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In 2009, Charron made his battle rap debut at 17 years old in the Canadian-based rap battle league, King of the Dot (KOTD). He also made appearances in the U.S based URL and Grind Time Now, as well as FlipTop Battle League and the UK battle league Don't Flop. [1]
A London rap battle event entitled "Blood in the Water" was thrown every year from 2009 to 2011. Emcees from other rap battle leagues such as Grindtime, King of the Dot, and Basementality Battles came to the UK to battle other opponents. [15] [16] Don't Flop held its first USA vs Canada battle in 2011 with Jonny Storm vs Charron. [17]
King of The Dot Entertainment, also known as KOTD, is a Canadian rap battle league founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2008. The company's HQ is based in Toronto, from which it gets its name. Successful battlers such as Pat Stay, Dizaster, Head Ice, Rone, Arsonal, Charron, Math Hoffa, Madchild, and many more have battled in King of the Dot.
The first three rap battles were each shot on a $50 budget. [11] Before the web series existed on YouTube, Shukoff and Ahlquist recorded their first song, which was a battle between Child's Play antagonist Chucky and actor Michael J. Fox. [12] The song was freestyle and poorly made; as a result, it was not released to the public.
Many DVDs feature a rap battle which was often filmed right on the street, a cappella and without judges. These battles heavily influenced future rap battle leagues and competitions such as MTV's Monday Night Fight Klub, [5] GrindTimeNow.net, Sho-time Battle Rap League, [6] and King of the Dot, setting a new standard for modern day battle rap.
Conceited has appeared on King of the Dot in Canada, Ultimate Rap League in the US, Don't Flop in the UK, Got Beef? in Australia, and on O-Zone Battles in Sweden. [ citation needed ] His battle against Dumbfoundead at KOTD 's "Blackout 5" [ 2 ] event in Toronto received more than 2.6 million views in less than six months, and was the second ...
Epic Rap Battles of History is a YouTube series created by Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. The first episode of the series "John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly" was released on September 26, 2010. All Season 1 episodes were uploaded to Shukoff's personal YouTube channel, Nice Peter.
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists. [7]