Protests around the United States and in other countries continue against police brutality and systemic racism on the heels of George Floyds death at the hands of cops. The trend started in the late 2000s when fans began to send food to their favorite music artists and took off in 2011. The first instance of fan-donated rice was at Shin Hye-sung s concert on 11 August 2007.
South Korea is one of the countries that have the highest number of cases in the world.
Sugas donation is said to have inspired many BTS fans to donate their ticket refunds to Hope Bridge. This is the first times he became CHOEAEDOL Charity fairy on 2021. On December 18 Kang Seung Yoon made a donation of 30 million won approximately 26710 towards the Seungil Hope Foundation in support of people with Lou Gehrigs disease. In likes which measure the size of his fandom Kang Daniel also took first place with 60054 likes received.