Eminem’s Total Slaughter battle rap event went down Saturday, July 12, in New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.
After three rounds of rhyme exchanges, the favored Slaughterhouse emcee Joe Budden took an ‘L’ against Queens’Hollow Da Don.
The final result was a unanimous decision from judges Kid Capri, Poison Pen and Drect in favor of Hollow Da Don. Check out the battle footage below. Budden took to Twitter thereafter:
The judges said I lost… I thought I 2-1’d him, but either way it was a great night !! Congrats to @HollowDaDonLOM !
— Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) July 13, 2014
Just a little FYI about the battle event …
The idea came about when Mike Herard, a Shady Records A&R, saw the passion for battle rap while touring through Europe with Eminem, Slaughterhouse, and Alchemist last November. Eminem, Rosenberg, and Slaughterhouse picked contestants for Road To Total Slaughter, a battle rap based reality TV show on Fuse that serves as an appetizer for the July 12 event. Now Slaughterhouse (not to be confused with the Slaughterhouse event) is a supergroup consisting of rappers Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5’9″. They are currently signed to Shady Records.
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