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 EmSee: Los Angeles hits the Echoplex tonight to choose LA’s Freestyle King. The invite-only competition challenges eight emcees to freestyle battle against each other and the clock in three ...

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 ...

The freestyle rappers who battle on the new Rapt.fm will find more than friendly competition–a partnership between the rap-tech startup and Tommy Boy Entertainment now brings them the chance to be ...

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 ...

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, ...

NOTE: This is the monthly continuation of a series about the most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube. Each segment will spotlight creators who go beyond the one-hit viral video and build a ...

You have to be a very peculiar kind of creature to participate in a rap battle. You should be dedicated and fiercely loyal; most of the time, there’s no money involved. You need to have a pachyderm’s ...

Earlier this week, Tony Touch blessed the Internet with a previously unreleased clip of Busta Rhymes and Ol' Dirty Bastard rapping together. Although the clip wasn't a rap battle, it got XXL thinking ...