Frank, whose full name is Francesco Lentini, was born on May 18, 1889 in Rosolini, Sicily (Italy). He is the 5th child in a family of 12 children. Although later known as the “Three-legged Man”, Frank actually had a few extra body parts. In addition to a full-sized third leg, extending from his right hip, he has another foot that protrudes from the knee of this leg and a second male genitalia. At 4 months old, Frank’s parents took their son to a specialist to determine the possibility of amputating his third leg. However, after careful examination, the doctor said that Frank’s condition was actually due to the phenomenon of parasitic twins. While still a fetus, his body “received” a part of the other twin. That’s why inside the Lentini there is a spine, but the pelvis and genitals, legs grow separately. His third leg was attached to his spine, and if removed, there is a risk of paralysis or even death. Frank’s appearance surprised everyone. Neighbors nicknamed him “u maravigghiusu” which means “weird” and “little monster”. Due to the stigma surrounding people, he was sent by his parents to live with his aunt and uncle. In time, these relatives took Frank to a home to raise children with disabilities. The boy noticed that the deaf, blind, and physically deformed children here did not complain about their defects. Frank then expressed: “Before, I thought I was the most unlucky person. But when I was at an orphanage for children with disabilities, I understood that there are many more unhappy people in the world than me. So life isn’t as bad as I thought it would be.” Gradually, Frank Lentini adapted to his abnormal body. He couldn’t walk on his extra leg, but later learned to straighten it. Frank practiced running, jumping, biking, rollerblading, even swimming. He said the extra leg gave him an advantage when in the water, it acted as a rudder. Frank Lentini completed the program until the end of 8th grade with the help of Giovannina Brogato, an Italian-born tutor. The star in the circus Frank Letini – the three-legged man. A wandering puppeteer named Vincenzo Magnano discovered the boy Frank. He convinces Frank’s parents, their son can become a star in the circus. Frank’s parents accepted their son to come to America. First, Frank toured with the Ringling Brothers, then he went to Bridgeport, Connecticut, the winter headquarters of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. At the time, the circus had a three-legged man, George Lippert, born in Germany. But Frank quickly eclipsed Lippert in terms of his performances. Posters call him “The Three-Legged Sicilian,” “The Greatest Medical Wonder of All Time,” or just “The Great Lentini.” When Frank Lentini joined the circus, he quickly became one of America’s most popular supporting artists, along with “The Bearded Lady,” “General Tom Thumb” and “Elephant Man.” Today, we view the display of people with physical disabilities as exploitation. But at that time, the circus gave Frank and the other supporting actors not only the opportunity to earn a living, but also become celebrities. As an adult, Frank Lentini weighs 80kg and is 169cm tall. He claims his extra body parts weigh between 10 and 13kg and often jokes that he ate 15% more food to fuel the appendages. On stage, Frank shows off his unique body and shows off his talents. He considers himself to be the only man in the world who doesn’t need his own chair and sits on his third leg as if he were sitting on a stool. His standout performance was kicking the ball with his third foot into the crowd. Frank also possesses a charming personality and quick wits. During his performance with a Q&A session, many curious fans asked about living with a third leg. When asked how to buy shoes, Frank replied: “I bought two pairs and gave the left shoe to a friend who is amputee. So you see, every time I buy a pair of shoes, I actually do a good deed!”. Life and career Frank Letini on a poster at a circus. In 1907, when Frank was 18 years old, he married a Massachusetts woman named Theresa Murray. They have four children, all healthy. At the shows, Frank sold a six-page pamphlet that tells his life story and gives advice for a healthy sex life. In this book, Frank advises pregnant women about a proper diet. He condemned adultery and promiscuity. He also discusses the causes and treatment of sexual dysfunction, among other topics. During his career, Frank toured with major circuses and became an American citizen at the age of 30. In 1935, Frank and Theresa separated. He lived with another woman named Helen Shupe for the rest of his life. His career spanned more than 40 years, until the end of his life he did not stop acting. In 1966, while touring with the Walter Wanous Side Show, Frank was hospitalized in Jackson, Tennessee. On September 21, 1966, Frank Lentini died of lung failure at the age of 77. In 2016, 50 years after his death, Lentini’s hometown of Rosolini in Sicily held a two-day celebration of their hometown’s special someone. In this memorial ceremony, many descendants of Frank near and far were also invited to attend.

About more than a decade ago, gender Underground Korea has 3 characters, although young but soon famous for their talents, they are rappers Runch Randa and Gloss and street dancer Smile Hoya. Today, we know them by the names RM, SUGA and j-hope of BTS.

SUGA – RM – j-hope

RM – Kim Namjoon, SUGA – Min Yoongi, j-hope – Jung Hoseok are respectively the first 3 “pieces” of the group. At that time, BTS was determined to follow the Hip-Hop style, so they knew how to rap and write lyrics Raps are required. This is really a tough challenge for Hoseok – who has never raped before. Yoongi and Namjoon have contributed to helping Hoseok step by step conquer the challenge called Rap. Perhaps that is why, at the beginning, after debuting, it was difficult for fans to recognize j-hope’s rap because it sounded a bit like SUGA. However, more and more later, through each time comeback, the more j-hope you can show off your own personality.

RM

From the day when j-hope found her own style, the ARMYs stopped “confusing” in determining “who raps this part”. RM’s voice – main rapper most recognizable because it is very thick and super low. Rapper American veteran Warren G collaborated with RM on the song PDD in 2015 commented on RM: “He has great flow, style and rhythm. When I listen to Rap Monster’s rapping, I see that he looks like a rapper from America ”.

SUGA

SUGA – lead rapper has the ability to rap super fast (as in Cypher pt.2) but the guy doesn’t abuse this in every segment. The attraction of SUGA is flow rap rhythmically up and down, but ARMY often jokes as if he is drunk, making ARMY spoiled for “hugging his heart.” SUGA also has absolute sense of sound – a godly ability that is very rare to have and this also allows SUGA to control and change the rap and voice. flow easily at will.

j-hope

Different from the dark, heavy, and complicated rap style of RM and SUGA, sub rapper j-hope stands out with vibe bright. j-hope yes flow very special, full of dynamism, combined with ad-lib – an impromptu improvisation when performing so he can “manipulate” the crowd, making people unable to help but dance to his rhythm and lyrics.

j-hope can also make a rich rap voice, as in Base Line, he rapped with 4 different voice colors. Or like Airplane and Airplane pt.2, j-Hope’s rap in these two songs is exactly the same lyrics, just different flow. Besides, j-hope also has a good sense of rhythm due to being a dancer and vocal His own is also very good, so j-hope’s rap parts tend to be “half rap half singing”.

The lyrics masters

Rap stands for Rhythm and Poetry should one measure to define one rapper it is really whether that person can write his own rap or not. This one then rap-line BTS has been doing very well not only in quantity but also in quality. In the list of KOMCA (Korea Music Copyright Association), each guy pocketed more than 110 songs, RM even reached the top. Rap-line BTS is not only lyricist but also songwriter and producer.

Talking about the lyrics, the 3 guys are 3 different colors. Love poetry since childhood, RM is the one who wrote the most beautiful and poetic lyrics of the trio. RM’s strengths are his superior puns, such as:

• “Love is a maze damn / But you is amaze, yeah ”(Love Maze).

• “Us” is just plural of “U” (134340): “Us” is just the plural of “U”.

• “Been calling your name in this whole universe/ (Now I need no space) / I got youniverse”(Heartbeat).

RM

Two of RM’s pun peaks are his solo song – Trivia: Love and Seoul Town Road (with Lil Nas X).

Love is a play on Korean words between “people” [사람- Saram] and love” [사랑- sarang], as:

• 넌 나의 모든 모서 릴 잠식 나를 사랑, 사랑, 사랑 으로 만들어 만들어

“You erode every aspect of me / Make me here become love, love, love”

In order for 사람 (human) to turn into 사랑 (love), the edges in ㅁ must become soft for ㅁ to become ㅇ. In addition, “angular” is also used to describe human personality. An “angular” person is a difficult and difficult person to approach. “You” are the ones that melt the “mine” corners, turning him into a loving person (or being loved).

Seoul Town Road is a genius pun with 2 layers of meanings in English and Korean:

“I got the homis in my bag / Have you heard of that? / Homis made of steel, from Korea, they the be-e-est / Ridin ‘to the farm / Grabbin’ all the corn / We gon ‘get yo’ money with my homi in your backyard ”.

This is the paragraph lyrics purely in English, but when transcribed the word “homis” in Korean means “plow”, the lyrics This will take on a completely different class of meaning.

RM also likes to use metaphorical images, quotes and maxims in lyrics, making ARMY unable to stop saying, “IQ148 really can’t be kidding!”

SUGA

Unlike RM, SUGA often writes these lyrics very harsh and thorny, to be honest with the opponent, like: “The kids just flutter their lips and dance” (Daechwita), or advise the opponent in Cypher pt.2: “Find a part-time job and do it”.

j-hope

j-hope always gives off a bright glow and he brings this in lyrics mine. Even if you don’t know Korean, you may not even know that j-hope is diss haters always because the melody sounds very cheerful. Thing lyrics j-hope’s sound is gentle but also very sharp, such as this sentence in Airplane: “Spend a little bit to those who can’t fly / Give gifts to people with points earned from flights”.

3 rappers with vocals “cut the heart”

If watching I Need U the guys changed line for each other or more recently the show You Quiz On The Block then you think rapper-line BTS must sing very well, then you “baby the wrong” already. RM and SUGA can’t “swing” the high notes, but at lower intervals they both sing really well. You can hear RM’s voice with V in 4 o’clock or listen to SUGA sing Seasaw Let’s try. As for j-hope vocal “Good pressure” in the past. ARMYs were surprised to hear that j-hope took the part hidden vocal (pre-recorded vocals and fused with background music) in many BTS songs. With songs like Make It Right good Spring Day (on stage performance), j-hope also changed to singing.

Pride is named rapper-line

BTS is one of the few self-produced K-Pop groups. Therefore, it can be said rapper-line are the people who have great merit in creating the musical personality for BTS because RM – SUGA – j-hope is the main composers of the group. Referring to BTS, fans will immediately remember that it was an orchestrated group rapper very good quality, much higher than the general level of the idol rapper usually, common, normal.

BTS is also a group that has songs with lyrics Meaningful, sincere and profound, not only revolves around love but also talks about problems of young people and society. Originally from a Hip-Hop group, BTS still retains its signature Hip-Hop quality, while at the same time reconciling many other genres to challenge themselves and get closer to the majority of the music-loving public.

RM – SUGA – j-hope also makes ARMY proud because the achievements of all three are so high that BTS sometimes has to give up. Typical as in Top 15 Albums Korean artists won No.1 in iTunes in most countries and regions, BTS took 7 positions in the Top 10, but from No.4 to No.10. The 3 leading positions are 3 guys rapper BTS house, in it mixtape mono. by RM all-kill absolute with 120/120 No.1 iTunes. Agust D (SUGA) with mixtape D-2 reach No.2 (107 No.1 iTunes) and j-hope No.3 with 105 No.1 iTunes for mixtape Hope World.

– Rap Monster is an old stage name of RM.

– The lyrics of Trivia: Love, Daechwita, Cypher pt.2, Airplane in the article are excerpted from Young Forever Subteam.

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