BTS Suga, aka Agust D, has always impressed his fans with his amazing rap skills and more. Videos of him rapping have also gone viral on the internet, with netizens praising him for his flow and verse. It’s not just fans who recognise his skills, now he has been recognised as the fastest rapper in K-pop as per Simplebeen’s 2025 rankings. Wondering who is second in the list? Read on to know!
Even though Suga is currently fulfilling his mandatory military service, he is still achieving great things. He topped the rankings with 9.83 syllables per second on BTS’s Cypher Pt 2: Triptych. It’s important to note that the Simplebeen’s rankings looked at more than just speed. They judged them based on their rap skills, speed, and lyrics. The BTS members’ win shows his all-around strength as an artist. Fans took to X and celebrated the milestone.
One user wrote, “I started to like this genre from BTS’s cypher series (before, I hate it). In which Suga impressed me most. Songs like Love yourself: tear, ugh, ddaeng, Agust D, Interlude: shadow.. are my favorite. Seems like I only like BTS rap, still the genre is not for me.” Another user wrote, “Exactly, rap is not always about speed, it’s also about the skill, flow, swag, lyrics. AGUST D KING.”
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Other rappers on the list include Zico in 2nd place, who hit 10.12 syllables per second in Co*cks. RM landed on the 3rd, who hit 9.88 syllables per second in Joke. Next in the list was Stray Kids’ Changbin, who hit 11.13 syllables per second in MIROH.