{"id":5874,"date":"2026-03-28T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:10:28","slug":"tablo-who-endured-tajinyo-advised-btss-suga-save-a-lot-of-money-epikcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=5874","title":{"rendered":"Tablo, Who Endured &#8216;TaJinYo,&#8217; Advised BTS&#8217;s Suga: &#8216;Save a Lot of Money&#8217; (EpikCase)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube 'EpikCase' screenshot\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0327\/1774609869355016.jpg\" width=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tablo revealed that he advised Suga to &#8216;save a lot of money&#8217; during the &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; incident.<\/p>\n<p>On the 26th, a video titled &#8220;Are you eating well? ft. BTS RM, Suga&#8221; was uploaded to Epik High&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, BTS members RM and Suga, who recently made a comeback, appeared as guests and shared various stories with Epik High.<\/p>\n<p>Tablo first reminisced about his initial meeting with Suga.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube 'EpikCase' screenshot\" height=\"1929\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0327\/1774609948567601.jpg\" width=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tablo recalled, &#8220;Suga came into the practice room in a school uniform. I don&#8217;t remember the exact details, but when you were trainees, Suga came in to practice rapping, and I was sitting there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Suga continued, &#8220;At that time, you seemed to be struggling, so I didn&#8217;t say much, but you told me to &#8216;save a lot of money, earn a lot,&#8221; he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Suga explained, &#8220;You were my idol back then, and with everything going on, it was hard to say anything or even express that I was a fan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube 'EpikCase' screenshot\" height=\"1929\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0327\/1774609976535314.jpg\" width=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Listening to this, Tablo explained, &#8220;I said that because I thought my life was over. Suga seemed to be just starting out, and I realized it&#8217;s a profession where you never know when something bad might happen,&#8221; referring to the &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; incident.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;Ah, everything could end in an instant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Suga noted, &#8220;That was in 2010 or 2011,&#8221; recalling the year of the &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; incident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube 'EpikCase' screenshot\" height=\"1286\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2026\/0327\/1774609994101436.jpg\" width=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tablo joked to Suga, &#8220;Thanks to listening to me, Suga has earned a lot of money,&#8221; eliciting laughter from the members.<\/p>\n<p>Suga responded, &#8220;After listening to you, I don&#8217;t spend much. I just save up,&#8221; continuing their exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Tablo expressed amazement, &#8220;He&#8217;s earned so much that it&#8217;s questionable if someone should spend that much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; incident, which occurred in 2010, refers to the &#8216;Truth Seeking with Tablo&#8217; group on Naver Cafe.<\/p>\n<p>The incident involved Tablo, a Stanford University graduate, being falsely accused of fabricating his academic background.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; operators and members demanded the truth from Tablo through social media, resorting to slander.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; incident concluded with a trial in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Image source: Tablo&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tablo revealed that he advised Suga to &#8216;save a lot of money&#8217; during the &#8216;TaJinYo&#8217; incident. On the 26th, a video titled &#8220;Are you eating well? ft. 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In the video, BTS members RM and Suga, who recently made a comeback, appeared as guests and shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[44,1056,1057],"class_list":{"0":"post-5874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue","8":"tag-bts","9":"tag-tablo","10":"tag-tajinyo-incident"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-124.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5876,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions\/5876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}