The rapper is known to drop thoughts about happenings in battle rap. We wonder if he'll have words about Phoenix's 'Alien.' ...

Both art forms encourage us, the listeners, to react, reflect and ultimately select with which speaker to side.

"Drake is the face of the hip-hop scene as it is," says Margs, a London rapper who hosts rap battles on his channel Pen Game. The Canadian is a huge commercial success - the most streamed artist ...

On New Year’s Day, Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ took aim at Kendrick Lamar with a track called “The Ruler’s Back.” Kendrick ...

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The label says followers of the rap battle understand that Kendrick Lamar was exaggerating in the song accusing Drake of pedophilia. By Winston Cho In “Family Matters,” Drake‘s penultimate ...

But Roxanne Shanté, the battle rap phenom who carved out her place in hip-hop history as a teenager, has never wavered. From her early days rapping to becoming the first solo female rapper to ...

“It was the biggest battle in the Midwest and one of the biggest rap battles in the country. And a lot of famous rappers, DJs and breakdancers came out of Scribble Jam.” In the actual ...

He's said he sees rap as a sport - and battle raps were his inspiration for the back-and-forth with Drake. These face-offs - as seen in the Eminem film 8Mile - are where artists compete live ...

Personal issues aside, Margs says Drake also represents the changing face of the hip-hop scene "Drake is the face of the hip-hop scene as it is," says Margs, a London rapper who hosts rap battles ...