{"id":173013,"date":"2026-08-04T10:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=173013"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:08:46","slug":"this-is-how-rm-honored-rapper-nas-during-bts-metlife-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-how-rm-honored-rapper-nas-during-bts-metlife-show\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how RM honored rapper Nas during BTS\u2019 MetLife show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RM<\/strong> honored his longtime musical hero<strong> Nas<\/strong> during<strong> BTS\u2019 concert at MetLife Stadium<\/strong> on August 2, 2026. While speaking to the crowd in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the BTS leader explained that Nas had influenced him throughout his teenage years. Then, he introduced the American rapper as the \u201cKing of New York\u201d and told the audience that the hip-hop legend was attending the concert.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RM of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bts_bighit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bts_bighit<\/a> gave a shout out to one of his idols, Nas , who attended the group\u2019s show at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. <\/p>\n<p>RM later posted a photo of him and fellow member Suga with Nas backstage \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n<p>[\ud83c\udfa5 apobangpo.artemas\/TT, \ud83d\udcf8 rkive\/IG Story] <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BTS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ARIRANG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ARIRANG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RuBCVrjHYm\">pic.twitter.com\/RuBCVrjHYm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MuchMusic (@Much) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Much\/status\/2084389564290875627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cI want to shout out to the artist who dominated my whole teenage [years],\u201d RM shared with concert-goers. \u201cKing of New York, big Nas is here tonight!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>After the concert, the South Korean rapper posted a backstage photo with Nas and fellow BTS member Suga on Instagram Stories. Nas himself later reposted the image and praised the performance, describing it as an\u00a0 \u201cAMAZING SHOW.\u201d RM has long spoken openly about Nas for years. Back in 2021, the BTS members correctly identified Nas as RM\u2019s biggest artistic influe\u201cIt\u2019s a really strange and wonderful feeling to be able to perform in front of your teenage idol.\u201dnce in a Vanity Fair video. RM added that the rapper had been his idol for about a decade, and shared his feelings about performing in front of him with the rest of the BTS fans:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a really strange and wonderful feeling to be able to perform in front of your teenage idol.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RM [ig story 02.08.2026]<br \/>\ud83d\udc28: @\/nas<\/p>\n<p>NAS reposted RM&#39;s story with the caption;<br \/>AMAZING SHOW @\/RKIVE @\/AGUSTD @\/BTS. BIGHITOFFICIAL<\/p>\n<p>What a beautiful photo. It&#39;s going on my wall!! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<br \/>By the way ARMYs may I recommend you give the album &quot;IlImatic&quot; by NAS a listen if you&#39;ve\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vm2o8PUuj5\">pic.twitter.com\/vm2o8PUuj5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sal68 \ud83e\udea9\u00b9\u00b2\ud83e\udebb \u27ed\u27ec\ud83d\udc40\u2076*\u2077@ Hot Spurs (@7btsfilmout) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/7btsfilmout\/status\/2084030611614847167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The August 2 concert was BTS\u2019 second performance at MetLife Stadium during the ARIRANG World Tour. The seven-member team had also previously appeared at the stadium during the FIFA World Cup Final halftime show in July 2026, sharing the stage with Madonna, Justin Bieber, and Shakira. Meanwhile, BTS will continue touring across the United States and Canada through early September. After that, RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are expected to start their Latin American run, bringing the tour to more international fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RM honored his longtime musical hero Nas during BTS\u2019 concert at MetLife Stadium on August 2, 2026. While speaking to the crowd in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the BTS leader explained that Nas had influenced him throughout his teenage years. Then, he introduced the American rapper as the \u201cKing of New York\u201d and told the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":173018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,934],"class_list":["post-173013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-bts","tag-rm"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173022,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173013\/revisions\/173022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}