Girl Group Members Set To Take Over 'Unpretty Rapstar' Season 2 Including YG Trainee

The second season of Unpretty Rapstar is already drawing both curiosity and criticism from fans long before it is set to air.

The show, a spin off from Mnet's already notorious Show Me the Money series, features only female rappers. The last season saw high levels of success with contestant's like Lucky J's Jessi, AOA's Jimin, and the winner Cheetah. This season, an impressive and confusing list of idol rappers has been confirmed thus far as taking part in the show. According to OSEN, SISTAR's Hyorin and Wonder Girls' Yubin are two of the celebrity contestants confirmed thus far. Fans have expressed their confusion as to why Hyorin, SISTAR's vocalist, was confirmed for the program over Bora, the group's rapper.

Also drawing further interest was another report by OSEN on August 4 revealing that a YG Entertainment trainee to also be introduced through the program. She is described as a member of YG's upcoming girl group who is known for her talents even though she has yet to debut. OSEN also called her a formidable candidate for the show.

Many speculate that the mysterious trainee is Jennie Kim, who has featured on the tracks of other YG artists such as G-Dragon.

This would be YG Entertainment's third idol to enter into the rap competition scene after iKON's Bobby and B.I's inclusion in Show Me the Money 3 and Winner's Mino on this year's Show Me the Money 4.

However, with all the idol rappers being announced for the show fans have started to show this disapproval. "This isn't 'Unpretty Rap Star,' this is becoming 'Girl Group Rap Star,'" one person commented, as translated by Netizenbuzz.

"After watching the first season, I don't want idols on the show anymore," another expressed. "They don't know anything about disses or hip hop culture. I'd rather we discover some unknown female rappers."

According to the production team, work on Unpretty Rapstar 2 isn't set to start until Mid-August. Additionally, with over 100 contestants still being considered for the show, the possibility of other unknown rappers to join is still quite high.

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