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.

Rap music has certainly evolved over the decades to become a pretty mainstream thing, but the act of rapping itself is not exactly seen as a commonplace hobby. But Detroit-based entrepreneur Erik ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES -- Turns out, not "making it" in Hollywood was the best thing that could have happened to Lloyd Ahlquist and Peter Shukoff. The two friends, who met doing improv in Chicago in the '90s, ...

DETROIT The winner of a national freestyle rap battle competition held in Detroit and hosted by Eminem is from where else Detroit. Eighteen-year-old Saffal FowL Tall won the Red Bull EmSee title ...

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 ...

Chad Ochocinco proved he is with the smoke, pulling up to Ultimate Rap League’s Volume XI for an impromptu freestyle battle. Chad Ochocinco just cut his battle rap teeth against two of the culture’s ...

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