There are no easy roads that lead to Rome. To have the success like today, BTS in general and SUGA in particular also had to go through a lot of difficulties.

Who would have thought that less than a decade ago, BTS SUGA used to make less than $2 a day and had to choose between eating noodles or taking the bus home?

Before auditioning for Big Hit Entertainment, SUGA worked as an underground rapper and anonymous producer. He makes music by working part-time at a recording studio but didn't earn too much money, only about $2 a day.

So, after finishing his studies and working in the studio, he often looked tired and considered if he should eat $1 noodles to pay for the bus ride home. Or should he eat $2 noodles but then had to walk two hours to come back home.

Even when he signed on to join Big Hit Music as both a producer and a trainee, his life was still difficult. Because to pay for his school fees and cover living expenses in Seoul, he still worked part-time as a delivery man.

Unfortunately, while doing that job, SUGA had an accident while delivering the goods, which injured his shoulder. Until 2020, the aftermath of this accident caused SUGA to undergo shoulder surgery.

When Big Hit Music and Bang PD nim learned about SUGA having to work part-time and having an accident, Bang PD paid SUGA's fees on the condition that he didn't work part-time and spent time composing. At this time, SUGA has completely conquered his dream of becoming a music producer.

Now, from an unknown musician earning $2 a day, SUGA has become a top idol in the world with a net worth of over $10 million. He is also the current top favorite producer with many collaborations with top stars like IU, PSY, Halsey,...

In 2014, he promised fans that he would buy beef for fans if successful. He fulfilled this promise 4 years later when he donated high quality beef to 39 orphanages in the name of “ARMY”. Over the years of success, SUGA is also a philanthropist who has donated hundreds of millions of won to cancer treatment facilities, disaster relief, and hospitals.

It's been a long way in SUGA's life to get to where it is today. Fortunately, now all the efforts and difficulties are well paid off!