When Bonney was a teen, he saw a friend get shot at a club, Crandle said. "Boy could hit," said his cousin and close friend, Michael Crandle.Ĭrandle said Bonney wanted to get away from the streets. He stood just shy of 6 feet, but was tough enough to play middle linebacker in high school. But he matured and joined the Junior ROTC program, his mother said. He could be aggressive and stubborn, his family said. "Every single day I got a hug and a kiss," she said during a recent interview at her Park Place home.ĭaquan Hill got in trouble in school and ended up at Hanover Juvenile Correctional Facility outside Richmond. Patricia Hill said Fufu, as her son was called, was the youngest of three children. Michelle King, his girlfriend, told him to quiet down. One morning, he rapped in the shower, pounding out beats on the wet tiles, syncopated with the falling water. Rapped to his friends, mother, anyone who would listen on the street.
"Controversy is good in Hollywood," he said, "but not in Virginia."ĭaquan Hill rapped his girlfriend to sleep. Hill said it takes maturity to shrug off the insults. "These kids today are fearless," he said. However, Hernandez backs away from battle raps because they can spin out of control. "There's something really true about it." Pharaoh.Īlmost every time he goes to a house party, Hernandez said, he ends up in the backyard with friends, a boombox and a freestyle stream of lyrics. It's less about competition than collaboration, said Justin Hernandez, a Virginia Beach emcee known as J. More often, rappers form a circle, known as a cipher, and share lyrics to a beat. "I'm going to talk about all your insecurities and put them on Front Street," Hill said. Most do it because they love music, poetry and the face-to-face challenge, he said. Hill, 27, won an emcee and battle rap competition last year at NSU. "It's a chance to be a star, to emulate what you see on TV," said Russell Hill, a radio host at Norfolk State University who goes by DJ Illmatic Beats. The lyrical duels have been around as long as hip-hop, and figure prominently in such movies as rapper Eminem's "8 Mile." The popular video music show "106 & Park" on BET features Freestyle Friday, with rappers dueling on a stage decorated as a boxing ring. Police and prosecutors in other Hampton Roads cities reported no other serious incidents involving rap battles. Hip-Hop stars including Remy Ma’s husband, Papoose, and Fat Joe came out to support “Queens Get The Money,” her first event as owner of battle rap league Chrome 23.Seldom, however, do the raps turn violent. Maino, Dave East, and Lil Mama also pulled up to the show which was live-streamed on Hot.97.
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View this post on InstagramĪ post shared by OTFMZ Ma dazzled in a series of wardrobe changes, switching her fit in between each battle, upping the style stakes. She told the crowd she aims to change the misconceptions of female battle rap by showcasing some of the best talents in the scene, male or female. The highly-anticipated clash between Yoshi G from San Francisco and Brooklyn’s Pristavia kicked off the night. Yoshi went first and opened the first-ever Chrome 23 card showing off her rapping ability using layered schemes throughout all three rounds. She had to fight to win them back each round, turning up the energy to hammer home her more intricate raps.Īt times Yoshi was snapping on Pristavia, yet the crowd was a little underwhelmed, something which visibly affected her. View this post on InstagramĪ post shared by Female Rap Room had the more explosive start and began her first round with a confident rebuttal. She got personal, talking about Yoshi’s father and kids with a string of aggressive punches. Pristavia addressed any questions about her being a Christian battle rapper who uses aggressive gun bars by hitting Yoshi with a barrage of aggressive gun bars. She clowned her in the third, flipping Yoshi’s “thot” persona by rapping about how she’s not “thotty” enough.
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