Recently at a King Of The Dot (KOTD) rap battle league, the in-house champion ‘Dizaster’ took the challenge of battling one of hip-hop’s most underrated and begotten son of hip-hop. Canibus. 

Canibus is known for his complex rhymes where he brings a more scientific, abstract and philosophical approach to his music, sometimes releasing albums that are more conceptual than others.

For example, “C True Hollywood Stories” where he raps from the point of view of ‘Stan’, the crazed and obsessive Eminem fan who killed himself along with his pregnant girlfriend by driving off a bridge but in Canibus version, he survives and joins a hip-hop band.

 He is also known for having beef with rappers like Eminem and LL Cool J.  With both battles he came off at the bottom end. However, his string of bad luck doesn’t start from there, from bad collaborations to bad producers and being blackballed by the industry, TWICE. Canibus cannot catch a break.

In his most recent rap battle, he was definitely kicked in the nuts by Dizaster. Sadly he was not only disseminated by the vicarious KOTD champion but Canibus broke the unspoken rule of hip-hop in a freestyle rap battle, he brought out his notebook because he forgot his rhymes. 

But do take note, that this dude is an amazing rapper but his style may not be for everyone and some people see him as a bitter person and to a certain extend I think he is. 

Plus his records were not critically acclaimed and he doesn’t have big bags of cash like the others. However that doesn’t prove that he doesn’t have skills, he just wasn’t marketed well. 

To be honest, I pity this dude but he seems to get a reverse effect, people are checking him out even the Eminem dick-ryders (not all of them) are slowly starting to listen to him more carefully. Well maybe he can gain a bit of exposure, a bit of luck on his side.
Check out the battle here: