The ninth season of the series Show Me the Money (known as Show Me the Money 9 or SMTM9) premiered on October 16, 2020, and ended on December 18, 2020. It was broadcast every Friday at 23:00 (KST) on Mnet. The season returned to four producing teams, after having featured only two in the previous season. Dynamic Duo & Bewhy, Paloalto & Code Kunst, Zion.T & Giriboy, and Justhis & GroovyRoom formed the producing teams for the season. The season saw approximately 23,000 applicants, the most in the show's history. 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. The winner of the season was Lil Boi, with Team Zion.T x Giriboy as the winning producer team. 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. Producer Giriboy also became the first 3-time winning producer of the show, having previously won in seasons 777 and 8.
Judges:
Team GroovyRoom x Justhis (also known as Team Guljeot): GroovyRoom, Justhis
Team Code Kunst x Paloalto (also known as Team CoPal): Paloalto, Code Kunst
Team Dynamic Duo x Bewhy (also known as Team DyWhy): Choiza and Gaeko, Bewhy
Team Zion.T x Giriboy (also known as Team Jagi): Zion.T, Giriboy
Teams:
Team GroovyRoom x Justhis: Mushvenom, Khundi Panda, Mirani, Munchman, Kidd King, Owen, D.Ark, Yenjamin, Blase, Kim Gyu-ha
Team Code Kunst x Paloalto: Swings, Layone, Mckdaddy, Khakii, Killagramz, Juvie Train, Ahn Byung-woong, Jambino, 365lit, viceversa
Team Dynamic Duo x Bewhy: Untell, Kaogaii, Heo Sung-hyun, dsel, Chamane, Kim Mono, Rohann, Benzamin, Greengrim
Team Zion.T. x Giriboy: Lil Boi, Wonstein, Skyminhyuk, Chillin Homie, Cho Soon-young, Lee Gi-wook, kitsyojii, Mac Kidd, noahjooda, Park Shin-wook