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Saturday, July 26, 2008
VIBE’s Best Rapper Alive competition officially kicked off on Monday and in a period of only three days (Monday through Wednesday), there have been approximately 30,000 entries, while the printable bracket – which is available on VIBE.com – has close to 13,000 downloads. As participation continues to grow, some of the rappers themselves are even taking part (check out the Crooked I freestyle: http://www.vibe.com/news/music/2008/07/crooked_i_vibe_dot_com_best_rapper_alive_freestyle/).
However, not everyone has offered their support of the contest. Since revealing the first-round match-ups last week, Lupe Fiasco released a statement, via his label’s (Atlantic Records) message boards, requesting his fans boycott the tournament!!! And Joe Budden – the number 15 seed in the Tupac backet released part three of his ongoing “Who” series questioning VIBE’s
knowledge of the rap game.
Still, the contest continues, with the first round of voting coming to a close at 12 midnight this Saturday. Check back on Monday, July 28 to see who has moved on to the round two.
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