Creepy Nuts Wins Best Hip Hop/Rap Artist at MAJ2026 for Second Straight Year
Creepy Nuts' back-to-back win in the artist category at Japan's largest international music award cements their dominance in the domestic hip-hop scene after their 2025 breakthrough with "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born."
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Creepy Nuts won Best Hip Hop/Rap Artist at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 for the second consecutive year. Their song "doppelgänger" also took Best Hip Hop/Rap Song. Tyler, The Creator won Best International Hip Hop/Rap Song in Japan for "Stop Playing With Me."
The ceremony for MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2026 took place on June 13. Over 5,000 music professionals voted from 2,000 entries across 78 categories. Creepy Nuts beat out LANA, m-flo, RIP SLYME, and STUTS for the artist award. Their track "doppelgänger" also won Best Hip Hop/Rap Song, beating entries from STUTS, YZRR & LANA & JP THE WAVY & ¥ellow Bucks, ちゃんみな, and RIP SLYME. In the international song category, Tyler, The Creator's "Stop Playing With Me" won over Doechii, JENNIE, Travis Scott, and Drake.
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