Dubbed the MTN Pulse Rap Battles, the competitions will take place starting this September and will run for 6 months before the grand finale that will be at the annual Hip-hop Awards. Talented rappers will be visited in different parts of the country to zero down to a less number that will see an overall winner in February next year.
According to the organisers, the winners will walk home with different prizes and the overall winner will walk away with a cash prize of sh15m and a recording deal for the winner for upto a year, mentorship for a year from MTN as well as be the MTN pulse ambassador for a year. During the launch at the Square in Industrial area, young rappers were given a chance to battle it out in front of Rap kings like Navio, Da Mith, Saint Nellysade, Big Trill and Timothy Code among others.