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After seemingly a quiet couple of months for the Toronto-based rap battle league King Of The Dot, they have made the surprise announcement yesterday that they have secured a partnership with global live-streaming platform leader Twitch, a subsidiary of global powerhouse Amazon, to exclusively broadcast battles every Sunday. This comes on the back of SMACK/URLTV working for the last couple of months with rapidly emerging live-streaming platform Caffeine to broadcast rap battles on Saturdays, after a partnership was formed for them with the assistance of Drake (coincidentally of course also of Toronto and previously a large KOTDTV sponsor in previous years).

This new announcement is a massive development for battle rap as it continues its ascension towards large mainstream commercial visibility and will provide increased competition with SMACK/URLTV who have proved to have been increasingly dominant in this space over the last year with the development of their own dedicated URLTV APP as well as their groundbreaking live streaming partnership with Caffeine.

KOTD have announced they are bringing back their original Grand Prix battle tournament after a long hiatus, undoubtedly influenced by the recent successes of the Ultimate Madness battle competitions on URL/Caffeine. The first KOTD battle on Twitch will go down on Sunday 20 September with West, East, South and North divisions facing off, promising to offer the largest prize ever for a battle rap competition – with rumours of a potential $75,000 to $100,000 prize for the winner, as Jump Off TV’s World Rap Championships (WRCs) gave a prize of $50,000 in both 2006 and 2007. Stay tuned for future further developments – a major movement by Organik, Gully TK, Lush One and the KOTD team.

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Canada’s King Of The Dot has announced that Boston’s Chilla Jones will challenge Harlem’s Head I.C.E for the KOTD Chain in Toronto at their DECADE event on December 9, celebrating ten years in the game since their humbling beginnings outdoors in late 2008. The title match is certainly a style clash and provides a tough opponent for I.C.E to handle in his defense of the title. Head I.C.E took the title somewhat controversially off Rone in early 2017 and defended his crown against a spirited Cortez late last year with memorable third rounds in both. It will be interesting to see how the seasoned veteran that is The Wolf shapes up against the tried and tested challenger in the Kingpen in this judged on the night battle at such an important event.

Ten years in battle rap as a league is no mean feat in itself, and one that is unlikely to be replicated too many times globally. Remaining consistent throughout, KOTD has long-established itself as one of the top-tier battle rap platforms globally and for much of the past decade has been often ranked as #2 behind the industry-leading SMACK / URLTV. The KOTD team led by Organik, Gully TK and Bishop Brigante have been very successful in opening up battle rap internationally to a bigger audience and have put on countless classic battles over the years.

Brooklyn’s Cortez vs. Oakland’s Pass (aka Passwurdz) has also been announced for the Decade event, in a battle which pits two veterans against one another in what is sure to be a highly entertaining bout.

Tickets and Pay Per View available now.

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