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Bishop Brigante made both his return to battle rap and his KOTD debut against Arsonal at "Blackout 5" earlier this month. Recapping his performance in a post-battle interview with BattleRap.com, Brigante addressed where he stands as a battler — "I'm back full circle" he said — and who he might consider as a potential next opponent.

During the first segment of BattleRap.com’s pre-“Blackout 5” interview with Bishop Brigante, the King Of The Dot representative shared his thoughts ahead of his return to battling.

Here, during the second part of that interview, Bishop speaks on his history in the scene as well as outlining the differences in battle rap in different eras. He also discusses his growing notoriety in Toronto's scene during the late '90s and how he continuously outperformed challengers in phone battles on top radio stations.

After his impressive comeback performance against Bill Collector at Don’t Flop’s first event in Philadelphia late last month, E. Ness spoke with BattleRap.com to recap his performance, which was widely touted as the best of the night.

Following his battle with John John Da Don at SMACK/URL’s "Rookies vs. Vets" event on March 28, Prep chopped it up with BattleRap.com to discuss how he thought the match-up went, as well as to highlight what he’d learned from the experience.

The headliners and the pay-ver-view hosts run down KOTD's April 18 event in Los Angeles.

During BattleRap.com’s interview with Beasley from early 2015, the URL representative spoke on a variety of battle rap-related topics, including the league's impressive growth over the past year.

Beasley starts off by addressing where he believes SMACK/URL stands in today’s battle rap landscape. With the ever-increasing amount of leagues popping up, many fans and spectators have questioned the hierarchy in the space, thanks in part to both of last year’s mammoth events: “Total Slaughter” and “Ether.”

Big T and Rone break down their "Blackout 5" battle in Toronto on Feb. 8.

Following up their 2008 King Of The Dot match-up with a rematch this past Saturday (March 21), HFK and Tricky P faced off at GZ Battles' "March Mayhem."

Speaking with BattleRap.com after the event, Organik and HFK recapped the latest battle and reflected on some of the changes the culture as a whole has undergone over the years.

The two KOTD West Coast organizers detail the ups and downs from the successful "Back To Basics" card in Los Angeles on April 18.

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Just after the final bars were delivered at SMACK/URL’s "Rookies vs. Vets" this past Saturday (March 28), BattleRap.com caught up with the businessman behind North America’s leading league to discuss the event, something he later described as “groundbreaking.”

After calling out Organik and King Of The Dot during a battle in late 2013, Eurgh returned to the KOTD stage and officially buried the hatchet during this month’s “Blackout 5” in Toronto, Canada to face off against 24/7.

During Day 2 of the event, BattleRap.com caught up with the Don’t Flop co-founder to get his thoughts on the BO5 card and to hear what his favorite battles and rounds of the weekend were.

With KOTD's "Back To Basics" event fresh in the rear-view, BattleRap.com is rolling out our exclusive coverage of the event.

During the event we enlisted Rone for some interviews and the Philly rapper caught up with KG The Poet and Head I.C.E shortly after their match-up for a recap of the battle and the event as a whole.

Following his battle with DNA at SMACK/URL’s "Rookies vs. Vets" late last month, Chess spoke with BattleRap.com to recap his performance.

Despite throwing up during the first round, Chess was still able to continue with the battle and put out a strong performance.

L.A. veteran Dizaster has given his thoughts on what to expect ahead of the much-anticipated NOME 5 headliner between New York heavyweights Charlie Clips and Hollow Da Don on May 9.

North Carolina rookie Brizz Rawsteen went head-to-head against established veteran Aye Verb at URL’s “Rookies vs. Vets” in New York on March 28.

When BattleRap.com caught up with Rawsteen after the battle, he praised Aye Verb’s third round but said he still beat the St. Louis rapper 2-1, adding that “it was a fight.”

St. Louis battler Hitman Holla was in attendance as a spectator at Don't Flop's "Resurrection" event in Atlanta earlier this month and spoke to BattleRap.com about his support for the U.K. league, John John Da Don and the idea of doubles battles.

During the second part of BattleRap.com’s exclusive interview with Lush One, the Fresh Coast ambassador chopped it up with us about a variety of topics surrounding King Of The Dot’s upcoming “MASSacre” event scheduled to go down on May 16 in Holyoke, Mass.

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A planned battle between female battlers MyVerse and Bonnie Godiva at Don't Flop Atlanta fell apart last minute when Bonnie Godiva failed to show up at the event on April 4. The match-up would have been a legitimate come-up for rookie battler MyVerse who says that Bonnie ducked the battle because she wasn't ready and made up excuses to squirm her way out of an appearance.

Read the whole story here - http://hhdx.co/1HXiS75

Apologies for the poor audio quality too. We're working on it.

In an interview recorded before both of their match-ups went sideways, J Dose spoke with Rone at Don't Flop Philly on March 29. Dose had been out of the battle rap scene for more than a year and was scheduled to take on Prez Mafia, who no-showed the event.

Fellow Pa. emcee Z.M. stepped in to replace Prez, since his opponent (Heartless) had also canceled.

Atlanta rapper Automatic Ray is the only person who battled at both Day 1 of Don't Flop's "Resurrection" in Atlanta and Quiet Room's "He Dead" in New York this past weekend (April 3-5).

BattleRap.com reached out to Ray by phone to get the details on both events.