If you’ve ever caught freestyle rap action in person, there’s a chance you’ve been curious to try it out. The bigger names in indie rap, like New York’s Homeboy Sandman, Slug of Atmosphere, and Los ...

In 1997, a boy named Marshall from Detroit ventured off to Los Angeles to compete in the Rap Olympics, a nationwide rap battle tournament. Marshall, whose white skin marked him an outsider, battled ...

Even in the codeine-drenched, genre-fluid rap world fans live in today, the radio freestyle remains an immutable polygraph test for raw skill and mic presence. If listeners can feel you off the ...

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