![]() ![]() Queen of the Ring was the first-ever "all-female" battle rap league, created by CEO Debo, and hosted and presented by Babs Bunny (of "Making the Band" fame) and Vague, aka "Mr. Grind Season." QOTR was a spin-off of KOTD, seeking out specifically female talent. It was launched in 2010, and four years later, has amassed over 10 million Youtube views, 50,000 subscribers, and produced numerable big names. Some, like QB Black Diamond and Bonnie Godiva have gone on to battle on KOTD, some, like Gattas, Ms. Hustle and Jaz the Rapper have gone on to battle on SMACK/URL, O'fficial, Couture and Phara Funeral, were at Gladiator School, they've gone on to Don't Flop, Grind Time, RBE, Black Ice Cartel, World Battle League, often battling males in addition to females. In the Summer of 2014, QOTR packed the house for NoHoldsBarred, the first all-female, all-main event card for the league. Many comment on the significantly more vicious and personal style of QOTR, which Debo attributes to the fact that female battles use "more brainpower" than their male counterparts. This is aptly demonstrated in Couture's now-infamous sparring session with Ms. ![]() Pak, where she produced blown-up print-outs of damaging photographs of Ms. This battle received so many attention it made it onto WorldStar, bringing added focus to QOTR. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.Jhanathan JhanJhan Maxey, better known as J2, is an American battle rapper and MC from Atlanta, Georgia. He was accused of leading a jihadist terror cell formed by him and the two other men, dedicated to committing internet banking scams and trafficking in cryptocurrencies to “finance their terrorist activities”.īary denied being a cell leader during the trial.Other examples of these ruthless personal attacks include when 40 B.A.R.R.S. Starting his battle career in 2018 on Atlanta Battle Rap, he earned a reputation for his direct, disrespectful bars, aggressive delivery, and back-to-back punchlines. In April 2020, he was arrested with two other men in the southern town of Almería, shortly after they crossed the strait of Gibraltar on a skiff from Algeria.Īt the time, Spanish police described him as one of IS’s “most-wanted foreign terrorist fighters”. He is accused of publishing a grisly photo in August 2014 in which he can be seen posing with a severed head in the Syrian city, with the caption: “Chillin’ with my homie or what’s left of him.” He left his family and five siblings for the IS stronghold of Raqqa in July 2013. Bary stopped making music soon after his father’s extradition to the US on terror charges. ![]() He was the son of an Egyptian operative of al-Qaida who was convicted in connection with the bombings at US embassies in Africa in 1998 that killed 224 people. Previously, he performed as a rapper under the name Jinn. ![]() He went on trial earlier this month and was awaiting the verdict.īary, 32, grew up in Maida Vale but left London in 2013 to join an al-Qaida faction and later IS militias in Syria. He was facing up to nine years in prison. Bary was arrested in 2020, accused of heading a jihadist terror cell. In 2021, when Champion held their 2nd edition of the Women Of The Year(WOTY) panel, Jaz The Rapper did not qualify to be on the list, due to the fact she only had 1 battle that year, and the minimum to qualify is Two 3-round battles. ![]()
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