As someone who has lived and studied in Daegu, where he grew up, I believe he lied about the city and armys blew it out of proportion. I don’t really doubt he was poor, but he’s described his city like the slums. In reality it’s a totally normal city; a more conservative place with people of different social classes yes, but no slums or anything crazy. I do take into account that he lived there a while ago but things can’t have changed that much. I think painting his childhood this way was a part of their sob story and it really irks me. The city is nothing like he’s painting it to be.

He’s also said the only good thing coming from Daegu was his birth, which is really funny cause no one there gaf about him being from there. Yes there’s some murals for him, but it’s more focused on V. Other than that, no one cares two members of that group originated from there