The Korean Hip-hop Awards (KHA; ) 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. The winners are decided by 70% critic vote and 30% netizen vote from 2023 (50% critic vote and 50% netizen vote previously).
Winners and nominees
Artist of the Year YearRecipientNominees2026Sik-K Effie EK Lil Moshpit Justhis Yumdda2025 B-Free
Fleeky Bang Kid Milli QM Yang Hong-won2024Beenzino Lobonabeat Leellamarz Swings Sik-K Kid Milli2023Jay Park Blase Big Naughty Unofficialboyy Justhis Zico2022Changmo Jay Park Ash Island Unofficialboyy Khundi Panda Homies2021Jay Park Swings Justhis Yumdda Paloalto Deepflow2020Yumdda E Sens Changmo C Jamm Giriboy The Quiett2019The Quiett Jay Park Swings Paloalto Giriboy Kid Milli2018Jay Park Dok2 Zico Sik-K GroovyRoom Rhythm Power2017 Bewhy Nucksal Beenzino Huckleberry P Dean
New Artist of the Year YearRecipientNominees2026Effie Molly Yam Shinjihang SYSTEM SEOUL NOWIMYOUNG Yoon Da Hye2025YULEUM Ambid Jack Nosun O'KOYE OSUN Yang Kyle2024ShyboiiTobii Ghvstclub Ksmartboi Street Baby Xwally Tray B2023 gonggonggoo009 NSW Yoon Roh Yun-ha Damini Polodared Fleeky Bang2022Since Kwon Kibaek Mudd the Student Be'O Big Naughty Oygli2021Homies Wonstein Swervy Bibi Jo Gwang-il DeVita2020Ash Island Mushvenom Sogumm Sokodomo Lil Cherry & Jito Mo Damye2019Haon Coogie Uneducated Kid Jclef Zene the Zilla George2018DPR Live Off On Off Soma Ku Won-chan Yeseo Jaedal2017Justhis Changmo Sik-K Owen Ovadoz Nafla XXX
Hip Hop Album of the Year YearRecipientWorkNominees2026Sik-K & Lil MoshpitK-FLIP+ B-Free - FREE THE MANE 3 “FREE THE MANE VS B-FREE" Justhis - LIT Effie - pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it's gonna bE a fuckin moviE EK - YAHO Yumdda - Breathe 4 (살아숨셔 4)2025B-Free & Hukky ShibasekiFree Hukky Shibaseki & the God Sun Symphony Group : Odyssey.1 Zene the Zilla - 94-24 Fleeky Bang - AKUMA EK - ESCAPE The Quiett - Luxury Flow QM - ANT (개미)2024BeenzinoNowitzki Lobonabeat - Trapstar Lifestyle Skyminhyuk - Liberation (해방) AP Alchemy - AP Alchemy: Side A E Sens - Piggy Bank (저금통) Kid Milli - Beige2023Lil MoshpitAAA 009 - UU (ㅠㅠ) Nucksal & Cadejo - Sincerely Yours (당신께) C Jamm - Ghenn (걘) Lee Hyeon-jun - Lost in Translation (번역 중 손실) Paloalto - Dirt2022Changmo Underground Rockstar Los - Skandalouz Unofficialboyy & Haifhaif - Net, Trap, Launcher, Capture (그물,덫,발사대기,포획) ChoiLB - Independent Music (독립음악) Kid Milli & Dress - Cliche Fana - Fanatiic2021Bill StaxDetox Deepflow - Founder H1ghr Music - H1ghr: Red Tape & H1ghr: Blue Tape Nucksal - 1Q87 Khundi Panda - Garosawk (가로사옥) Don Malik - Malik the Cactus Flower (선인장화)2020C JammKeung (킁) E Sens - The Stranger (이방인) Changmo - Boyhood XXX - Second Language O'Domar - Field (밭) Futuristic Swaver - BFOTY2019XXXLanguage Justhis & Paloalto - 4 the Youth The Quiett - Glow Forever Kid Milli - Ai, the Playlist Bassagong - Tang-A (탕아) Illinit - Cosmos2018Legit GoonsJunk Drunk Love Dok2 - Reborn Code Kunst - Muggles' Mansion Fana - Fanaconda Kim Ximya & Son Daehyeon - Moonshine Chaboom - Sour2017NucksalThe 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 YearRecipient(s)WorkNominees2026Sik-K, Lil Moshpit"LOV3" (feat. Bryan Chase, Okasian) Molly Yam - "Burning slow" Effie - "CAN I SIP 담배" Yumdda - "Irony" (IE러니) EK - "Mollyworld" Potty Monkey - "Because man" (남자니까)2025Haon"BASTARD" (꼴통) (feat. Changmo) B-Free & Hukky Shibaseki - "INDO" Fleeky Bang - "My Name Is" Changmo - "Pure Rage" EK - "Survive" Sik-K - "TRAP"2024E 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"2023Zico"New Thing" (새삥) Lobonabeat - "Birthday" (생일) Lil Moshpit - "Yooooo" Lee Hyeon-jun - "White Lighter" Keith Ape - "Mull" Paloalto - "Priceless"2022Changmo"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"2021Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom"VVS" The Quiett - "Bentley 2" Zico - "Any Song" (아무노래) Nucksal - "Akira" H1ghr Music - "The Purge" Jo Gwang-il - "Acrobat" (곡예사)2020Changmo"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)2019Justhis, 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"2018Woo 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)2017Bewhy"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 YearRecipientWorkNominees2026CrushFANG Bibi - EVE: ROMANCE Shinjihang - NONG Jinbo the SuperFreak - Jbfm Wonstein - TENT Yoon Da Hye - WANG (개미의 왕)2025Sumin & SlomMiniseries 2 Rad Museum - HOME SICK Jinbo The SuperFreak, Hersh, PoPoMo - PoPoMo Jooyoung - Sphere Jay Park - The One You Wanted Sole - Time Machine2024JerdBomm Thama - Wooof Sumin - Sichimi (시치미) Youra - A Lot of Tentacles (꽤 많은 수의 촉수 돌기) Zion.T - Zip Crush - Wonderego2023Rad MuseumRad DPR Ian - Moodswings in to Order Babylon - Ego 90's Bibi - Lowlife Princess: Noir Big Naughty - Nangman (낭만) A.Train - Private Pink2022Thama Don't Die Colors DPR Ian - Moodswings in This Order Mind Combined - Circle Sumin & Slom - Miniseries Lee Hi - 4 Only Jerd - A.M.P.2021Samuel SeoUnity II Crush - With Her Baek Ye-rin - Tellusboutyourself Sumin - XX, DeVita - Creme Jeebanoff - Good Thing. [remix]2020CrushFrom 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 - Sobrightttttttt2019SuminYour Home Colde - Wave Naul - Sound Doctrine Jclef - Flaw, Flaw Hippy Was Gipsy - Language (언어) Horim - Metrocity2018Hippy Was GipsyTree (나무) Rico - White Light Panorama Off On Off - Boy Rad Museum - Scene Xin Seha - 7F, the Void Vinicius - Sai (사이)2017Jay ParkEverything 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 YearRecipientWorkNominees2026Crush"UP ALL NITE" (feat. Sumin) Dimo Rex - "ON THE TABLE" (feat. Sik-K) Jeebanoff - "Misery" Shinjihang - "LEAVING THE VALLEY" (골짜기) Yoon Da Hye - "twin flame" (그녀는 손가락 금붕어) Bibi - "Apocalypse" (종말의 사과나무)2025Tabber"Chi-Ka" (feat. Dean) Dean - "NASA" Rad Museum, Kid Milli - "S/S" Jay Park - "Taxi Blurr" Sole - "Still Love" (그럼에도 LOVE) Sumin & Slom - "Why, Why, Why" (왜, 왜, 왜)2024Dean"Die 4 You" Rad Museum - "Call Me Back" Sumin - "Closet" (옷장) Jerd - "Like Rain, Like Music" (비처럼 음악처럼) Jemini - "Attention" Crush - "Ego" (미워)2023Crush"Rush Hour" DPR Ian - "Ballroom Extravaganza" Rad Museum - "Offline" Jay Park - "Ganadara" Big Naughty - "Beyond Love" (정이라고 하자) Slom - "Anirago" (아니라고)2022Lee 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)2020Dean"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)2018Off On Off"Gold" Jay Park - "Yacht (k)" Samuel Seo - "Off You" Hippy Was Gipsy - "Dot" (점) Peejay - "Na B Ya" (나비야) Rico - "Paradise"2017Dean"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 YearRecipientNominees2026Lil Moshpit Hukky Shibaseki kimj My Homie Tar UGP vangdale2025vangdale Fisherman Fredi Casso Hukky Shibaseki Ian Ka$h Slom2024Fredi Casso Nochang Code Kunst Hukky Shibaseki Hecop Hyeminsong2023250 Lil Moshpit Slom Jay Kidman Toil Fredi Casso2022Toil Gray Viann Slom Code Kunst Haifhaif2021Code Kunst GroovyRoom Giriboy Toil Bronze Goosebumps2020Giriboy Frnk Jay Kidman Goosebumps Dress GXXD2019 Code Kunst Gray Frnk GroovyRoom Woogie2018GroovyRoom Code Kunst Gray Peejay Jflow Kim Park Chella2017 Cha Cha Malone Gray TK Humbert Cokejazz
Collaboration of the Year YearRecipientsWorkNominees2026Sik-K, Lil Moshpit (feat. Bryan Chase, Okasian)"LOV3" Molly Yam (feat. Sik-K, GGM LIL DRAGON) - "Burning slow (Remix)" Loco (feat. TAICHU, Young Coco) - "Matcha High" 1ANDON, Lil Moshpit, Yun Seok-cheol (feat. YULEUM) - "MY MAN (Remix)" Big Naughty (feat. Lee Chan-hyuk) - "MUSIC" Mushvenom (feat. Dr.Lee) - "Spin the wheel" (돌림판)2025GrovyRoom, pH-1, Haon, Trade L, Woodie Gochild, Big Naughty, Sik-K, Jay Park, lIlBOI"FASHO" Crucial Star - "368-11" Changmo, Lobonabeat, Shyboiitobii, Dok2, SMUGGLERS - "No Tomorrow" Dbo (feat. Dok2, Okasian) - "Pop it Up" Rad Museum, Kid Milli (feat. Dean) - "S/S" Jay Park (feat. Jessi, Awich, MILLI, Ramengvrl, Lil Cherry, Mirani, Maliibu Miitch, CAMO) - "Xtra McNasty"2024Oygli (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'2023Balming Tiger (feat. RM)"Sexy Nukim" (섹시느낌) Nucksal & Cadejo - "Sincerely Yours" (당신께) Lil Moshpit (feat. Kid Milli, Sokodomo, Polodared) - "Yooooo" Blase - "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"2022Homies (feat. Uneducated Kid, Paul Blanco)"Siren Remix"(사이렌 Remix) Jay Park, pH-1, Woogie, YLN Foreign - "DNA Remix" Basick - "08Basick Remix" (08베이식 REMIX) Kitsyojii - "Stand Up Remix" (일어나 Remix) Toil - "Forever You Remix" (너 포에버 Remix) Heartcore - "Heartcore"2021Jvcki Wai, Coogie, Paloalto, The Quiett, Bassagong"Fadeaway" Changmo - "Swoosh Flow Remix" Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom (feat. Justhis) - "VVS" The Quiett (feat. Yumdda) - "Bentley 2" Chancellor - "Automatic Remix" Jo Gwang-il - "Acrobat Remix" (곡예사 Remix)2020Yumdda, Deepflow, The Quiett, Paloalto, Simon Dominic"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 - "119 Remix" Changmo, Hash Swan, Kim Hyoeun, Ash Island - "Band" Balming Tiger - "Armadillo"2019Justhis, 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"2018Samuel Seo & Qim Isle"Mango" GroovyRoom - "Xindoshi" Nucksal, Hanhae, Ryno, Jo Woo-chan - "1/N" (N분의 1) Chaboom (featuring Paloalto, Swings and Deepflow) - "Equus" (에쿠스) Somdef - "Ring Ring Ring"