Have you ever freestyle rapped? Please, right now, take the time to try it. Go to YouTube, find an instrumental, and just try to rhyme in rhythm off the top of your head about whatever you want.

Red Bull Batalla is the largest freestyle battle on Earth and the rappers are elite. Suddenly, Reverse went in for the kill. He had everyone in the audience throw various items on the floor, ranging ...

We first told you about the Detroit-based rap-tech startup Rapt.fm a year ago. Since then, the online platform for freestyle rap battles has amassed a private but growing, loyal community of battlers ...

*Last Thursday (08-12-21), the largest Spanish freestyle rap battle in the world, Red Bull Batalla held an unprecedented virtual battle qualifier event that saw 36 of America’s greatest Spanish ...

Rapt.fm is still in private alpha for now, so it’s impossible to say how sustainable rap battles are for business. Then again, there’s good reason to be skeptical about the viability of a site that ...

Being Philly alone has so many different hip-hop scenes, were any of them your first exposure to hip-hop? Not really, actually. When I was in junior high, when Nelly and Ja Rule and 50 Cent were ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X On a recent Friday night in West Baltimore, T. McGuinness steps into the ring, ready for battle.

Can you freestyle rap? It feels impossible to make up words on the fly, but it’s amazing to see someone do it. Rapper and actor Common squared off against The Roots’ Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter on a ...

Rap battles are serious business and K-pop idols know this very well. Whenever vocalists of K-pop groups decide to have their own little diss battles, we can’t help but get excited. Their freestyle ...

Ahmed plays Bodhi Rook in the latest Star Wars installment. — -- As "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" hits theaters, actor Riz Ahmed said it's "pretty surreal" to be a part of the franchise.

The world’s first pokémon rap battle was gifted unto us today in a promo video for the new Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon. While it’s difficult to parse exactly what devastating burns are being exchanged, ...