different from anything he had ever heard before. After hearing Epik High, he decided to become a rapper.

By age 13, he began to write music lyrics and learned about MIDI. He worked a part-time job at a recording studio by age 17. From then on, he began composing and arranging music, rapping, and performing. Before being signed, he was active under the name Gloss as an underground rapper. As part of the hip hop crew D-Town in 2010, he produced "518-062", a song commemorating the Gwangju Uprising.

Originally joining the company as a music producer, Suga trained under Big Hit Entertainment for three years alongside members J-hope and RM. He 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. He has produced and written lyrics for a variety of tracks on all of BTS' albums.

For BTS' third Korean-language mini album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.1, Suga released a solo intro entitled "Intro: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life". The rap track's lyrics itself discussed the fears of reaching adulthood at the end of one's adolescent years. It released on April 17, 2015, and featured an animated music video.

Pt. 1's follow up mini album, The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Pt.2, featured another intro performed by Suga, called "Intro: Never Mind", specifically recounting Suga's teenage years. The song released on November 15, 2015, and additionally served as the intro for BTS' 2016 compilation album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever.

Suga did not perform another introductory track for BTS until 2020, where he released "Interlude: Shadow" as part of the album roll out for Map of the Soul: 7. The interlude is a rap song that references "Intro: O!RUL8,2?" from the 2013 EP of the same name, and discusses BTS' fame, comparing its reality to the celebrity O!RUL8,2? dreamed about.

In addition to performing intros for BTS, Suga released two solo tracks under the group's name. The first, a song entitled "First Love", appeared on BTS' 2016 studio album Wings, is an autobiographical rap track reminiscent of a monologue. On the 2018 compilation album Love Yourself: Answer, Suga released the song "Trivia 轉: Seesaw", which discussed the up-and-down nature of falling in love. That same year, Suga was awarded the fifth-class Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit as a member of BTS by the President of South Korea along with other members of the group.

He released a free self-titled mixtape via SoundCloud on August 15, 2016. He decided against releasing the project as a commercial studio album. On the record, he discussed matters such as his struggles with depression and social phobia.

In 2017, Suga composed the song "Wine" for singer Suran, whom he had previously worked with for a single on his mixtape. At Suga's studio, Suran heard a rough draft of "Wine" and asked for the song. The record peaked at #2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and won best Soul/R&B track of the year at the Melon Music Awards on December 2, 2017. Suga also received the "Hot Trend Award" for his work on the track.

Suga rereleased his mixtape for digital purchase and streaming in February 2018. The reissue reached #3 on Billboard's World Albums Chart, #5 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and #74 on the Top Album Sales chart. It also caused Suga's solo alias, Agust D, to reach #46 on the Emerging Artists chart for the week of March 3.

In January 2019, Suga provided a rap feature on Lee So-ra's single "Song Request". The track was co-written by Suga and Tablo of Epik High, who also produced the track. The single debuted at number three on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart and at number two on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart, with 3,000 downloads during the song's two-day charting period. Suga later produced a track for Epik High's Sleepless in extended play, titled "Eternal Sunshine", in February. He co-wrote and produced the digital single, "We Don't Talk Together", for singer Heize, which she released on July 7. In December, American singer-songwriter Halsey released the song "Suga's Interlude", from her third studio album Manic, which both featured and was produced by Suga.

On May 6, 2020, IU released the digital single "Eight" featuring and produced by Suga. The song debuted at number one on both the Gaon Digital Chart and Billboard World Digital Songs chart. Suga released his second mixtape, D-2 (the continuation to Agust D), together with the music video for its lead single "Daechwita" on May 22, which peaked at #76 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The mixtape debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 and became the highest-charting album by a Korean soloist in the US. It is also the first Korean solo release to reach the top 10 in the United Kingdom, opening at number 7 on the UK albums chart.

III. Discography

Mixtape(s)

Year	Poster	Title
2016		Agust D
2020		D-2

Digital Single(s)

Year	Poster	Title
2019		"Song Request" (with Lee Sora)
2019		"SUGA's Interlude" (with Halsey)
2020		"Eight" (with IU)
2020		"Blueberry Eyes" (with MAX)

Unofficial Song(s)

Original

Year	Poster	Title
2017		"So Far Away" (with Jin and Jung Kook)
2018		"DDaeng" (with RM and j-hope)

Sampled

Year	Poster	Title
2013		"It Doesn't Matter Mix Final"

Adopted

Year	Poster	Title
2013		"All I Do Is Win"
2013		"School of Tears" (with RM and Jin)
2013		"Adult Child" (with RM and Jin)
2013		"A Typical Idol's Christmas" (with Jin, j-hope, Jimin and V)

Cover

Year	Poster	Title
2019		"Jingle Bell Rock" (with V)

IV. Filmography

Year	Poster	Title
2018		Burn The Stage: The Movie
2019		BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul
2019		Bring The Soul: The Movie
2020		Burn The Stage: The Movie

Music Videos/Trailers/Short Films

V. Awards

VI. Trivia

• His favorite food is meat and Korean dishes.
• His favorite color is black.
• His favorite number is 3.
• He has listed Tazza and Inception as his favorite movies.
• He wanted to be a Firefighter, a Basketball Player and a Musician when he was younger.
• His role models are Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Lil Wayne, and Hit Boy.
• He can play the piano.
• He has a male dog named Min Holly.
• He is a really good cook.
• He is dubbed a 'Tsundere' by many fans.
• His producing studio is called 'Genius Lab'.
• Has a total of 5 ear piercings. (2 on the right, and 3 on the left)
• His favorite drink is Iced Americano.
• His BT21 character is a magic cookie named Shooky. He's the smallest of the BT21 characters.
• His Spotify playlist is called: SUGA’s Hip-Hop Replay
• Suga's real name, Yoongi, when translated actually means 'Gloss' or 'Shine' in Korean.