Peaked around 2010-2016... but havent paid attention to it in years.
Smack URL Says Battle Rap is Dead
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Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
Switched to PPV too early.
Striving For Greatness
Get Certs or Die Tryin
Got ness outchea slinging cheese cakes 
Scottie Drippin
Should Never Mention Me
YouTube rule changes means their content can't be monetized. That's why all creators went to other platforms. Battle raps problem is that there aren't enough people worth paying for, and not enough people willing to pay for them. It's a niche market that the wild days of YouTube allowed to flourish - but battle rap is and will be underground always for a reason.
Devil Plisken…CMS
Veteran
Lux & Cal was the peak
King Harlem
Superstar
Even if they were still getting Millions of views on Youtube (which they really aren't doing anymore), the Youtube monetization isn't enough to pay the battlers what they used to.
JoelB
All Praise To TMH
They wouldnt get Adsense, but there would've been other ways to monetize off the traffic. Once they left YouTube and did the App alot of casuals (such as myself) paid less attention.
I used to binge the content on YouTube and got exposed to new rappers from there. Sometimes I would catch the live ppv, other times I'd have to find a trash bootleg link.
They jumped too early
Everyone thinking they owners ruined this shyt imo
smack
Rare breed
king of dot
should be the only leagues
smack
Rare breed
king of dot
should be the only leagues
JoelB
All Praise To TMH
rappers would've got paid less, but they would've had more exposure to get $ elsewhere. Look at Hoffa, he ran to Youtube and started a huge brand.
DNA and AyeVerb on YouTube streaming everyday just to keep their name out there...If you put a gun to my head and told me to name the new battlers, I couldn't do it bc im not on the app. How the culture gonna grow if everything is behind a paywall?
