A video that has now went viral shows battle rapper Hitman Holla and his crew beating up Chicago battle rapper Byron Blake at an Atlanta gas station. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Hitman contends that Blake’s crew jumped him in the past and that Blake even bragged about following Hitman’s brother while recording him, insinuating […]
More than 250,000 viewers tuned in to Twitch to watch live as battle rappers competed in downtown Los Angeles in the second round of this year’s King of the Dot (KOTD), but the third round is set for Motown. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information KOTD brings the most competitive rappers from across America to clash with flows in head-to-head […]
Ready to bring the heat in person for the first time this year, the preeminent international battle rap league King of the Dot(KOTD) returns with a very special live event launch for its first-ever rap battle season (S1) on this Sunday, June 20th on a closed set in DTLA. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Bringing the craziest rhyme heat to […]
After bringing battle rap to the Twitch community with 2020’s Grand Prix, King of the Dot is poised to make history once again with the service. For the first time in the subculture’s history, the S1 seasonality format will introduce a more recognizable structure to the events, culminating in one winner taking home $100,000 USD and additional performance-based […]
Kanye West has teamed up with Brooklyn rapper SAINt JHN to release the new 3-minute single “Smack DVD” overnight on Godd Complexx / HITCO Entertainment (L.A. Reid), the so-called missing Kanye record from SAINt JHN’s new album. This new single builds off the momentum that SAINt JHN has developed following the release of his very […]
The world’s leading battle rap platform SMACK/URLTV.TV has announced that the long-awaited entire inter-gender battle rap event “Kings vs. Queens” will finally take place today 17 October in conjunction with QOTR. This event will see some of the cultures best female battle rappers, many of whom made their name on female-specific platform Queen Of The […]
Ever since Diddy’s “Rock The Vote” campaign in Hip Hop culture in 2004, cultural icons have made it their business to encourage Hip Hoppers to vote and some have even gone as far as endorsing specific candidates. This year, Democratic nominee Senator Joe Biden has taken it a step further and laced his campaign with […]
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Legendary recording artist, Wu-Tang Clan member, and hip-hop icon Method Man has somewhat surprisingly entered the modern era of acapella battle rap, taking on infamous Brooklyn battle rap legend Math Hoffa. It appears this Method Man vs. Math Hoffa battle is the first battle in the appropriately titled ‘Legends Only’ battle rap series produced by […]
Newark, New Jersey artist Tsu Surf has today released his highly anticipated new 13-track project MSYKM, executively produced by Sharke & Clicqout on Raw Bunch records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The stacked release features the likes of Dave East, Jim Jones of Dipset, Chicago’s G Herbo, Shady Records’ Benny The Butcher, talented female rapper […]
Brooklyn battle rap legend Math Hoffa passed through N.O.R.E and DJ EFN’s popular Drink Champs podcast a few weeks ago, with the episode just dropping on all platforms yesterday. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information A very first for the ever increasingly popular Drink Champs podcast, Hoffa is the first battle rapper to make an appearance […]
On this date in 1996, Detroit natives Eminem and Kuniva bumped heads on the microphone at Motown’s famous Hip-Hop Shop, where late D12 member Proof used to host battles in the mid to late 90s. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In his regular undefeated fashion, Mr. Mathers delivered bar after bar, which equated to blow […]
There is something in the Schuylkill. There has to be. There is an uncanny number of lyrical miracles in the South Eastern Pennsylvania area, and quietly, they have influenced with their unique gift of gab, every rap arena that they have stepped in. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Schooly D. Black Thought. Steady B. Cool […]
Footage has been circulating the internet of a white battle rapper learning the hard way to keep the “N-word” out of his rhymes. The rapper, later identified as William Wolf said in a battle, “I ain’t like these other battle rappers. They talk too much. Saying I can’t use the ‘n’ word in this battle, […]
There are two people you never want to go back and forth with in an argument: Philadelphia’s own Gillie da King and Newark’s hometown hero Tsu Surf. Yoooo…. this is basically battle cap at its finest. Yes, we meant battle cap over battle rap… we know what we are saying. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information […]
Rounding out a stellar year, SMACK and his band of winners have pressed forward with one more event to satisfy the battle rap fan. Doing it almost better than any other league, they have mastered big stages, talent scouting, small rooms, artistically experimental (just think about the way you felt the first time you saw […]
Battle rapper Ah Di Boom was a rising star in the culture, but when his street life caught up to him, it almost stopped his momentum all together… actually… it kinda did… but he is out and ready to take the world by storm. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Well, Ah Di recently linked with […]
Announced yesterday via URLTV’s own dedicated App, Queens’ DNA is set to take on St. Louis’ Aye Verb in a small room setting on Saturday 14 December as the main event for SMACK/URLTV’s newly announced Volume 5 event. The announcement of potentially SMACK / URLTV’s final major small room event for 2019 has two experienced […]
Rare Breed Entertainment is back in action on November 9 in Atlanta with their first volume of the unique “Ladies & Gents” battle rap event. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The unique set up sees not only female on female battles, but also females take on some of the culture’s best guys too. In particular, […]
Cassidy should no longer boast that he is undefeated. He should boast that he is a pioneer in popularizing battle rap. (That bar against Goodz last spring about these guys getting popular cause of battle rap, but he made battle rap popular was just fire). He should boast about his successful five or six years […]
You had to see it!!!! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information This weekend started out with a bang as the WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown debuted on Fox last night and fans were not let down. The franchise did more than just entertain fans, thirsty for a rough and rumble contest, but made history. This event was […]
