Long-form conversations with creatives of all kinds — most commonly in the worlds of design, art, music and battle rap.
RX Southside is a South London based battle rapper, podcaster and artist. Due to his unique style and by battling on UK leagues like No Loose Chat & Premier Battles as well as US leagues like iBattleTV & No Entourage, he's built a brand for himself that is already above many in the same 'class' as him. As well as being a battler, he releases interviews, podcasts, conversations, battles and more on the IBC NETWORK channel.
Illmac (FKA. Illmaculate) is an artist & battle rapper from Portland, Oregon and has been at the top of battle rap since before he was of even of legal drinking age, winning Scribble Jam in 04 at age 17 and the World Rap Championships (with 2on2 partner The Saurus) in 2006 and 2007. Despite that, he started out as a rapper before he ever battled and is still releasing incredible music to this day. He's also making cartoons along with the team at RapOff with some amazing concepts and collaborations for those. WNTR IS COMING!
Cornelius Dämmrich (aka. zomax) is a 3D artist based in Berlin, Germany. He specialises in creating detailed atmospheric CG environments, combining various software like Cinema 4D, Substance Painter and Houdini to create some of the most breath-taking art you’ve ever seen and is a master at making the observer feel something.
Bizzo Bond is a battle rapper and former champion of Premier Battles from Preston, England. He's battled on such platforms as Canada's King of the Dot and America's iBattleTV and has had incredible showings vs their champions at the time. He is the record holder for longest reigning champ at Premier Battles and went on an unprecedented run to get there.
Nyfe is a rapper, writer and producer born and raised in Colorado who got their creative start with poetry in church & filling in for the pastor on the occasional sermon. They moved to California at 18 where they attended and dropped out of college, competed in international slam poetry competitions, met their musical soulmate and started a band.
E. Farrell is a battle rapper from Manchester, Connecticut. Known for his punch heavy comedic style, he has made a name for himself all over the country and even abroad. He has fan favourite appearances on iBattleTV, Don't Flop, KOTD, BOTZ and more. The battle I mention in this episode as my favourite and the one recommended by himself when someone's not too into battle rap is vs Dunsh!
Cashis Clay is a battle rapper from the Bronx. They've battled on We Go Hard, iBattleTV, QOTR, and many more and are one of the most effective and entertaining battle rappers out there. As well as battle rapping they're anything but new to making music and even make high quality Pokémon related content! They had an incredible battle with Kang on iBattleTV recently which is linked below, and then even more recently teamed up with Kang in a 2on2 battle vs. Noxx & Chunk on the same league.
Rivers is a battle rapper from London and one of the best in the world at it. He was previously the 1st ever champion at Premier Battles and is one of the most popular among the fans especially over the past few years. In this conversation we barely talk about anything to do with battle rap, but out of his most recent battles I recommend checking out Rivers vs Frost (Don't Flop), vs Gemin1 (Premier Battles) & his international battle vs Holmzie Da God (Premier Battles) which is probably my favourite performance of his.
Blve Coca (aka. Blve Cocaine) is a rising star in the battle rap scene and an all around gifted creative. While she gained notoriety battling on platforms like Rare Breed Entertainment (RBE) and The Riot, since this episode was recorded she's also taken part in Hitman Holla's Bag$ And Bodie$ on Coastal Reign TV (CR-TV), had a dope performance vs Rocq Lee and has released some great music as well.
Okwerdz is an American battle rap pioneer, emcee, and hip-hop artist from Stockton, California. He gained prominence in the battle rap scene in the early 2000s and has participated and has battled against some of the most renowned names in the battle rap circuit. He's also released music as a solo artist and as part of various groups with recent tracks like "Know Me Like That" (feat. Method Man) and "Never Switched Up" and he can even be found speedrunning on his Twitch channel.
Alias the Addikt is a multi-faceted emcee, vocalist, songwriter and battle rapper hailing from Long Beach California. He's the lead vocalist of super group All Most Nothing and is very well known around West Coast battle rap circuits. This is only a short episode, as Alias didn't have much time but we will have another one in present day soon enough so stay tuned!
Chicago Steve.. I mean.. XQZ is a digital marketer, battle rapper and former undefeated champ of Midwest battle league No Coast. He gave up his title after having a really hard time losing for a very long time. XQZ had an incredible performance VS the winner of KOTD S1 (Bill Collector) where he got an unexpected clear win prior to Bill going on to win the whole thing.
Nick 'Lush One' Hyams is a legendary battle rap host, renowned freestyler and artist, creator of LA NOIR, mainstay over at No Jumper and MAD DEEP and generally just a very entertaining individual. If someone put a gun to my head and asked me call someone that can recite Hip Hop knowledge I'd call Lush. If you've watched any legendary King of the Dot or Grind Time battles over the years, chances are you've seen him before. Can I get a Uuuunooooo?!
Nán is a Mexican rapper & producer from Oakland California. Formerly known as Esem in battle rap, he has a lot of experience battling on many leagues, especially on BOTZ. He took part in KOTD S1 and made it to the playoffs with some impressive performances including a clear first round win against the winner of KOTD's previous Grand Prix tournament. I tell people all the time that Nán is my favourite rapper and I'm not lying, because he really is that good. Nán Chalant God.
Caustic is a battle rap veteran, Oakland California native, fighting game aficionado, co-owner of Oakland FGC collective & gaming community Only The Group and previous mainstay on the DBD Show. You can find Caustic on his own stream and others' streams quite often generally just being extremely funny at all times. His nickname for me is Beans. Sorry kiddo!
Red Flag is a Brooklyn, New York based rapper, producer and a literal lawyer. Flag is a renowned and popular battle rapper with fan favourite appearances on numerous stages including across the pond over here in England on Premier Battles, Don't Flop and more. He's part of the furniture over at the wildly successful cult favourite iBattleTV in Staten Island, New York and 1/3 of rap group Pen Ultimate.
sxlxmxn (Solomon) fka. Stewart Villain is a music producer born and raised in Portland, USA. His unique style has attracted the likes of rappers like Danny Brown, BJ the Chicago Kid, Sir Michael rocks, Innanet James, Alex Wiley, Koncept Jackson, iAmSu, Problem, Vic Spencer, Aston Matthews, Will Jordan, Smoke Dza, West Side Boogie, Mick Jenkins, Illmac and many more to work with him.
Nyfe is a rapper, writer and producer born and raised in Colorado who got their creative start with poetry in church & filling in for the pastor on the occasional sermon. They moved to California at 18 where they attended and dropped out of college, competed in international slam poetry competitions, met their musical soulmate and started a band.
