In the subjective world of unjudged rap battles, there’s no official win/loss record to show who’s really at the top of the game. YouTube views, however, are a very tangible metric that speak to a rapper’s popularity and relevance.
For years, Newark, N.J. rapper Arsonal had been the #1 most-viewed English-speaking battle MC, but that changed on Friday (August 5). According to Versetracker, a website that archives rap battles and tabulates the statistics behind them, the new king is DNA.
The Queens, N.Y. veteran has generated almost 48.3 million views across 91 battles, for an average count of 527,684.
Those numbers come partly from his willingness to take on seemingly anyone, anywhere, at any time, but also from his ability to maintain a positive working relationship with all of the biggest leagues in the English-language scene. Since his on-camera debut for Grind Time in 2009, he’s become a regular fixture on URL, King Of The Dot and Don’t Flop, and has produced bona fide classics for those leagues and more.
One caveat: DNA is only the #1 English-language battler. He’s #8 in the world, behind seven Filipino rappers, including Loonie, who at #1 has 101 million views in 16 battles.
Watch the two most-viewed American battlers go at it below.
So its a popularity contest? You would think the dude with most wins would be the most popular but Iguess not. Fuck this shit man
Look at this fucking idiot getting riled up about this nonsense. You actually are emotionally invested in who the best battle rapper is to the point that it upsets you? Get your life together champ.
Who the fuck are any of these idiots, is this like black men Pokemon or something?
Why you mad bruh? You got no hobbies,skills or something? Who are you?you 26 living withyour mommy and daddy or something? You broke? You sound like a mad white broke fareget with beard tryna make mad broke nerd jokes about black successful men who you jerk off to every single damn night.stfu
I OWN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES AND HOMES AND CARS SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU ILLITERATE NIGER!!!
Oh well thats a real accomplishment…the #1 battle rapper in America! That guy is definitely going somewhere in life. What kind of fucking losers keep track of this kind of stuff? I can’t even comprehend how inconsquential your lives are.
Ppl gt their own hobbys and life style so if u took the time to git yo head out yo
ass u fuck boy then u would understand the world and ppl differntly
This is what im talking about. Fucking posers like you pretending to be a shooter online. These are the fans of battle rap.
They gangsta poets with a passion!! No Charron on this list? MadFlex has skills too check him out HHDX
This guy talking like social media and video streams are irrelevant business in 2016
48 million views in 91 battles? That’s it?
Check out russian rap battle league “Versus Battle”. Best russian battle rapper Oxxxymiron got 46 million views across just 3 battles. How about that?
Get out here with them total numbers, its abt who average the most views , Arsonal has 41 battles to Dna 91 battles. Ars is averaging
a million per battle he’s beating dna by almost half a mill per battle.
He Also More Popular And Been In The League Longer Than DNA So Of Course He Gonna Pull In The Most Dollars
You guys that click on here and post negative stuff about the people you came to read about trip me out. You guys get on here and ask who are these guys but you either knew them before you decided to click on and read if not you know em now. These battle rappers actually make a decent living off what they do.
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The thing is, averages are a better stat to look at. DNA battle over 90 times and average only half a million views while Conceited, Ars, and Hitman averaging over a million.
No overall is the better way to look at it, if you take on a battle literally anytime your name is called that means you got more heart and bars than most. The fact that he has by far the most battles in 7 years just means he stays hot and relevant. Yes he’s number not in America but in English speaking leagues….Hard to understand why people have to hate instead of saying congratulations and keeping it moving. In summary there’s much more to it than average views…
The fact of the matter is that you cannot say anyone is number one in the world until the battle the top from each country. It is a fact that Asia has the largest population and thereby, they will have the largest following. These stats are subjective until the top Batllers from each Country battle one another. That would be a blast, plus it will be a big money maker.