# 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. 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

| 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 | Jay Park | 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 | Lee Hi | "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 | Dean | "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 | Giriboy | Code Kunst Gray Frnk GroovyRoom Woogie |
| 2018 | GroovyRoom | Code Kunst Gray Peejay Jflow Kim Park Chella |
| 2017 | GroovyRoom | 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 - "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 - "DNA Remix" Basick - "08Basick Remix" (08베이식 REMIX) Kitsyojii - "Stand Up Remix" (일어나 Remix) Toil - "Forever You Remix" (너 포에버 Remix) Heartcore - "Heartcore" |
| 2021 | Jvcki 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) |
| 2020 | Yumdda, 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" |
| 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 - "Xindoshi" Nucksal, Hanhae, Ryno, Jo Woo-chan - "1/N" (N분의 1) Chaboom (featuring Paloalto, Swings and Deepflow) - "Equus" (에쿠스) Somdef - "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 |