| Genre: | Music |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Num Seasons: | 4 |
| Num Episodes: | 60 |
| Last Aired: | present |
| Company: | Colosseum Media |
| Network: | MTV India |
MTV Hustle is an Indian rap and hip-hop reality show.[1] Aspiring rappers battle it out to become India's biggest hip-hop star. The show airs on MTV India.
Season 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. Judged by Raftaar, Nucleya and Raja Kumari and hosted by Gaelyn Mendonca.
Season 2 premiered on 3 September 2022. Hosted by Krissann Barretto, the show is judged by Badshah along with four squad bosses- which were EPR, Dino James, Dee MC, King Rocco.
Season 3 premiered on 21 October 2023. Hosted by Wicked Sunny and Super Mannik, the show is judged by Badshah for the second time along with four squad bosses - EPR, Dino James, Dee MC and Ikka.
On 10 December 2023, during episode 16 of season 3, Samantha Ruth Prabhu announced the Tamil edition of MTV Hustle Namma Pettai.
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere Date | ||||
| Finale Date | rowspan="5" | |||
| Winner | M-Zee Bella | MC Square | Uday | |
| Runner-up | EPR | Paradox | Bassick | |
| OG Hustler Award | Gravity | 100 RBH | ||
| Winner Squad | EPR | Dee Mc | ||
| Host(s) | Gaelyn Mendonca | Krissann Barretto | Super Manikk | MC Talha |
| Wicked Sunny | MC Jizzy | |||
| Judge(s) | Nucleya | Badshah | Raftaar | |
| Raftaar | Ikka Singh | |||
| Raja Kumari | ||||
| Squad Bosses | Dino James | |||
| Dee MC | ||||
| EPR | ||||
| King | Ikka Singh | Raga | ||
MTV Hustle 1 premiered on 10 August 2019. M-Zee Bella was declared winner.[2]
• Judges
Raftaar
Nucleya
Raja Kumari
• Host
Gaelyn Mendonca.
| Contestant | Stage Name | Finish | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepak Singh | M-Zee Bella | Episode 20 | Winner | ||
| Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer | EPR | Runner-up | |||
| Rohit Kumar | RCR | 3 | |||
| Arpan Kumar Chandel | King Rocco | 4 | |||
| Rahul Kumar Das (Karn) | Shloka | 5 | |||
| Agrita Dhawan | Agsy | Episode 18 | 6/7 | ||
| Gaurav Mankoti | Void | ||||
| Riya Panchal | Raeza | Episode 18 | 8 | ||
| Lakshya Bhardwaj | Firaag | Episode 17 | 9 | ||
| Himanshu Joshi | Himan | Episode 16 | 10 | ||
| Sagar Shetty | Shetty Saa | Episode 14 | 11 | ||
| Akshay Kumar | Zack | Episode 12 | 12 | ||
| Hemant Dhyani | MC Heam | Episode 10 | 13 | ||
| Nikita R Sharma [3] | Star Nick | Episode 8 | 14 | ||
| Neeru Pal | NeeRu Pal | Episode 6 | 15 | ||
Male
Female
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-Zee-Bella | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | Finalist | Winner | |||||
| EPR | Top 15 | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | Finalist | Runner-up | |||
| RCR | Selected | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | HIGH | HIGH | BEST | BEST | Qualified | TOP 5 | ||
| King | Top 15 | HIGH | SAFE | Qualified | TOP 5 | |||||||
| Shloka | Selected | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | Qualified | TOP 5 | |||
| Agsy | Top 15 | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | |||
| Void | Top 15 | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Raeza | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Firaag | Selected | SAFE | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | Guest | ||
| Himan | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
| Shetty Saa | Selected | SAFE | HIGH | LOW | SAFE | LOW | ELIM | |||||
| Zack | Selected | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | |||||
| MC Heam | Selected | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
| Star Nick | Selected | SAFE | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
| NeeRu Pal | Selected | SAFE | ELIM | |||||||||
| Week 2 | Best Performer | Safe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 3; 5-8 | Received 4 Green Buzzers | Safe | Received 4 Red Buzzers | Bottom 2 | Eliminated | ||
| Week 4 | Received 3 Safe Buzzers | Received 0 Safe Buzzers | |||||
| Week 9 | Qualified | Finalist | |||||
| Week 10 | Winner | Runner-up | Finalist & Eliminated during the Final | Guest | |||
| Face-off No. | Order | Rapper | To Face-off Against: | Remix of Song | Judges | Judges Decision | Public Voting | Studio Audiences' Decision | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucleya | Raftaar | Raja | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | M-Zee-Bella | Shetty Saa | Naah | Safe | - | - | ||||
| 2 | Shetty Saa | Not eligible | Proper Patola | Unsafe | Safe | - | |||||
| 2 | 1 | King | RCR | She Move It Like | Unsafe | Safe | - | ||||
| 2 | RCR | Not eligible | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Safe | - | - | |||||
| 3 | 1 | Himan | Not eligible | Kamariya | Unsafe | Bottom 2 | (107 dB) Advanced | ||||
| 2 | Shloka | Himan | Jiya Tu | - | - | ||||||
| 4 | 1 | Agsy | MC Heam | Lahore | Safe | - | - | ||||
| 2 | MC Heam | Not eligible | Shehar Ki Ladki | Unsafe | Safe | - | |||||
| 5 | 1 | EPR | Not eligible | Suit Suit | Safe | - | -|-|2!Void|EPR|Bekhayali||||safe|Safe| -|-| rowspan="2" |6|1!Firaag| bgcolor="lightgray" |Not eligible|O Saki Saki| colspan="3" rowspan="2" ||Unsafe|Safe| -|-|2!Zack|Firaag|Tareefan|Unsafe|Safe| -|-| rowspan="2" |7|1!Star Nick| bgcolor="lightgray" |Not eligible|Paagal||||Unsafe| bgcolor="tomato" |Bottom 2| bgcolor="red" |(104 dB) Eliminated|-|2!Raeza| bgcolor="lightgray" |Not eligible|Chogada||||Safe| -|- | ||||