Rap battles reward confidence, but these pushed it to the edge. Each clip shows how fast control can slip when emotions take over. The energy in the room changes instantly, and everyone feels it.

21 Savage said he believed Drake came through his feud with Kendrick Lamar relatively unscathed, but still revealed he told the Toronto rapper not to throw himself into the infamous rap battle. Near ...

Creeper are taking Sanguivore down the highways and byways of the UK and Ireland with an intimate tour to celebrate both albums... Hot off the heels of playing OVO Arena Wembley with Ice Nine Kills, ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...

TO SAVE OUR WORLD, THEY MUST BATTLE THE CHAMPIONS OF OTHER WORLDS! Unexpected fighters from beyond the DC Comics enter the arena! Wait… What? WHO?! As the remaining champions in the K.O. tournament ...

We should address the elephant in the room: hip-hop did not have a strong year on the charts. In fact, rap music had its worst showing in years. Back in October, it made headlines when—for the first ...

Each one of the best battle royale games revolves around one core idea: lots of players go in, and only one can leave (or maybe a team, depending on the game). Battle royale is a violent, ...

What a year the past week has been in the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery. In just seven days, Hollywood has gone from thinking that Paramount was the inevitable winner of the David Zaslav–led media ...

The tug of war for Warner Bros. Discovery echoes an earlier clash of media titans. By Benjamin Mullin Two Hollywood heavyweights going to war over a prized company. Billions of dollars at stake. The ...