Brooklyn/Curtis Bays own, Local Hip-Hop Event Implodes

No Baltimore hip-hop freestyle event has yet to fill the void left
when the monthly Style Warz battles came to an unceremonious end last
year thanks to a conflict between the event's organizers. So Rock Da Mic Wednesdays, a new weekly competition put together by three influential local crews--Team Fifty, Deep

Flow, and Raw D.O.C.--looked
promising, but based on how the night progressed, it looks like Rock Da
Mic may already be falling victim to the same kind of unfortunate
infighting that destroyed Style Warz.

The club, Taste
International way down in Curtis Bay, is a classy little joint with an
odd floor plan that effectively splits the venue into two adjacent
rooms: the performance area and the bar (although the MCs actually
performed in front of another bar). The bulk of the crowd constantly
alternated between the rooms, but only the performance area was as
humid as an armpit, necessitating frequent trips to the bar just to
cool off. And the male-to-female ratio was refreshingly tilted toward
the latter, far more than your average local rap show.

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