High School Rapper season 4
The fourth season of High School Rapper, a 2021 South Korean survival hip hop TV show. On October 28, 2020, Mnet revealed a short teaser video for the fourth season of the survival show. It aired on Mnet every Friday at 11PM starting February 19. It was hosted by Nucksal.
Season overview
Mentor teams
Simon Dominic X Loco, The Quiett X Yumdda, Jay Park X Woogie X pH-1, Changmo X Way Ched.Episodes
Ep. 1-2: Roll Call: Solo Performance
No eliminations were held this round.Indicates student performance not shown.
¤ Student Kang Hyun is not shown throughout this episode due to a scandal involving sexual assault
| Grade | Student | Score |
| 1st | Kang Seo-bin | 333 |
| 1st | Lee Seung-hoon | 332 |
| 1st | Kim Woo-rim | 358 |
| 2nd | Kim Min-woo | 317 |
| 2nd | Jeon Hyun-joon | 305 |
| 2nd | Lee Jeong-woon | 303 |
| 3rd | Yoon Ji-ho | 332 |
| 3rd | Song Min-jae | 317 |
Ep. 2-3: Grade Cypher: solo performance
Groups of 4 or 5 were created in each grade level and 2 rappers were eliminated each round. The groups with the highest combined scores from the Previous round were able to pick their opponents for the round and beats cypher.| Grade & Group | Students | vs. | Grade & Group | Students | Eliminated Students |
| 2nd Grade, Group 3 | Kang Joseph, Kim Min-woo, Roh Yoon-ha, Oh Ju-an & Ji Hyeon-min | vs. | 3rd Grade, Group 1 | Song Min-jae, Yeom Tae-gyun, Lee Ye-chan, Jeong Hwan-hwi & Choi Gyu-hyuk | Choi Gyu-hyuk Jeong Hwan-hwi |
| Pre High School Grade, Group 1 | Kwon Oh-sun, Kim Da-hyeon, Park Hyeon-jin, Lee Young-woong & Choo Hyeon-seung | vs. | 1st Grade, Group 2 | Kim Woo-rim, Choi Eun-seo, Lee Sang-jae, Bang Joon-hyuk & Kim Jin-hyeok | Lee Young-woong Bang Joon-hyuk |
| 1st Grade, Group 1 | Kang Seo-bin, Lee Seung-hoon, Hwang Se-hyeon, Lee Jun-hwi & Nam Jun-hyeok | vs. | 2nd Grade, Group 2 | Kim Jae-ha, Jeon Hyun-joon, Park Kang-baek, Kim Hyeon-jik & Kim Se-hyeon | Lee Jun-hwi Kim Se-hyeon |
| 3rd Grade, Group 2 | Lee Jung-hyun, Shin Jeong-min, Yoon Ji-ho, Kang Hyun & Hwang Byeong-min | vs. | 2nd Grade, Group 1 | Kim Gyu-ha, Kim Chan-yeong, Lee Do-hoon, Lee Jeong-woon, & Heo Won-hyuk | Hwang Byeong-min Kim Chan-yeong |
Eliminated from the show
¤ Student Kang Hyun is not shown throughout this episode due to a scandal involving sexual assault
| Grade | Student |
| Pre | Kwon Oh-sun |
| 1st | Kang Seo-bin |
| 1st | Lee Sang-jae |
| 1st | Hwang Se-hyeon |
| 2nd | Lee Jeong-woon |
| 2nd | Lee Do-hoon |
| 2nd | Roh Yoon-ha |
| 2nd | Ji Hyeon-min |
Ep. 3-4: Group Evaluation
The 8 honour students from the previous round were made group captains, the captains choose their beat along with any students they wanted to be a part of their group.Out of the 8 teams, the 4 teams with the highest score would be safe from eliminations however, the bottom 4 teams had 2 members were eliminated.
| Group Leader + Members | Beat | Highest Score | Lowest Score | Eliminated Students |
| Kang Seo-bin, Lee Seung-hoon, Park Hyeon-jin & Kim Woo-rim | "Hangang Gang" - The Quiett | 100 | 95 | N/A |
| Hwang Se-hyeon, Kim Jae-ha, Kim Da-hyeon & Song Min-jae | "Wayclef Jean" - Young Thug | 100 | 88 | N/A |
| Lee Do-hoon, Kang Joseph, Kim Hyeon-jik & Oh Ju-an | "Drop it like it's hot" - Snoop Dogg | 80 | 60 | Lee Do-hoon Oh Ju-an |
| Roh Yoon-ha, Yeom Tae-gyun, Shin Jeong-min & Lee Ye-chan | "GOTT" - Simon Dominic | 85 | 78 | Yeom Tae-gyun Lee Ye-chan |
| Ji Hyeon-min, Heo Won-hyuk, Kim Min-woo & Jeon Hyun-joon | "GOTT" - Simon Dominic | 90 | 75 | Ji Hyeon-min Jeon Hyun-joon |
| Lee Jeong-woon, Kim Gyu-ha, Choo Hyeon-seung & Kang Hyun | "Backseat Freestyle" - Kendrick Lamar | 91 | 82 | N/A |
| Kwon Oh-sun, Park Kang-baek, Nam Jun-hyuk, & Lee Jung-hyun | "Backseat Freestyle" - Kendrick Lamar | 80 | 67 | Kwon Oh-sun Nam Jun-hyuk |
| Lee Sang-jae, Choi Eun-seo, Yoon Ji-ho & Kim Jin-hyeok | "돈 Call Me" - Yumdda | 95 | 90 | N/A |
Indicates the top 4 teams, with all group members advancing to the next round.
Indicates bottom four teams, with two members of their team being eliminated.
Indicates the eliminated student.
¤ Student Kang Hyun is not shown throughout this episode due to a scandal involving sexual assault
Ep. 4-5: 1:1 Theme Battle
Students picked their topic through a random card drawing. Whenever two students picked the same theme card they were placed to battle against each other| Topic | Student | vs. | Student | Eliminated Student |
| SNS | Heo Won-hyuk | vs. | Lee Jung-hyun | Lee Jung-hyun |
| Middle school 2nd grade illness | Kim Jae-ha | vs. | Kang Joseph | Kang Joseph |
| ilsang | Park Hyeon-jin | vs. | Kim Min-woo | Kim Min-woo |
| Family | Kim Da-hyeon | vs. | Kim Woo-rim | Kim Woo-rim |
| Happiness | Kim Gyu-ha | vs. | Yoon Ji-ho | Kim Gyu-ha |
| Flex | Lee Jeong-woon | vs. | Choi Eun-seo | Choi Eun-seo |
| Dream | Kang Seo-bin | vs. | Hwang Se-hyeon | Hwang Se-hyeon |
| Secret | Park Kang-baek | vs. | Roh Yoon-ha | Park Kang-baek |
| Friends | Lee Seung-hoon | vs. | Kim Hyeon-jik | Kim Hyeon-jik |
| Adult | Lee Sang-jae | vs. | Shin Jeong-min | Shin Jeong-min |
| School | Song Min-jae | vs. | Kang Hyun | Kang Hyun |
| First Love | Kim Jin-hyeok | vs | Choo Hyeon-seung | Kim Jin-hyeok |
Indicates the eliminated student.
¤ Student Kang Hyun is not shown throughout this episode due to a scandal involving sexual assault
¤ Blue boxes indicate pairings where rematches were required due to a 2:2 tie in votes
| Grade | Student |
| 2nd | Lee Jeong-woon |
| Pre | Kim Da-hyeon |
| 2nd | Roh Yoon-ha |
| 1st | Kang Seo-bin |
Revival Round
At the end of this round it was revealed that 6 of the eliminated students were picked to perform a verse a cappella. From the 6 chosen only 4 were revived.| Student | Pass/Fail |
| Kim Woo-rim | Pass |
| Choi Eun-seo | Fail |
| Park Kang-baek | Pass |
| Kang Joseph | Pass |
| Kim Min-woo | Fail |
| Hwang Se-hyeon | Pass |
Indicates the student revived.
Indicates the eliminated student.
Ep. 5 – 6: Mentor Group Selection
Before group selections each mentor group held 1:1 interviews with the remaining 16 students. The 4 honour students were given the option to choose their mentor group, for the remaining 12 students each mentor team recruited who they wanted and if a student had more than one mentor group that wanted them they were given the freedom to choose.| Team | Mentors | Students |
| AOMG | Simon Dominic X Loco | Lee Sang-jae, Heo Won-hyuk, Roh Yoon-ha & Kang Joseph |
| Daytona Entertainment | The Quiett X Yumdda, | Kim Jae-ha, Choo Hyeon-seung, Hwang Se-hyeon & Yoon Ji-ho |
| H1ghr Music | Jay Park X Woogie X pH-1 | Lee Jeong-woon, Park Hyeon-jin, Kim Da-hyeon & Song Min-jae |
| Ambition Musik | Changmo X Way Ched | Kang Seo-bin, Lee Seung-hoon, Kim Woo-rim & Park Kang-baek |
Ep. 6: Team Battle: Group
For the group mission, the team members made a song using the beat prepared by the mentors. The mentors randomly selected their groups opponent and one student from the losing team was eliminated.The guest judges included Verbal Jint, Swings, Zion T., Paloalto, Deepflow, Hangzoo, Boi B
| The Quiett X Yumdda | Song | vs. | Simon Dominic X Loco | Song | Eliminated Student |
| Kim Jae-ha, Choo Hyeon-seung, Hwang Se-hyeon & Yoon Ji-ho | "Elizabeth 엘리자베스" | Lee Sang-jae, Heo Won-hyuk, Roh Yoon-ha & Kang Joseph | "Big Big Big" | Yoon Ji-ho | |
| Changmo X Way Ched | Song | vs. | Jay Park X Woogie X pH-1 | Song | Eliminated Student |
| Kang Seo-bin, Lee Seung-hoon, Kim Woo-rim & Park Kang-baek | "Backpack" | Lee Jeong-woon, Park Hyeon-jin, Kim Da-hyeon & Song Min-jae | "Green Light" | Song Min-jae |
Eliminated from the show
Winning Team
Losing Team
In February 2021 while the show was still being recorded, Pluma shared to his close friends list on Instagram that he was going to be on a song with Jay Park which one of his friends screenshotted and posted to on online forum, revealing that Min-jae was on Jay Park's team. As giving any spoilers to the show is prohibited, it is believed that the "evil" editing of episode 6 was in response to his violation of the rule. After the episode was broadcast, Pluma received various hate messages and threats on his Instagram account, which led him to disable his comments.
Ep. 7-8: Team Battle: Textbook Rap Battle
Unlike the previous seasons, students had to choose a topic from any textbook and write a song about it.There were two rounds of voting and for groups that lost, only one of them were allowed to pass and the other one disqualified.
This episode had 20 guest judges including Donutman, Khakii, Munchman, Layone, Basick, Zizo, Hanhae, Kebee, Viceversa, Choi LB, Ja Mezz, skyminhyuk, Black Nine, Heo Seong-hyun, MckDaddy, Bryn, Dbo, Ahn Byung-woong, Qwala & O'domar.
| Simon Dominic X Loco | Song | vs. | Changmo X Way Ched | Song | Eliminated Students |
| Kang Joseph & Roh Yoon-ha | "Methane Hydrate" | Kim Woo-rim & Park Kang-baek | "Number of Cases" | Kang Joseph | |
| Jay Park X WoogTeamie X pH-1 | Song | vs. | The Quiett X Yumdda | Song | Eliminated Students |
| Park Hyeon-jin & Kim Da-hyeon | "WORK!" | Kim Jae-ha & Hwang Se-hyeon | "Chris Brown Moves" | Hwang Se-hyeon | |
| Simon Dominic X Loco | Song | vs. | Changmo X Way Ched | Song | Eliminated Students |
| Lee Sang-jae & Heo Won-hyuk | "Emoji" | Kang Seo-bin & Lee Seung-hoon | "Jeon Woochi" | Kang Seo-bin | |
| The Quiett X Yumdda | Song | vs. | Jay Park X WoogTeamie X pH-1 | Song | Eliminated Students |
| Choo Hyeon-seung | "Choo Religion" | Lee Jeong-woon | "DNA" | Choo Hyeon-seung |
Eliminated from the show
Winning Group
Losing Group
Ep. 8-9: Semi Finals
The special audience for this episode included 16 rappers: untell, Vinxen, Yenjamin, Young Kay, Rohann, unofficialboyy, Chin Chilla, BlueWhale, Lee Dong-min, Cloudybay, Pullik, Hotchkiss, GI$T, Ellick, Goi & Johny Kwony| Place | Simon Dominic X Loco Team | Song | Score |
| 9 | Heo Won-hyuk | "Meu Tempo" | 145 |
| 5 | Roh Yoon-ha | "Bow wow" | 191 |
| 4 | Lee Sang-jae | "Red Light" | 202 |
| Changmo X Way Ched Team | Song | Score | |
| 8 | Park Kang-baek | "Kiri Kiri" | 156 |
| 3 | Kim Woo-rim | "Cold" | 207 |
| 1 | Lee Seung-hoon | "SUPERNOVA" | 218 |
| Jay Park X WoogTeamie X pH-1 Team | Song | Score | |
| 10 | Lee Jeong-woon | "CALL ME" | 140 |
| 2 | Park Hyeon-jin | "PARADISE" | 216 |
| 6 | Kim Da-hyeon | "ISLAND BOYS" | 169 |
| The Quiett X Yumdda Team | Song | Score | |
| 7 | Kim Jae-ha | "I'M FINE" | 167 |
Eliminated from the show
Finalist