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About halfway through 8 Mile, Eminem’s character, B-Rabbit, interrupts a casual rap battle happening between his car factory co-workers on their lunch break. Xzibit, playing a guy named Mike, starts ...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani admits he'd lose in a rap battle against A$AP Rocky, but wants to collaborate with the Harlem native ...

It seems we’re all in agreement: Kendrick Lamar defeated Drake in one of the most engrossing rap battles of the decade. To add insult to injury, Drake also threw himself into legal hot water when he ...

Emotions run high when writing, performing and listening to music. And it’s supposed to happen that way. It’s what makes music such an intimately relatable experience for everyone involved; it’s why ...

The most memorable moment in rap of 2024 isn’t an album, it’s the multi-song rap battle between Kendrick Lamar and Drake that culminated in the release of the year’s most world-conquering rap song, ...

Tapes, CDs and diss songs on which rappers actually named names. It was all so simple then. Straight-up disses and physical media have been replaced with subliminals and streaming. The rap game has ...

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