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My introduction to the broader hip-hop world came via participating in freestyle cyphers in my middle school cafeteria. With Eminem acting as my sherpa, I tentatively began to scale the imposing mountain that is the genre of rap. Consequently, given the background and proclivities of my tour guide, one of my first footholds on the climb was 'battle rap.' — Read the rest