![]() Bowman allegedly refused the handshake, which Washington said Rossiter took as a sign of disrespect. But Bowman and Cogmon followed the two other men to the car, where Rossiter allegedly extended his hand to the fellow rapper in an apparent attempt to make peace. He said he no longer wished to go to the studio and intended to drive back to Rossiter’s home in Collingdale. Washington said the party broke up at around 10:15. He captured snippets of the battle on video using his cellphone, which was shown to the jury. When Bowman and Cogmon showed up, Rossiter allegedly waved around a wad of cash that he was ready to bet on his skills, but his friend stepped in and shut down the battle, knowing Rossiter would lose, according to the Delaware County Times.Īfter several more hours of drinking and smoking marijuana Washington told investigators Rossiter was saying “loony, crazy, funny stuff,” most of which didn’t rhyme or even make sense. Rossiter allegedly boasted that he was the best freestyle rapper around - a form of off-the-cuff rapping using no written lyrics - and called Bowman and enticed him to come over with the promise of a freestyle battle involving money, the paper reports. 13 he and Rossiter went to an Upland borough house where an impromptu rap battle ensued between Rossiter and Bowman. The victim’s friend, Jemir Washington, testified that on Dec. Jurors acquitted the Chester pair of first-degree murder. The Delaware County Daily Times says jurors deliberated for a little more than three hours before convicting 27-year-old Rashan Bowman and 29-year-old Marcus Cogman of second-degree murder as well as robbery and criminal conspiracy in the December 2011 shooting death of 30-year-old Jason Rossiter.īowman was also convicted of a firearms count Thursday night. With a millions-strong community and fierce supporters as well as global recognition, FlipTop’s ascent is unprecedented.Two suburban Philadelphia men face life in prison without possibility of parole in a shooting death that police said followed a rap battle. ![]() Hip hop in the Philippines has always been an outlier, rarely breaking into the mainstream. In this writer’s opinion, its success is how it brought an entire community, culture, and craft into the conversation, disrupting the status quo. For so long, hip hop fought a seat at the table-so FlipTop made their own. To celebrate FlipTop’s 12th anniversary, we’re reliving its 12 most-watched videos over the years. With combined views of more than 2 billion as of writing, it’s not a surprise that FlipTop MCs almost swept the top 10 most-viewed battle rappers in the world in any language, according to battle rap music index site VerseTracker, with nine out of the top 10 list (the sole non-Filipino rapper in the list is Oxxxymiron from Russia). ![]() ![]() Sinio tops the list with more than 313 million views in his 21 battles, averaging nearly 15 million views per battle. The other rappers who made it in the list are, in order: Loonie (2nd at 213 million), Tipsy D (3rd at 199 million), Shernan (4th at 189 million), Zaito (5th at 186 million), Shehyee (7th at 160 million), Abra (8th at 145 million), Smugglaz (9th at 126 million), and Dello (10th at 102 million). One of the league’s most popular staples is Dos por Dos (two for two), a tag-team freestyle rap battle format.
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