Where are they now: show me the money edition
The newest season of Show Me The Money, SMTM6, is here, but before we get too deep into the drama that’s bound khổng lồ ensue, why don’t we take a look back on past seasons? Many fan favorites have graced the Mnet station lớn show us their skills on the mike and on stage. Through challenges designed to thử nghiệm their writing and performance skills, contestants và their teams rise and fall until only one is standing. Show Me The Money, the predecessor lớn Unpretty Rapstar, is the original “idol vs underground rapper” show và has been around for five years, giving us plenty of contestants lớn wonder about. For the purposes of this segment, we’ll be focusing only on the winners of previous seasons.
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The winner of the inaugural season of SMTM was Loco, who went on lớn sign with AOMG. Since his appearance on the show Loco as been busy, having featured on tracks with Hyomin (of T-ara) và Jay Park, he also released two albums under AOMG — Locomotive & Bleached. He also made a reappearance on SMTM in season 4, where he was a judge và producer with label-mate Jay Park. In 2015, Loco won a Melon Music Award for Best OST for the tuy nhiên “Spring Is Gone By Chance” with G-Friend‘s Yuju, which featured in The Girl Who Sees Smells.
Season 2 saw a slight format change with the contestants being split into crews versus the previous season’s pairings. Season 2’s winner came from “Meta Crew” và was none other than Soul Dive. Soul Dive is a hip hop trio consisting of members Nuck, Zito, và D.Theo, who debuted in 2009. They continue to lớn be the only unit to lớn have won SMTM. The group did several interviews about their win, including one from the Korea Herald where leader Nuck stated that he hoped “…someday people overseas will recognize Korean hip-hop as an independent genre, much like how Americans recognized Japanese hip-hop as “J hip-hop,” và separate it from K-pop.” After their win, Soul Dive continued khổng lồ perform in clubs & even collaborated with actor So Ji-sub on several projects.
Another format change came in Season 3, with the producer teams split up roughly according to lớn their record labels. This season was most notable for it’s winner, Bobby, who later went on to lớn debut in the YG group iKon. Arguably one of the most famous SMTM winners, Bobby’s fame since the show has done nothing but skyrocket. Show Me The Money 4 aired in the summer of 2014. That fall he featured on labelmate Epik High‘s “Born Hater“. In November of the same year he collaborated with Lee Hi và Suhyun (of Akdong Musician) for “I’m Different” and later in the same month released “Come Here” with Dok2 and Masta Wu, going on khổng lồ perform “Born Hater” and “Come Here” at the MAMA awards for 2014. In September of 2015, YG aired Mix và Match, the survival show that ended in the debut of iKon. Bobby continues his career as a rapper, with a collaborative effort as MOBB with Song Minho of Winner, another former contestant of SMTM, as well as with iKon who released their first single album New Kids: Begin in May of this year.
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Show Me The Money 4 saw the return of Loco as a producer, as well as an influx of idol rappers, including song Minho of Winner, Vernon of Seventeen, and Jooheon of Monsta X. Though we also saw plenty of returning rappers & some big name participants, like Black Nut, P-Type, và guest judge Snoop Dogg, the crown ultimately went to Basick of Team Brand New at the over of Season 3. After his appearance on SMTM 4, Basick made a handful of television appearances, including guesting on sister program Unpretty Rapstar 2 & 3, and becoming a cast member on JTBC’s Hip Hop Nation Season 2. He’s collaborated with the likes of Hyorin and Mamamoo. His latest album, Nice, was released in August of 2016, with title track, also called “Nice” featuring G2 (another SMTM alum) và Mamamoo’s Hwasa.
Season 5 of Show Me The Money highlighted the growing impact of the show. With a record number of auditions that included rounds in LA & a high number of returning participants, SMTM5 was one of the most talked about seasons. BewhY won the season beating out long time friend and rival C-Jamm. BewhY won several music awards for 2016 & 2017, including Best Rap Performance at the năm nhâm thìn MAMA awards for “Puzzle” with C-Jamm, & Hip-Hop tuy nhiên of the Year for “Forever.” In early 2017, BewhY embarked on a two night Canadian tour with stops in Vancouver and Toronto.
Show Me The Money 6 is advertised as the biggest yet, with a huge number of participants, including special auditions in Los Angeles và New York. Many well known names have been rumored khổng lồ appear. The producer teams are set, with what is shaping up khổng lồ be a new school versus old school battle among the producers before the real drama sets in. Now that we know what the previous winners have been up to, let’s get ready khổng lồ tune in and root for the next winner.
(Melon, Korea Herald <1><2>, Mnet <1><2><3>, IndiefulROK, YouTube <1><2><3><4><5>, Images via YG Ent, Mnet, Facebook)
