The complete "Battle Of The Bay 7" card has dropped in a series of video trailers released on the KOTD Media channel on Dec. 23. The event itself goes down in Oakland, Calif. on Jan. 22-23, 2015.
Headlining the card is Arsonal vs. Mistah FAB, in another "battler vs. industry rapper" match-up. FAB is known as one of the most prominent rappers from the Bay Area's Hyphy movement from the late 2000s and has a history in battle rap.
Watch the two interview each other in this BattleRap.com video from October:
The rest of the card features established names from the West Coast and beyond:
- Mistah FAB vs. Arsonal
- B Magic vs. Pass
- Bender vs. The Saurus
- Caustic vs. Head I.C.E
- KG The Poet vs. Heartless
- Ness Lee vs. Swave Sevah
- Lotta Zay vs. Rum Nitty
The event will be a co-production of Teddy Grizzle's BBE brand (the one behind October's "Duel In The Desert" event), along with KOTD and Fresh Coast Media Group. FilmOn, the production company behind the recent "Ether" event, will not be involved, Grizzle told BattleRap.com in an exclusive statement. The filming will be led by KOTD's usual cameraman Kyle "Avocado" Gray.
As of right now, the event will be available as a live pay-per-view that will be hosted by Laura Tarsi and Dirtbag Dan. It's already available for $20 but the price will go up after Jan. 1, 2015.
The event goes down at Oakland's Venue Live (the same place BOTB6 happened) and ticket info will be available soon.
Here's the trailer for Ars vs. FAB:
To see all the trailers, check out this YouTube playlist.
The Day 1 flyer has also dropped, although it's being organized separately by the Fresh Coast group and not by Teddy Grizzle/BBE. It features some West Coast up-and-comers as well as some veterans from the Fresh Coast and Northern California's Da Jungle league.
**UPDATE: A new official flyer dropped on Dec. 31 with some changes to the lineup.**
Here was the original announcement:
DAY 1 pic.twitter.com/jKUdCJ5oqm
— GTX Uno (@LushOne) December 17, 2014
There was some confusion as to whether Born would actually be battling. The flyer says he is, he said he isn't.
Cover photo by Famous Effects.
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