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Ultimate Rap League: When, where, who is battling for the crown and all the buzz around Summertime Madness 10

URL’s Season 10 battle will go live on social broadcasting platform Caffeine, without any ads interruption on September 19 and fans can catch the event absolutely free

Ultimate Rap League (URL), commonly referred to as SMACK/URL, is one of the most popular battle events in the battle rap scene. URL is based out of New York and is owned by Troy ‘Smack White’ Mitchell, Eric Beasley, and Cheeko French from Queens, New York City.

URL originally grew out of the popular series of street DVDs known as S.M.A.C.K. DVD (an acronym for Street Music, Arts, Culture & Knowledge) that ran between 2002 and 2008. The battle rap league was founded in the year 2009.

Since the inception of the battle league, a lot of artistes have extended their support to the initiative. Artistes like Sean Combs, Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Q-Tip, Joe Budden, Cassidy, Jay-Z, Funkmaster Flex, Jadakiss, Lupe Fiasco, Kevin Durant, Nick Cannon, Lloyd Banks, French Montana, and Mos Def among other have exhibited their love towards the league on different occasions.

Now, URL is coming with the newest season of Summertime Madness in collaboration with the live streaming website called Caffeine. Read on to know all the important details about the much-anticipated battle rap event.

What is URL’s Summertime Madness 10 about?

Summertime Madness is one of the most legendary events in the battle rap scene across the globe. Currently, in its 10th edition, the biggest names in the rap battle will go head-to-head to claim the coveted title. URL had announced the newest edition of the rap battle league on September 16 via their official Twitter account.

The tweet read, “SUMMER MADNESS 10 - THIS SATURDAY - LIVE & FREE!!! @caffeine #SMX - GOES DOWN Sat 9/19 @ 4p ET/ 1p PT #SummerMadness #Caffeinetv Sign up at http://caf.tv/urltv Follow @URLTV  on Caffeine to get notified when #SMX - Summer Madness 10, is live. #youcantcopyrespect." 

URL had also dropped a trailer to announce the new season on their official YouTube account. Check out the video here:

Artistes Participating in URL’s Summertime Madness 10

The 10th season of Summertime Madness will feature some of the craziest battles which the loyal fans have been requesting for a long time. It seems their wish has been granted. Following are the artistes, who will lock horns in the latest season of the renowned battle rap league:

John John vs Ill Will
Rum vs Reed
Geechi vs Charlie Clips
Calicoe vs Verb
T-Top vs B Dot
Bill vs Holmzie

Looking at the line-up, we are sure there is going to be a lot of heat in the room.

When and where to Stream

The biggest names in the battle rap history will look forward to cement their place in the legendary event. URL’s Summertime Madness 10 will go live on Caffeine on September 19, 2020 at 4pm ET and 1 pm PT. Fans can catch the event absolutely free.

Caffeine is a social broadcasting platform for free and without any ads interruption. Fans can tune in with their buddies and guess what, you can also cast your vote for your favorite MCs and can decide who will go home with the crown.

According to Bloomberg, The Ultimate Rap League has amassed more than 230,000 followers on Caffeine. URL is the most-watched event which has drawn a live audience that topped 100,000 people in one of their mega-events.

If we talk about URL, the league had given platforms to many aspiring artistes. Rappers such as Charlie Clips, Conceited, Hitman Holla, Tsu Surf, Hollow da Don, Aye Verb, Goodz, Calicoe and Big T among others are some of the artistes who have made a name for themselves with the help of URL.