First and foremost, battle rap is on the verge of obtaining the regard it deserves when it comes to surface-level exposure. On Saturday, October 30, battle rap history was made as a stacked card featuring twelve of battle rap culture’s most voluminous contenders sparred for Drake’s “Til Death Do Us Part” event. The “Way 2 […]
At a recent URL NOME XI event, Drake made an appearance and was even slated to host the event, but instead announced that as a fan of battle rap, he would be adding an additional $50,000 to the existing $100K cash prize. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Drake reached into his pockets and pulled out […]
It’s becoming a broken record. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information SMACK/ URL is the Def Jam of the battle rap industry creating platforms for some of the most gifted lyricists in the culture to showcase their gifts. Retired rapper, media influencer, and former Def Jam artist, Joe Budden, says that one of the most essential contributions […]
What would happen when your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper says you elevated the game? Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Would you be at a loss for words or would that make you work that much harder? In light of their last two cards, Resolution and NOME 9, dominating the rap conversation for close to three months… […]
Tech N9ne took to social media to fans know that he is alive and gave his condolences to the battle rapper, Tech 9. Celebs also chimed in.
The sixth and apparently final battle announcement for the upcoming SMACK Vol. 2 event to be held on March 31 was unveiled with New Jerzey Twork set to face St. Louis’ experienced Aye Verb. The exclusive event is invite only on a small stage, geared towards providing the best possible Pay Per View experience for fans […]
The trailer for the heated match-up between Glueazy and Danny Myers dropped yesterday, with the short preparation battle on SMACK/ URLTV full battle video dropping tomorrow Tuesday February 27th on URLTV.TV. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Even from the single minute of battle footage released in the below trailer, the matchup brought a lot of […]
The fourth battle announcement for the upcoming SMACK Vol. 2 event to be held on March 31st on URL was unveiled earlier this week with Arizona’s Rum Nitty set to face John John Da Don. The exclusive event is invite only on a small stage, geared towards providing the best possible Pay-Per-View experience for fans of battle […]
Battle Rapper Bigg K is making his long awaited return to the Ultimate Rap League for the Smack Volume 2 event in March. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information His surprise return was announced on the Smack/URL YouTube channel early on Monday morning in the third announcement teaser for the event. Bigg K is scheduled to […]
At the top of the year, The Source received a great deal of push back from the battle rap world, when we released our Top 20 Battle Rappers of 2017. While many argued that the list did not include any women, that it was too URL-centric and that it had an unfair share of old school vets, […]
