Show Me the Money 9

Dynamic Duo & Bewhy, Paloalto & Code Kunst, Zion.T & Giriboy, and Justhis & GroovyRoom formed the producing teams for the season.

[1] However, fewer contestants were able to move on from the Rapper Selection Round compared to previous seasons, due to safety restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He won ₩100,000,000 in cash, a sports car, and a one-year project label for his music activities, totaling to ₩500,000,000.

x Giriboy[12]: After sending in their audition clips, those selected by the production crew attended the Rapper Selection Round; as a safety precaution from the COVID-19 pandemic, the contestants were divided into groups of thirty with one producer, (with the exception of Dynamic Duo and GroovyRoom), assigned to judge them individually.

Notable Rappers from the Rapper Selection Round The second round began with the Producer Performances, in which the producers performed in front of the contestants to convince the contestants to join their team.

If all producer teams decided to give a "PASS/FALL", the contestant was eliminated from the show Before this round, the 40 remaining contestants each had a sticker pasted on them, based on the number passes each had obtained during the performance portion of the 60 Seconds Team Trials.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show's producers held an open online application prior to this round, in which they selected a limited number of people, in addition to previously eliminated rappers, to serve as live audience members and voters for this round.

All of the contestants' performance money earnings were then accumulated to their respective producer teams at the end of the round.

From there, he selected four cards that had bonuses in them, indicating that the contestant called in would have a chance to pick his/her opponent for this round.

The contestant who received more performance money after two rounds of voting against their match-up advanced to the finals, while the loser got eliminated.

Prior to the final episode, the show's producers established a pre-finals online evaluation team where they selected people to serve as virtual audience members and voters for this round.

They had a chance to watch and vote for the pre-recorded performances three hours before the final episode was aired.

[20] The four finalists also met up the night prior to the final round to determine their order of performances.

The contestant who earned the most cumulative performance money from both the pre-finals online evaluation team voters and live SMS voters in all two performances was the season's champion, receiving ₩100,000,000 in cash, a sports car, and the launch of a one-year project label for their music activities, totaling up to ₩500,000,000.

Italicized - The contestant originally advanced and made it to the final Top 24, but voluntarily left the show.