At the BTS concert in Tokyo on Friday (April 17), j-hope shared a sad update with ARMY: His grandmother, who was very involved in raising him and had nothing but pride for his success with the boy band, has died.
On stage at the Tokyo Dome, the K-pop performer was upfront with the thousands of supportive fans in attendance. “Honestly, this might be a bit of a heavy thing to share, but I really wanted to express how I’m feeling today,” he began, as translated to English from Korean. “Right after we arrived in Japan, I got the news that my maternal grandmother — the one who raised me from when I was little…



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