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) and had a dope performance vs Rocq Lee that I very much recommend you check out 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 in numerous rap battles and competitions. He has battled against some of the most renowned names in the battle rap community and has also released music as a solo artist and as part of various groups. His two most recent tracks are "Know Me Like That" (feat. Method Man) and "Never Switched Up", the latter of which came out in 2024! Okwerdz has contributed significantly to the development and popularization of battle rap as a competitive art form and now even speedruns games 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 alleged 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 one of the most authentic people I've ever had the pleasure of speaking to, a renowned freestyler and artist, creator of the LA NOIR genre of music and host to many of the biggest and most iconic battles in battle rap history.
Nán is a Mexican rapper & producer from Oakland California. He recently took part in King of the Dot's first ever season of battle rap and made it to the playoffs with some impressive performances including a first round body against the winner of KOTD's Grand Prix tournament, but really what's best about Nán is how much this man slides all over every beat I've ever heard him rap on.
Caustic is a battle rap veteran, Oakland California native, fighting game aficionado, co-owner of OTG and perhaps the owner of the biggest body in battle rap (the guy disappeared afterwards) but actually quite a lovely chap if you get to know him. We had a great conversation about beans and whatnot on this episode.
Red Flag is a Brooklyn, New York based rapper, producer and literal lawyer Red Flag. 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 and well loved iBattleTV and 1/3 of rap group Pen Ultimate.
sxlxmxn (Solomon) aka. Stewart Villain is a producer born and raised in Portland that has produced for the likes of 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 etc.
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.