The central element of the rap battle is the diss: a construction of words to insult and dismay your opponent as brutally and yet elaborately as possible. In this subculture, the wordsmith’s world is ...

DJ Akademiks has divided his followers by arguing Drake‘s “Family Matters” was the best diss track exchanged between Drizzy and Kendrick Lamar. As K-Dot and the 6 God’s legendary rap battle reaches ...

In the tradition of KRS One’s “The Bridge is Over,” Drake’s “Back to Back” and 50 Cent’s “How to Rob,” Philly rapper Eazy the Block Captain and Maryland’s Ace Amin are shifting the culture with real ...

In the fourth episode of Mnet’s “Unpretty Rapstar 3” that aired on August 19, the 11 contestants competed in 1:1 diss battles to become the star of track number 3, produced by Kush. Yuk Ji Dam : Janey ...

Doc shared one misconception is that battlers can’t make musics. PBS is building its content catalog, now including more than just Sesame Street and selling Doo Wop CDs. As a part of its new Sound ...

It seems we’re all in agreement: Kendrick Lamar defeated Drake in one of the most engrossing rap battles of the decade. To add insult to injury, Drake also threw himself into legal hot water when he ...

The October 16 episode of “Unpretty Rapstar 2” featured Wonder Girls’ Yubin and KittiB in a diss rap battle, in order to be the featured artist on Track Number 7. It was clear from the beginning that ...

This Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud has become so monumental—and so monumentally online—that even third-party reaction videos to the new songs are earning YouTube views in the millions. It’s not just the ...

NBA stars Marvin Bagley III and Damian Lillard are trading diss tracks. The feud started after Bagley accepted a challenge proposed by ESPN's "First Take" that the two players battle rap each other on ...

Who knew Anne Hathaway could rhyme? Probably the “Late Late Show” writers, who clearly pre-wrote all the rhymes she dropped on Tuesday’s episode of the CBS late-night show. The star of “Alice Through ...