January 2016

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Black Ice Cartel: The Format 2

January 6, 2016Battle Rap Ranks0 Comments

On this Sunday, December 10, 2016, one of the best up-and-coming battle leagues, Black Ice Cartel (based in Milwaukee), will host The Format 2 event, the league’s first event in New York. This event has some great potential for some classic small room battles, with the headlining matchup of the night featuring Charlie Clips and Danny Myers…

KOTD World Domination 6ix

August 26, 2016

Share!THE BATTLE WORLD COMES TO THE 6IX – As one of the staple events for KOTD, World Domination has consistently operated with the theme…

Black Ice Cartel War Season

July 27, 2016

Share!Black Ice Returns to Brooklyn While many leagues try to build up hype for their events over the course of weeks or even months…

URL Double Impact

March 23, 2016

Until the last year or so, two-on-two battles were largely a thing of the past that mostly still only existed within the fringes of battle rap, but by taking on countless teams and adding a high level of theatricality to the two-on-two scene, DNA and K-Shine have helped to reestablish an interest in this form of battling. Now, URL looks to take things to the next level for “doubles” battle rap with Double Impact, which is possibly the first major event to feature a card made up of all two-on-two…

URL Born Legacy 2 Preview

March 3, 2016

Share!Back to the small rooms – Over the last couple of years, URL has seemed to put a higher emphasis on bigger stage events,…

RBE Starting 5

February 24, 2016

Over the last few years, there has been a major shift to where the vast majority of battles are no longer judged, so when RBE recently announced that its upcoming event, Starting 5 (going down Saturday, February 27, 2016), will feature five matches which will all be judged, it seems like that should be enough to already catch the attention of fans. In addition to the matches being judged though…

KOTD Blackout 6ix Predictions

February 18, 2016

KOTD’s mystery event, Blackout 6ix, makes its return this weekend (19th-20th of February 2016), and with all of the battlers now announced, we’ve put together our predictions for which battlers will face each other at the event. For anyone not yet familiar with the Blackout format, KOTD has been steadily releasing video announcements for the individual battlers who will be battling at Blackout 6ix, while the fans will not know who will face whom until…