Before rap battles, there was "flyting," a trading of insults that was popular from the 5th to the 16th centuries in England and Scotland. As Atlas Obscura describes it, "Participants employed the timeless tools of provocation and perversion as well as satire, rhetoric, and early bathroom humor to publicly trounce opponents." Even society's elite would join in these battles of wits.
There was a rap battle in Philippines too called "Balagtasan" tho it was really not a rap battle and not insulting each other rather, giving opinions and proving that ur side is right or the other side is false. 1 reply
