March 9, 2016, 6:51 pm
On March 9, 1997, the world of hip hop lost one if it's greats. Celebrate the memory of Notorious BIG today and watch some crazy footage of him battling in Brooklyn below.
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March 8, 2016, 4:41 am
We've put together a playlist of some of the February best battles. Take a look at a few highlights below and click here for the full playlist. If you feel like we missed something, leave a comment on Facebook or get at us on Twitter.
KOTD - Rap Battle - Cadalack Ron vs Megadef | #RIPCADALACKRON
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March 8, 2016, 3:12 am
Peep one of the most highly anticipated battles of last year: JC vs Born, from GO-RILLA WARFARE'S The Crown 2 card.
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February 29, 2016, 10:52 pm
Available now: Rare Breed Entertainment presents Starting 5, an exclusive Team Homi vs Writer's Bloque PPV featuring Danny Myers vs Swave Sevah, B Magic vs Money Bagz, Big Kannon vs Xcel, JC vs J Murda, & Ooops vs Mackk Myron! $35 gets you access to the PPV here. Once purchased, watch the battles here.
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February 29, 2016, 12:18 am
Our team will be giving you live updates of UDUBB's Revolution event in this blog and on twitter until the event is over. We'll also be updating this page with interviews & behind-the-scenes videos. Don't forget to refresh the page, as we will be posting stuff all day.
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SCROLL DOWN FOR COVERAGE OF #UDUBBREVOLUTION
Arsonal & Shotgun Suge vs K-Shine & DNA
Head ICE vs Math Hoff
Charlie Clips vs Awthentic
John John Da Don vs Amp
Big T vs Rad B
Jai vs Cortez
Bill Collector vs Kasher
Kilo vs Lotta Zay
Prez Mafia vs Bandit Montana
Real Sikh vs Black Beard
"That ain't my Biz though / you only move a lil bit of brown and white ... U Gizmo" - Head ICE
"Bonnie writes your shit and she pays your rent" - Head ICE
"People screaming 'they just shot Morgan Freeman' / put Ice in his place cause the morgue is freezing" - Math Hoffa
"I'm like your parents at graduation im only clapping at you" - Math Hoffa
*Math is rapping about this picture right now
*Second round was crazy / hilarious on both
"U my little nigga and will remain that / when u see come out the room butt naked with your wife I AINT GOTTA EXPLAIN THaT" - Head ICE
"You know a bitch I fucked. I ain't know you knew her. Next time you argue don't put me in it." - Head ICE
"Cock the 12 then put it next to the two 4s like xmas eve" - Head ICE
"All I get from u is bad vibes / stop selling salt with pepper you ain't fab 5" - Head ICE
*Math pulled out paperwork like Ice snitched. Everyone went crazy and the paper had John Amos from Good Times on it
"Ice crews be titanic-ing" - Math Hoffa
"Word on the street is that if a nigga don't look out for Ice then he slipping" - Math Hoffa
"Now I'm Oj - I could killed her but the glove didn't fit" - Math Hoffa
"U Dubb cut a deal with me where I get paid for every bar *cha Ching sound effect*" - Math Hoffa
"I ain't goin talk about ice age cause I don't know much about the ice age" - Math Hoffa
*ICE first was fire. Hard to call right now
"Spin ya block like a pick and roll ... And1 how I lift ya soul" - Head ICE
"I ain't knew to this / make u take lil man across the street to your baby mother before I do the hit" - Head ICE
"This how brooklyn do, every time I look at you I seen that hug u gave when Dizaster's man hooked you too" - Head ICE
*Head Ice is hilarious
"HEYO CHAMBERZ - my niggas will knock your head off for the chicken McNugget price" - Head ICE
"I pull more bitches in my Air Force ones than he will in the latest gators" - Head ICE
Math killed round 1 with background music and sound effects!
*Math is right on time with the music and effects. Damn. This shit is hot
"Check the score pee-on I know lines - u can't get over here" - Math Hoffa
"Put the paws on ice - that's a Polar Bear" - Math Hoffa
"Ya career falling on deaf ears nobody heard of you / I'm a wolf in sheeps clothing and the herd is you" - Cortez
It on Cortez bottom of round 3. Crowd is quiet now
"Get to banging like I left my keys and I was locked out" - Jai
"Used to move E like a cinema" - Jai
"Cor-NY when u put it together he's corny" - Jai
Cor with a good Rnd 2 but crowd keeps talking. Ppl have been restless since the Bill Collector battle
Cortez said Jai had a line where he said "Clip on the Revolver". Making fun of it. Crowd is laughing
Jai had a crazy Bulldog / Todd Gurley line. Rnd 2 on Cortez
"strap to his head like Quailman" - Jai #
"Had a gift rapping but I guess they ain't feel my presence until I opened up" - Jai
Cortez stumbled and ended his round early. Round 2 on Jai
"Getting stripes off his soul like Yeezy boots" - Cortez
"Get a body outta nowhere like strip club bartenders" - Cortez
*RapGrid Result: First round was fire on both sides, but Arsonal and Suge took the battle over in the 2nd and 3rd
*Ars and Suge stole DNAs slogan they are going nuts
*Ok well Suge and Ars just shut the crowd down!
"turn ya lazy boy into a rocking chair" - Shotgun Suge
Ars: this how we speak to niggas Suge: everybody think they Jay-Z till we ether niggas
Ars and Suge just brought out Charron and he's finished he Slim Jesus verse against K-Shine
*Family Fued shit went over well and was very creative. Rnd 3 on Ars and Suge
*K-Shine and DNA are playing family feud. Made the crowd say "trick trick" and it popped up on the family feud board
*Crowd was slacking on Shine and DNA. Now they are doing a Family Feud theme. Lmao crowd going crazy
*DNA: How the Nets go from Jersey to Brooklyn Shine: u still on Joe (Budden) Johnson
DNA and Shine talking about Detroit
"All those fights in the Bronx - I did that and I ain't ask for no awards for that" - Shine on Dot Mobb
*Shine addressing Dot Mobb now
Round 1 was close. Round 2 Ars and Suge. It's Round 3 on Shine and DNA now
Slogan of the battle: "my shit is real my shit is raw my shit is authentic / we ain't gotta pocket check you if nothing large in it"
Arsonal and Suge def are winning round 2
"I kept it real I said, "bitch we fuckin! - I ain't got Netflix" - Arsonal
Arsonal: get left if you don't act right Suge: body hung over like he ain't recover from last night
Arsonal & Suge are DESTROYING rnd 2
Ars and Suge going nuts
"How ya name Shine but ya jewelry change colors" - Arsonal
*People saying DNA and Shines round two wasn't enough
Shine: After we done zipping them up DNA: Jersey *end of the round*
*DNA: for thinking it's sweet Shine: u gotta get Suge a cane (sugar cane)
Crazy "what u looking puzzled for / jig saw" bar by DNA & Shine
*Great first rnd. Rnd 2 on DNA & Shine
"My shit is real my shit is raw my shit is authentic / not pocket checking unless there's something large in it" - Ars & Suge
"Ya baby moms that's the team bitch / jump out the shower and hit her wit the clean dick" - Arsonal
"U just a battle rapper I'm an official trapper / ya name K-Shine u ain't a pistol packer" - Arsonal
"K-Shine goin die after the punch, see if DNA can rebuttal that" - Arsonal
"Everybody in your family Mourning like Alanzo / hit the door she already on her knees like Roscoe" - Arsonal
*Crowd loves this battle. They going crazy Ars and Suge had a "statement Charlie clips pops wrote" bar
"We hate them costumes u wear EVERY FUCkIN BATTLE" - Arsonal & Shotgun Suge
*Great first by DNA and Shine. It's on Ars and Suge
"Let's see where your heart is at POCKET CHECk DOUBLE TAP" *crowd going bananas* - DNA & Shine
"I turn into a different nigga with the machine, this isn't Urkel" - K-Shine
*DNA: We taking the 9 out Shine: 50 Doctor
*DNA said after tonight his dad will have company
*Battle was only one round. Crowd not feeling it
"Young nigga, shoot for the Buck like Middleton" - Kasher
"You the only nigga in battle rap that got knocked out worse than Joey Jihad" - Kasher
"Thirsty nigga at the prom - he ain't punching enough" - @billcollectorMH
*Crowd talking all through Bills verse
"U only next to the core like http://Ms.Fit nigga" - Bill Collector
"Brought that Super Saiyan wit me, all Kamehamehas with me" - @billcollectorMH
"Kid in the oven wake and bake / u be paying for pussy cause it ain't ya face" - @billcollectorMH
*Crowd talking too much. Bill not resuming til they shut up #udubb
*Bill Collector to the crowd, "Shut the fuck up. Niggas just drove here 21 hours from Florida"
"How does it feel to know u just lost the battle of ya life" - Charlie Clips
*Clips is bodying
"100 niggas standing over your body like DAAAMN DANIEL" - Charlie Clips
"Got the Brown from Colombia - one sniff will make 'em yell (Yale)" - Charlie Clips
"I Awthentic cause if shit get jumping in Jersey u won't swing man" - Charlie Clips
"Out the window with the extensions - welcome to Good Burger" - Charlie Clips
"U look like u could be employee of the month" - Charlie Clips
"Autopsy report says he was shot with a Big Mac and leaked special sauce" - Charlie Clips
"After this udubb goin be John John Da Don League cause y'all goin be respecting the Bull (boy) Pen" - Awthentic
"Clip longer than Chipotle lines" - Awthentic
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"Y'all getting taxed but I been seasoned - watch how I leave with the W 2" - Awthentic
"Classic weapon - I Will Smif him in the summer time" - Awthentic
"I'm from the iron club - we send round through the air but we ain't golfing" - Awthentic
"Keep playing conceited and this bitch will get hit man for Wild N' Out" - Awthentic
February 27, 2016, 11:05 pm
Our team will be giving you live updates of Rare Breed Entertainment's Starting 5 event in this blog and on twitter until the event is over. We'll also be updating this page with interviews & behind-the-scenes videos. Don't forget to refresh the page, as we will be posting stuff all day.
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SCROLL DOWN FOR COVERAGE OF #STARTING5
Danny Myers vs Swave Sevah
B Magic vs Money Bagz
Big Kannon vs Xcel
JC vs J Murda
Ooops vs Mackk Myron
*Swave got it. Team Homi won 3-2. Crowd is split on the decision. Crazy ending to that battle
*Battle will be so hard to judge. Danny got off to a crazy start. Swave had a third round that could take over the whole battle
Swave on Danny's relationship:"Get back again / Renew your vows and take her on a second honeymoon ... to a SMACK event"
"Why worry about Writers Bloque when I don't leave paper trails" - Swave Sevah
"I should fight Myers / roll on him and break his bones like Suge Knight tires" - Swave Sevah
"Im not tryna make this battle debatable / I'm tryna reduce Danny to compost and make him biodegradable" - Swave Sevah
"For the money we raging bulls / y'all see how Rex treated him after he was Paid In Full" - Swave Sevah
Crowd chanting *how dare u*
"U keep saying u the king of Harlem HOW DARE U" - Swave is tight *crowd going nuts*
Swave is so serious about Danny saying he king of Harlem. Damn "while u hurt make u eat dirt from Big L grave"
Danny's third was hard, "we just coming from Cali tryna help New York niggas pay this high ass rent"
*Crowd loving Danny
"A chest shot at close range feels like a one inch punch" - Danny Myers
"U damn near a grandfather still out here thuggin and shit / instead of setting good examples for the youngins to get" - Danny Myers
"Team Homi don't jump me or let the llama blast / cause before that happen I'm punching Sara Kana's ass" - Danny Myers
*Swave good 2nd round. It's on Danny
*Swave remixed Danny's "Lima Bean / Time Machine" line
"You get cold cut for playing that role bruh - U wanna Oscar Myers? / u trash u get the can I'll Oscar Myers" - Swave Sevah
*Danny said the clip hanging out looking like a Pharaoh's chin
"I keep something in the Bourbon for niggas tryna Jack Daniel" - Danny Myers
*Danny said Swave's wife, "let me rub my thumb over the box like I’m summoning Hell Raiser" - Danny Myers
Danny's second is crazy
"My ink is fresh off a body like tattoo removal" - Danny Myers
"Is it me? Or does his face look like a dirty Danja Zone boot" - Swave Sevah
"Draw blood from this god like Leonidas" - Swave Sevah
"Fuck the block - I'll burn your whole city ... Pompey" - Swave Sevah
"U wanna tango? Before we dance u should know how many niggas my milli rock" - Swave Sevah
*Swave got it back he's SNAPPING now
"Team Homi the underdogs? Nah y'all got it wrong we the undertakers" - Swave Sevah
*Swave stumbled. Had to bring it back.
"The strap'll give him 15 rounds like old school boxing" - Swave Sevah
"This dummy can talk next to my soles like Lil Penny" - Danny Myers
*Myers just told Swave he's the king of Harlem
"I had to swallow the Coke / I was a rapper trying not to acknowledge that white boy in me like Money Bagz" - Danny Myers
"The K clip got a curve in its back like scoliosis" - Danny Myers
"This kick the only time I bring up a karate angle" - Danny Myers
*Team Homi vs Writers Bloque is 2-2 right now. Whole event comes down to Swave vs Danny Myers - who wins? #starting5
*Crowd went crazy when Money Bagz said the PH line. People were screaming 3-0. Money Bagz got it 100%
"Hook n this muthafucka / brought judging back 2 battle rap HEYO PH *looks up* u see me cooking this muthafucka" - Money Bagz
*Money with crazy Ash Wednesday / draw something black across his forehead bar
"It's like a hot dog at 7/11 - let's be frank I been rolling with the metal all day" - Money Bagz
"It's like Crash Bandicoot with a extra life - nigga running wit a mask / old eagle Donovan McNabb" - Money Bagz
*Magic got heckled in the third but it was straight fire!
"Your last battle will be against a clip like Ah Di Boom / the k (decay) in your mouth like a rotten tooth" - B Magic
"U don't wanna feel something Hot Boy? Then give up the cash money" - B Magic
"Dumping macks / u won't get money back with a refund" - B Magic
"I'll hit him wit the sig in the AM that'll knock Magic in reverse" - Money Bagz *crowd screams it's over*
"I'll break ya neck and have u staring at your back for tryna front" - Money Bagz
*Money Bagz just did a crazy J Cole scheme "he see the 4 he'll drive" craaazy
"Ima make sure they don't put the cam on Writers Block like JR Writer mixtape" - Money Bagz
Round 2 on Money Bagz now
"He don't want no part of the Iron like Mitch Green" - B Magic
"Pull out a flamethrower - bitch I got money to burn" - B Magic
"Don't sleep on me - you all know Bagz under I" - B Magic
"Best to do it / Money will get his shit wired like Western Union" - B Magic
*Writers Bloque is beating Team Homi 2-1 right now. Homi needs Money Bagz to beat B-Magic & Swave to get Danny Myers to win #rbe #Starting5
*Big Kannon got the battle over Xcel
*Ok Xcel's third was hot. Big Kannon was craaaaaazy. The judges are deciding now. It's @JazTheRapper Rapper and a few others
"I will make black history - turn your whole life to February" - Xcel
"A rap genius - y'all can't say X plain (explain) in them bars" - Xcel
"When u upload this title it Mz Gracie - it will be a disgusting body" - Xcel
"This weight loss will be the only time you let go pounds" - Xcel
"Your career been dead - he had to send a Bloque (cinderblock) Nigga to make it concrete" - Big Kannon
"How are you the FUTURE??? I though God blesses all the trap niggas" - Big Kannon
"They (women) hate the death penalty - they never say X a cute (execute) Nigga" - Big Kannon
Kannons third may be the best round of the night
"They gave Jason (Xcel) Born cause he was a free agent with no identity" - Big Kannon
*Second round was crazy on both sides. Let's see what the third is like
"I'll send your Ernesto on a trip - take your core out" - Xcel
"I can see the niggas fake in this bitch ... Rachel Dolezal" - Xcel
"Call them self Bloque u know why? Cause a block is made up of squares from every side" - Xcel
"Go to Boston to get the tool / Chilla is hitting me before he's hitting u" - Xcel
Kannons second is crazy!!!
"They are not protecting cell from being broke if hey ain't out a box (otter box)" - Big Kannon
"Those punches won't help u get out this box - u ain't Uma Thurman" - Big Kannon
"He a five percenter ... What good is that if he can use only 5% of his BODY!" - Big Kannon *crowd goes wild*
"Wu tang scheme? U the wackiest in ya huge squad / I forgot about U gawd" - Big Kannon
Close battle. Round 2 on Kannon
"Ima end this round respectfully / please tell Adrianna's to stop texting me" - Xcel
"How can x miss? My nigga, my gift is rap" - Xcel
"Victory / the dirty bastard I keep it raw watch me shimmy see" crazy kills bees scheme by Xcel
*Xcel is snapping. Hard to tweet
"I got the one square out the pack - the loose cigarette" - Big Kannon
"He doesn't have appeal (a pill) why do we call this nigga X" - Big Kannon
"Whoever X assist (exorcist) is who I'm twisting next (necks)" - Big Kannon
"U left ya dog hanging to get his shot ... Now who remember fresh" - Big Kannon
*Crazy leave out a window / click x line by Kannon
"Am I poor? No (porno) cause I'm getting paid triple x" - Big Kannon
We don't know maaan - J Murda might have got it 2-1 over JC #rbe #Starting5 http://RapGrid.com
"Leave his back open like he lost the keys to his house" - JC
"No question would he get a buzz after this battle - hit him wit the bow peep (toy story bars)" - J Murda
"Nike mouth guard - keep your teeth in check / we don't play both sides like a cheap cassette" - J Murda
"Talk to the machine like, 'please leave. A message after the beep'" - J Murda
*We got JC taking round 1 and Murda taking rnd 2. Murda starting his third now
"Loaded rounds dumping out the side like we locked out of Smokey house" - JC
"Norris Cole - pardon the boxes (part in the boxes)" - JC
"We got shit that'll clear anything - u can't even guess what I'm usin' next (Mucinex)" - JC
*J Murda's crazy second against JC
"U tried to Mark is (Demarcus) and Ima shoot cousin - it ain't a game" - J Murda
"I will slap the bitch out you ... Then chill wit her" - J Murda
"Have ya body spinning as soon as u spit like Taz in Space Jam" - J Murda
"Get disfigured from this figure now his figures" - J Murda
*Second rnd on J Murda. Both had a dope first. JC had huge lines
"For every false flag u throw, they goin challenge it with red ones" - JC
"I'm a joker? / well u can look in my face and see how I'm cut" - JC
*JC had a crazy warriors / Seth curry "ur brother in the game he can wear the 3-0 too" bar
"Why bother / u fabricate a line better than Lebron barber" - JC
"Who different game now / don't take u down memory lane we take memory lane out" - JC
"Im sharp shooting with accuracy - Brett Favre meets Brett Hart" - JC
*Strong first by J Murda. Bottom of Rnd 1 on JC
"Left his brains on his dash / U on the glass ... Like a Uber car" - J Murda
"Have ya eye in front of ya chest like the incredibles" - J Murda
*Mackk Myron ending his third vs Ooops - Team Homi is up right now. A clear 1-0
"I'll hit u with this can sir ... No I won't cause u got it already" - Mackk Myron
*Ooops just messed up again in the 3rd
*Ooops in the third cooking
"LL Cool J when I come in his house / Rakishi - I'll put the butt in his mouth" - Mackk Myron
"Sparking and clapping / watch men get they shit blew like Dr. Manhattan" - Mackk Myron
"U just a nigga from St. Louis that like to talk / I'll Ram in with two 8's like Marshall Faulk" - Mackk Myron
"I watched my daddy come up off of Raw like Shane McMahon" - Mackk Myron
"This Rickey Smiley looking ass nigga" - Mackk Myron
*Ooops just cut his time. Seemed a little early but good 2nd round
*Ooops cooking rnd 2. He got the crowd
"U like Stacey Dash - this a race u ain't built for" - Ooops
"This ain't no step down - u threw me down the whole fucking staircase" - Ooops
"I got a gun sooo BIG, Voletta Wallace seen it and thought her son was back - PONTIAC!" - Mackk Myron
"I check chins like a bouncer at a Asian club" - Mackk Myron
"Breathtaking / Pull it then give his men toast (mentos) - that's a freshmaker" - Mackk Myron
"Your bitch dome on point like Shredder helmet" - Mackk Myron
*Ooops messed up round 1. Hardly got any bars off. It's rnd 1 on Mackk Myron
"Don't let that positivity shit fool you" - Ooops vs Mackk Myron
February 25, 2016, 8:58 am
Charlie Clips talks with 15 Minutes Of Fame Radio about RBE's Starting 5 and weighs in on the Team Homi vs Writer's Bloque card. Subscribe to 15 Minutes Of Fame Radio for more exclusive interviews.
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February 25, 2016, 8:51 am
Check out new visuals from Cortez for his track "Never Die" featuring Pain In Da Ass & DeVo D, produced by 1stLoveMusic. Download or stream the single for free here,
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February 25, 2016, 8:45 am
In honor of his birthday, we've released a brand new episode of "Story Time WIth Poison Pen." Check out the episode below and then scroll down to revisit some classic Poison Pen moments from the Rap Grid vaults.
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February 22, 2016, 11:15 pm
Peep one of the most highly anticipated battles of last year: Young Kannon vs John John Da Don, from GO-RILLA WARFARE'S The Crown 2 card.
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