Korean Hip-hop Awards

The Korean Hip-hop Awards (KHA; Korean: 한국 힙합 어워즈) is an annual South Korean music awards ceremony. It was first held in 2017 and is hosted by the hip hop web magazines Hiphople and Hiphopplaya.^[1] The winners are decided by 70% critic vote and 30% netizen vote from 2023^[2] (50% critic vote and 50% netizen vote previously).^[3]

Korean Hip-hop Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in hip-hop and R&B
Country	South Korea
First awarded	2017
Website	koreanhiphopawards.com

Winners and nominees

Artist of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2024	Beenzino	Lobonabeat Leellamarz Swings Sik-K Kid Milli
2023	Jay Park	Blase Big Naughty Unofficialboyy Justhis Zico
2022	Changmo	Jay Park Ash Island Unofficialboyy Khundi Panda Homies
2021	Jay Park	Swings Justhis Yumdda Paloalto Deepflow
2020	Yumdda	E Sens Changmo C Jamm Giriboy The Quiett
2019	The Quiett	Jay Park Swings Paloalto Giriboy Kid Milli
2018	Jay Park	Dok2 Zico Sik-K GroovyRoom Rhythm Power
2017		Bewhy Nucksal Beenzino Huckleberry P Dean

New Artist of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2024	ShyboiiTobii	Ghvstclub Ksmartboi Street Baby Xwally Tray B
2023	gonggonggoo009	NSW Yoon Roh Yun-ha Damini Polodared Fleeky Bang
2022	Since	Kwon Kibaek Mudd the Student Be'O Big Naughty Oygli
2021	Homies	Wonstein Swervy Bibi Jo Gwang-il DeVita
2020	Ash Island	Mushvenom Sogumm Sokodomo Lil Cherry & Jito Mo Damye
2019	Haon	Coogie Uneducated Kid Jclef Zene the Zilla George
2018	DPR Live	Off On Off Soma Ku Won-chan Yeseo Jaedal
2017	Justhis	Changmo Sik-K Owen Ovadoz Nafla XXX

Hip Hop Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Work	Nominees
2024	Beenzino	Nowitzki	Lobonabeat - Trapstar Lifestyle Skyminhyuk - Liberation (해방) AP Alchemy - AP Alchemy: Side A E Sens - Piggy Bank (저금통) Kid Milli - Beige
2023	Lil Moshpit	AAA	009 - UU (ㅠㅠ) Nucksal & Cadejo - Sincerely Yours (당신께) C Jamm - Ghenn (걘) Lee Hyeon-jun - Lost in Translation (번역 중 손실) Paloalto - Dirt
2022	Changmo	Underground Rockstar	Los - Skandalouz Unofficialboyy & Haifhaif - Net, Trap, Launcher, Capture (그물,덫,발사대기,포획) ChoiLB - Independent Music (독립음악) Kid Milli & Dress - Cliche Fana - Fanatiic
2021	Bill Stax	Detox	Deepflow - Founder H1ghr Music - H1ghr: Red Tape & H1ghr: Blue Tape Nucksal - 1Q87 Khundi Panda - Garosawk (가로사옥) Don Malik - Malik the Cactus Flower (선인장화)
2020	C Jamm	Keung (킁)	E Sens - The Stranger (이방인) Changmo - Boyhood XXX - Second Language O'Domar - Field (밭) Futuristic Swaver - BFOTY
2019	XXX	Language	Justhis & Paloalto - 4 the Youth The Quiett - Glow Forever Kid Milli - Ai, the Playlist Bassagong - Tang-A (탕아) Illinit - Cosmos
2018	Legit Goons	Junk Drunk Love	Dok2 - Reborn Code Kunst - Muggles' Mansion Fana - Fanaconda Kim Ximya & Son Daehyeon - Moonshine Chaboom - Sour
2017	Nucksal	The God of Small Things (작은 것들의 신)	Beenzino - 12 Hwaji - Zissou Justhis - 2 Many Homes 4 1 Kid Takeone - Green Ideology (녹색이념) B-Free - Free From Seoul

Hip Hop Track of the Year

Year	Recipient(s)	Work	Nominees
2024	E Sens	"What the Hell"	Dynamic Duo, Lee Young-ji - "Smoke" Lobonabeat - "Young Boy" Beenzino - "Travel Again" (여행 Again) Swings, Nochang, Black Nut, Damini - "No One Likes Us" Kid Milli - "25"
2023	Zico	"New Thing" (새삥)	Lobonabeat - "Birthday" (생일) Lil Moshpit - "Yooooo" Lee Hyeon-jun - "White Lighter" Keith Ape - "Mull" Paloalto - "Priceless"
2022	Changmo	"Taiji" (태지)	Be'O - "Counting Stars" Sokodomo - "Merry-Go-Round" (회전목마) Ash Island - "Melody" (멜로디) Unofficialboyy & Haifhaif - "Net, Trap, Launcher, Capture" (그물,덫,발사대기,포획) Changmo - "Hyperstar"
2021	Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom	"VVS"	The Quiett - "Bentley 2" Zico - "Any Song" (아무노래) Nucksal - "Akira" H1ghr Music - "The Purge" Jo Gwang-il - "Acrobat" (곡예사)
2020	Changmo	"Meteor"	Yumdda - "Don't Call Me" (돈 Call Me) Mushvenom - "Why Are You So Noisy" (왜 이리 시끄러운 것이냐) Bewhy - "Gottasadae" (가라사대) Changmo, Hash Swan, Ash Island, Kim Hyoeun - "Band" C Jamm - "Poker Face" (포커페이스)
2019	Justhis, Kid Milli, Noel, Young B	"IndiGO"	Mommy Son - "Mommy Jump" (소년점프) XXX - "Sujak" (수작) Giriboy, Kid Milli, Noel, Swings - "Flex" pH-1, Kid Milli, Loopy - "Good Day" Jvcki Wai - "Enchanted Propaganda"
2018	Woo Won-jae	"We Are" (시차)	Jazzyfact - "Harujongil" (하루종일) Dok2 & Jay Park - "Most Hated" (니가 싫어하는 노래) Kim Ximya - "Career High" Chaboom - "Lord of the Flies" (리빠똥) TFO - "Cone" (원뿔)
2017	Bewhy	"Forever"	Nucksal - "NFS" (팔지 않아) Nafla - "Mercy" Owen Ovadoz - "City" Jay Park & Ugly Duck - "Ain't No Party Like an AOMG Party" (우리가 빠지면 PARTY가 아니지) Beenzino - "Flexin"

R&B Album of the Year

Year	Recipient	Work	Nominees
2024	Jerd	Bomm	Thama - Wooof Sumin - Sichimi (시치미) Youra - A Lot of Tentacles (꽤 많은 수의 촉수 돌기) Zion T - Zip Crush - Wonderego
2023	Rad Museum	Rad	DPR Ian - Moodswings in to Order Babylon - Ego 90's Bibi - Lowlife Princess: Noir Big Naughty - Nangman (낭만) A.Train - Private Pink
2022	Thama	Don't Die Colors	DPR Ian - Moodswings in This Order Mind Combined - Circle Sumin & Slom - Miniseries Lee Hi - 4 Only Jerd - A.M.P.
2021	Samuel Seo	Unity II	Crush - With Her Baek Ye-rin - Tellusboutyourself Sumin - XX, DeVita - Creme Jeebanoff - Good Thing. [remix]
2020	Crush	From Midnight to Sunrise	Samuel Seo - The Misfit Hippy Was Gipsy - Fire (불) Dress & Sogumm - Not My Fault Baek Ye-rin - Every Letter I Sent You Sogumm - Sobrightttttttt
2019	Sumin	Your Home	Colde - Wave Naul - Sound Doctrine Jclef - Flaw, Flaw Hippy Was Gipsy - Language (언어) Horim - Metrocity
2018	Hippy Was Gipsy	Tree (나무)	Rico - White Light Panorama Off On Off - Boy Rad Museum - Scene Xin Seha - 7F, the Void Vinicius - Sai (사이)
2017	Jay Park	Everything You Wanted	Dean - 130 mood: TRBL Samuel Seo - Ego Expand Hoody - On And On Nahzam Sue - Till The Sun Goes Up Crush - Interlude

R&B Track of the Year

Year	Recipient	Work	Nominees
2024	Dean	"Die 4 You"	Rad Museum - "Call Me Back" Sumin - "Closet" (옷장) Jerd - "Like Rain, Like Music" (비처럼 음악처럼) Jemini - "Attention" Crush - "Ego" (미워)
2023	Crush	"Rush Hour"	DPR Ian - "Ballroom Extravaganza" Rad Museum - "Offline" Jay Park - "Ganadara" Big Naughty - "Beyond Love" (정이라고 하자) Slom - "Anirago" (아니라고)
2022	Lee Hi	"Only"	Thama - "Blessed" Mind Combined - "Show Me" Sumin & Slom - "The Gonlan Song" (곤란한 노래) Youra - "Mimi" Thama - "I'm Chill" (Chill이란 낱말의 존재이유)
2021		"Holo" (홀로)	Crush - "Ohio" Chancellor - "Automatic Remix" DeVita - "Evita!" Bibi - "Kazino" (사장님 도박은 재미로 하셔야 합니다) Samuel Seo - "Cycle" (굴레)
2020	Dean	"Howlin' 404"	Samuel Seo - "Playaplayaplaya" Colde - "Wa-r-r" (와르르♥) Jclef - "Mama, See" Dress & Sogumm - "I Wonder" (궁금해) Sumin - "Shaker"
2019		"Instagram"	Sumin - "Your Home" (너네 집) George - "Gohaegoback" (하려고해고백) Jclef - "The Last 1 Hour Before We Fade" (지구 멸망 한 시간 전) Horim - "Sug4r" Soma - "Pollen Allergy" (꽃가루)
2018	Off On Off	"Gold"	Jay Park - "Yacht (k)" Samuel Seo - "Off You" Hippy Was Gipsy - "Dot" (점) Peejay - "Na B Ya" (나비야) Rico - "Paradise"
2017	Dean	"D (half moon)"	Jay Park - "All I Wanna Do" Crush - "Woo Ah" (우아해) Jeebanoff - "Sungbook-gu Kids" (삼선동 사거리) Minje - "Do" Hoody - "Need U"

Producer of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2024	Fredi Casso	Nochang Code Kunst Hukky Shibaseki Hecop Hyeminsong
2023	250	Lil Moshpit Slom Jay Kidman Toil Fredi Casso
2022	Toil	Gray Viann Slom Code Kunst Haifhaif
2021	Code Kunst	GroovyRoom Giriboy Toil Bronze Goosebumps
2020	Giriboy	Frnk Jay Kidman Goosebumps Dress GXXD
2019		Code Kunst Gray Frnk GroovyRoom Woogie
2018	GroovyRoom	Code Kunst Gray Peejay Jflow Kim Park Chella
2017		Cha Cha Malone Gray TK Humbert Cokejazz

Collaboration of the Year

Year	Recipients	Work	Nominees
2024	Oygli (feat. E Sens, Beenzino)	"1 to 8 Remix"	Lobonabeat, Bill Stax, Oygli - "I Need" Leellamarz, NSW Yoon, Street Baby (feat. Haon, Sik-K) - "Money Dance" Blase, Black Nut, Jimmy Paige, Dok2, Smugglers - "Grrr" Swings, Nochang, Black Nut, Damini - "No One Likes Us" E Sens (feat. Dok2) - "No Boss'
2023	Balming Tiger (feat. RM)	"Sexy Nukim" (섹시느낌)	Nucksal & Cadejo - "Sincerely Yours" (당신께) Lil Moshpit (feat. Kid Milli, Sokodomo, Polodared) - "Yooooo" Blase[A] - "Peace Out (Mega Mix)" Justhis (feat. Kwaii, Don Malik, 009) - "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" Justhis, R.Tee, Don Malik, Huh, Khan, Mckdaddy, Los - "My Way"
2022	Homies (feat. Uneducated Kid, Paul Blanco)	"Siren Remix" (사이렌 Remix)	Jay Park, pH-1, Woogie, YLN Foreign[B] - "DNA Remix" Basick[C] - "08Basick Remix" (08베이식 REMIX) Kitsyojii[D] - "Stand Up Remix" (일어나 Remix) Toil[E] - "Forever You Remix" (너 포에버 Remix) Heartcore - "Heartcore"
2021	Jvcki Wai, Coogie, Paloalto, The Quiett, Bassagong	"Fadeaway"	Changmo[F] - "Swoosh Flow Remix" Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom (feat. Justhis) - "VVS" The Quiett (feat. Yumdda) - "Bentley 2" Chancellor[G] - "Automatic Remix" Jo Gwang-il[H] - "Acrobat Remix" (곡예사 Remix)
2020	Yumdda, Deepflow, The Quiett, Paloalto, Simon Dominic[I]	"I'mma Do" (아마두)	Lil Boi, Takeone, Don Malik, Justhis - "Bad News Cypher vol.1 (vv2 remix)" Simon Dominic (featuring Moon, Woo Won-jae and Jvcki Wai) - "GOTT" Various Artists[J] - "119 Remix" Changmo, Hash Swan, Kim Hyoeun, Ash Island - "Band" Balming Tiger - "Armadillo"
2019	Justhis, Kid Milli, Noel, Young B	"IndiGO"	Bassagong (feat. JTong) - "Tang-A" (탕아) Drunken Tiger (feat. MC Meta, Dok2) - "A Tiger Named JK" (이름만 대면) pH-1, Kid Milli, Loopy (feat. Paloalto) - "Good Day" Sumin (feat. Xin Seha) - "Your Home" (너네 집) Giriboy, Kid Milli, Noel, Swings - "Flex"
2018	Samuel Seo & Qim Isle	"Mango"	GroovyRoom[K] - "Xindoshi" Nucksal, Hanhae, Ryno, Jo Woo-chan - "1/N" (N분의 1) Chaboom (featuring Paloalto, Swings and Deepflow) - "Equus" (에쿠스) Somdef[L] - "Ring Ring Ring" Hippy Was Gipsy (feat. Kim Oki) - "Fall" (지네)
2017	DPR Live, Sik-K, Punchnello, Owen, Flowsik	"Eung Freestyle" (응 프리스타일)	Beenzino (feat. YDG) - "January" Okasian (featuring G-Dragon, Bewhy, CL) - "\1,000,000" Zico (feat. Crush, Dean) - "Bermuda Triangle" Kirin & Jay Park - "City Breeze" Heize (feat. Dean, DJ Friz) - "And July"

Underrated Album of the Year

Year	Recipient(s)	Work	Nominees
2021	QM	Money Breath (돈숨)	Jay Park & DJ Wegun - Everybody Sucks JJK - The Angel Wakes Hell's Morning (지옥의 아침은 천사가 깨운다) Homies - Ghetto Kids Fisherman - The Dragon Warrior Samuel Seo - Dial
2020	OLNL	Cyber Lover	O'Domar - Field (밭) Errday - Sara (살아) Viann - The Baker Chaboom - Sweets & Bitters Lee Hyeon-jun - Main Stream
2019	Odee & Viann	Open Monday	Jaedal - Period Lee Suho - Entertain Jjangyou - KOKI7 Mild Beats - Secondhand Smoking Moldy - Internet Kid
2018	TFO	BB (ㅂㅂ)	Donutman - Rainbow Cream Villa - Creamtopia Ku Won-chan & Fisherman - Format Xin Seha - 7F, the Void Sleeq & Don Malik - Fommy Hiltiger
2017	Sleeq	Colossus	Yumdda - Breathe (살아숨셔) Jayho - Lemans (르망) Jeebanoff - So Fed Up Sumin - Beat, And Go To Sleep Legit Goons - Camp

Music Video of the Year

Year	Recipient	Work	Nominees
2024	DPR Ian	"Don't Go Insane"	Lobonabeat, Bill Stax, Oygli - "I Need" Swings, Nochang, Black Nut, Damini - "No One Likes Us" Skyminhyuk - "Liberation" (해방) Sik-K - "See You in Every Party" Zion T - "Stranger" (모르는 사람)
2023	Balming Tiger	"Sexy Nukim" (섹시느낌)	DPR Ian - Miito Movie (Part 1) Lobonabeat - "Birthday" (생일) Blase - "Pop It" Jvcki Wai - "Go Back" JTong - "Chosun Savage" (조선 세비지)
2022	Changmo	"Taiji" (태지)	250 - "Bang Bus" DPR Live - "Summer Tights" Jay Park, pH-1, Woogie, YLN Foreign - "DNA Remix" Sokodomo - "MM" Jerd - All My Persona Short Film
2021	H1ghr Music	"The Purge"	DPR Live - "Legacy" Jvcki Wai, Coogie, Paloalto, The Quiett, Bassagong - "Fadeaway" Homies - "Siren" (사이렌) DPR Live - "Kiss Me + Neon" The Quiett - "Bentley 2"
2020	Balming Tiger	"Armadillo"	Bewhy - "Gottasadae" (가라사대) E Sens - "Son of a" (그XX아들같이) Dynamic Duo - "MSG" (맵고짜고단거) Ash Island - "Paranoid" Changmo - "Meteor"
2019	Mommy Son	"Mommy Jump" (소년점프)	Bassagong - "Rodeo" (로데오) Giriboy, Kid Milli, Noel, Swings - "Flex" Jaedal - "Tree" Balming Tiger - "I'm Sick" Sultan of the Disco - "Tong Bei Quan" (통배권)

Label of the Year

Year	Recipient	Nominees
2024	AP Alchemy	KC Skrr Gang Business Amoeba Culture Ambition Musik At Area
2023	VMC	AOMG New Wave Records Daytona Entertainment Yng & Rich Records H1ghr Music
2022	Dejavu Group	AOMG Daytona Entertainment Ambition Musik Yng & Rich Records H1ghr Music
2021	H1ghr Music	VMC Hi-Lite Records AOMG Ambition Musik 8 Ball Town
2020	Ambition Musik	BANA AOMG H1ghr Music Legit Goons WYBH
2019	Indigo Music	AOMG H1ghr Music Mkitrain Records Hi-Lite Records WYBH

Notes

1. feat. Don Mills, Ahn Byeong-woong, San E, Chillin Homie, Oygli, Big Naughty, Oceanfromtheblue, Trade L, Punchnello, A-Chess, Khakii, Polodared, Dive, Kimo L
2. with D.Ark, 365lit, Lil Boi, Lee Young-ji, Ourealgoat, Choo and Osun
3. featuring 365lit, Changmo, Crown J, Don Mills, Fana, Gaeko, Layone, Lil Boi, Myundo, Paul Blanco, San E, Swings, Skinny Brown, Verbal Jint and Yumdda
4. featuring Blase, Chamane, Mckdaddy, Dsel, Layone, Posadic, Kaogaii and Skyminhyuk
5. featuring Yumdda, Changmo, Northfacegawd and Don Mills
6. featuring 365lit, Zene the Zilla, Chamane, Paul Blanco, Damndef, Kim Hyoeun and Northfacegawd
7. with Jay Park, Lee Hi, Bibi, Jamie, Moon, Bumkey, Samuel Seo, Suran, Babylon, Hoody, Sumin, Mrshll, Ann One, Elo, Twlv, Oceanfromtheblue, Jiselle, Sole, Thama, Kvsh, Jinbo, Jerd, Soovi, B.E.D., Xydo, Owell Mood, None
8. featuring Basick, P-Type, Skull, Sikboy, Olltii, Minos, Brown Tigger and Jazzmal
9. featuring Woo Won-jae, Kim Hyoeun, Nucksal and Huckleberry P
10. Jay Park, Simon Dominic, Loco, Ugly Duck, Woo Won-jae, Sik-K, Woodie Gochild, Haon, Gaeko, Bewhy, Paloalto, G2, Reddy, Sway D, Owen, The Quiett, Changmo, Hash Swan, Kim Hyo-eun, Deepflow, Nucksal, Odee, Rocky L, EK, Los, Chaboom, Swings, Giriboy, NO:EL, Jvcki Wai, Justhis, Han Yo-han, Yunhway, Jhnovr, Coogie, Punchnello, Penomeco, Dbo, Hangzoo, Geegooin, Boi B, Ja Mezz, Dayday, Junoflo, Flowsik, Killagramz, Yumdda, Uneducated Kid, Myundo, Takeone, Gray
11. featuring Loopy, Masta Wu, Kim Hyoeun and Sik-K
12. featuring Verbal Jint, Paloalto, DPR Live and Car the Garden

References

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• 2017 Winners: Park, Jin-hong (February 28, 2017). "한국 힙합 어워즈 2017 수상자 목록" [2017 Korean Hip-hop Awards list of winners]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
• 2018 Winners: Woo, Bin (February 7, 2018). "'한국힙합어워즈' 경쟁 대신 힙합 축제, 우원재·그루비룸 '핫★' 박재범 2연속 대상" ["Korean Hip-hop Awards" more like hip-hop festival than competition, Woo Won-jae & GroovyRoom "Hot★" Jay Park wins Artist of the Year two consecutive times]. Sports Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
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• 2020 Winners: Kim, Sugyeong (March 5, 2020). "'2020 한국힙합어워즈', 수상 명단 공개...'올해의 아티스트'는 염따" ["2020 Korea Hip-hop Awards", award list released, "Artist of the Year" is Yumdda]. Ten Asia (in Korean).
• 2021 Winners: Choi, Yong-hwan (February 27, 2021). "'한국 힙합 어워즈 2021' 수상자 리스트" ["Korean Hip-hop Awards 2021" list of winners]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
• 2022 Winners: Choi, Yong-hwan (March 10, 2022). "'한국 힙합 어워즈 2022' 수상자 전체 공개" ["Korean Hip-hop Awards 2022" winners all revealed]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
• 2023 Winners: Shim, Eun-bo (March 10, 2023). "'한국 힙합 어워즈 2023', 올해의 아티스트는 누구?" ['Korean Hip-hop Awards 2023', who is Artist of the Year?]. Hypebeast Korea (in Korean).
• 2024 Winners: Choi, Hyeon-jeong (2024-02-27). "빈지노, 한국 힙합 어워즈 '올해의 아티스트' 선정" [Beenzino, selected as Korean Hip-hop Awards 'Artist of the Year']. ET News (in Korean).