Battle rap (also known as rap battling) is a type of rapping performed between two or more performers that incorporates boasts, insults, wordplay and disses...

shameful to recite pre-written or memorized raps during a freestyle battle, because it shows the rapper to be incapable of "spitting" spur-of-the-moment...

of the rap genre. The term "mumble rap" was first used in 2014 by VladTV battle rap journalist Michael Hughes, in an interview with battle rapper Loaded...

Epic Rap Battles of History (ERB) is a YouTube web series and music project created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The...

FlipTop Rap Battle League is the first and largest running professional rap battle conference in the Philippines founded by Alaric Riam Yuson (known as...

playing the dozens (see Battle rap and Diss), and 1960s African-American poetry. Stemming from the hip-hop cultural movement, rap music originated in the...

September 2022), better known as Walkie, was a Russian hip-hop artist and battle rapper. Petunin died by suicide following the 2022 Russian mobilization for...

Sergile (born 10 March 1989), commonly known as Conceited is an American battle rapper from Brooklyn, New York City best known for his recurring role on the...

Epic Rap Battles of History is a YouTube series created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The first episode of the series...

a rapper from Los Angeles, California affiliated with Project Blowed and Blak Forest. Otherwize is most notable for defeating Eminem in a battle rap tournament...

The Ultimate Rap League (commonly referred to as SMACK/URL) is a battle rap league based out of New York City owned by acclaimed hip hop promoter Troy...

Battle Rap Stars is a mobile rap battle game for iOS created by Jump Shot Media that uses inputted audio to evaluate and score. In Battle Rap Stars, gamers...

Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle (Japanese: ヒプノシスマイク-Division Rap Battle-, Hepburn: Hipunoshisu Maiku: Division Rap Battle) is a Japanese multimedia project...

(stylized as FiNCH and FiNCH ASOZiAL), is a German rapper, Twitch streamer, YouTuber and battle rapper. Wehowsky was born in Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany...

Cloud rap is a subgenre of rap that has several sonic characteristics of trap music and is known for its hazy, dreamlike and relaxed production style....

1980), known professionally as Remy Ma, is an American rapper. Discovered by the late rapper Big Pun, she came to prominence for her work as a member...

Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture and values typical of urban gangs, reality...

Bodied is a 2017 American battle rap comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kahn. It was written by Alex Larsen and produced by Eminem, his manager Paul...

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American...

The video of the rap battle became the most viewed UK rap battle of all time and Grist is ranked the third most viewed rap battler in UK history. His...

financial riches, sexual prowess, or "coolness". Often heavily used in battle rap, braggadocio lyrics can range from just saying, "I'm the best MC ever...

rapper. He began his career in the 2000s as a battle rapper in Los Angeles and has since become one of the most prominent East Asian American rappers...

is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He first garnered attention for his freestyles and competitions as a battle rapper in the late 1990s...

songs that we used to have". Battle rap was also a part of the old-school hip-hop aesthetic. While discussing battle rapping, Esoteric said, "a lot of my...

viewed battle rapper in the world. Amount of views of his rap battles exceed 120 million on YouTube. Oxxxymiron participated in the Russian battle rap league...

contender from the West Coast. The event was the first-ever televised battle rap tournament. Locksmith then made it to the "elite eight" live telecast...

Los would be his battle rap return with Rare Breed Entertainment. His opponent was originally slated to be the West Coast battle rap veteran, Daylyt....

his favorite artists, Fiasco created the concept of her becoming a battle rapper. At his Coachella performance in April 2024, Fiasco announced his latest...

Patrick Wayne Stay (February 18, 1986 - September 4, 2022) was a Canadian battle rapper and hip hop artist from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, better known by his...

trap music directly inspired by 1990s Memphis rap. The style is characterized by vocals from old Memphis rap tapes and samples from early 1990s hip hop,...