Bishop Brigante, the Canadian battle rap legend and Hip-Hop artist, has died at 41 after a battle with cancer.

Drake's legal team has provided the following statement to XXL in response to UMG asking that the rapper's defamation lawsuit be dismissed. "UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in ...

After the epigraph, UMG’s lawyers argue: “Plaintiff [Drake], one of the most successful recording artists of all time, lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated.

UMG didn’t seem to pull any punches against its client, saying the “One Dance” star was suing his own label for revenge because he “lost a rap battle” against Lamar that Drake initiated.

“UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in order to distract its shareholders, artists and the public from a simple truth: a greedy company is finally being held responsible for ...

The label says followers of the rap battle understand that Kendrick Lamar was exaggerating in the song accusing Drake of pedophilia. By Winston Cho In “Family Matters,” Drake‘s penultimate ...

(Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File) The label alleged he “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated. Instead of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap ...

When B-Rabbit torched Papa Doc in 8 Mile’s iconic final rap battle, it was actually Eminem taking shots at Anthony Mackie. On the March 11 episode of Pivot Podcast, Mackie, 46, revealed that the ...

“But now, after losing the rap battle, Drake claims that ‘Not Like Us’ is defamatory. It is not.” The label goes on to say that both Drake and Kendrick’s disses are shielded from ...

Drake is also claiming defamation and a litany of other things, a surprising move in a rap battle; diss records often employ the most vicious and incendiary statements and lyrics in an attempt to ...

The motion, filed earlier today and reviewed by Variety, took a cutting approach to making the case for dismissal, claiming that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he ...