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"RAPSTAR 2025" Cypher Group B Releases New Collaboration Track

03/11/2025 Source: Masato Hayashi's X Author: Christine

will away, 16, Masato Hayashi, nanasi and Yxxg Eye, five contestants from the hip-hop audition show "RAPSTAR 2025", have released a new single together.

Five contestants from ABEMA's hip-hop audition show "RAPSTAR 2025" released a new single together on November 2nd.

The five artists: will away, 16, Masato Hayashi, nanasi and Yxxg Eye, were all placed in Group B of the "SELECTION CYPHER" round of the competition, where the contestants all perform the song they created for their audition videos live in a group. Group B featured contestants who used the beats provided by STUTS and Nosh in their applications. It was particularly notable for featuring both the youngest contestant chosen to proceed to the "SELECTION CYPHER" this year, 14 year-old will away, and the oldest, 33 year-old Masato Hayashi.

While all of the contestants from Group B were originally eliminated after the "SELECTION CYPHER" round, Masato Hayashi was invited back into the competition after one of the 12 who passed, Kee Rooz, withdrew due to unspecified circumstances, as he was the contestant who had received the next-highest score from the judges. It was recently announced that he was one of the eight who passed the following round, the "HOOD STAGE", and that he will be continuing to the next phase of the competition, the "RAPSTAR CAMP".

Simply titled Group Cypher B, the track was co-produced by RISU and will away. Masato Hayashi commented in a post on X that will away uploaded the beat just three hours after he explained the type of track he had in mind for the group. He also noted that the lyric video for the song was created by 16, who he praised for handling various tasks behind the scenes to ensure the release proceeded smoothly.

Links to download and stream Group Cypher B on various music platforms are available here.

The lyric video for Group Cypher B can be viewed below, followed by each of the five artists' application videos for "RAPSTAR 2025". The original Group B cypher performance from "RAPSTAR 2025" is also available for streaming on ABEMA here.