- 33third Los Angeles, CA / Saturday September 9th, 2006

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ThaFormula's legendary King of Kings Mc Battle made its 2006 debut and it was bigger than ever, sponsored by Sprite, Def Jam and URB magazine. 60 MC's from Northern to Southern California converged at 33Third Los Angeles Records in LA for Vol. 1 of the event that would crown the winner of the first Episode of the 2006 King of Kings MC Battle, make him $500 richer and in possession of the much sought after MC Title Belt.

2005 reigning champ I-Suppose was back in the building to defend his title and quickly made his way through each of his rounds, but ran into some trouble in the finals against NoCanDo, who after a bonus round demanded by the judges, took home the cash and the belt. 

Neither of the MC's had an easy journey to the finals, even though there were more weak MC's then skilled. Some MC's that brought their A-Game and showed some hunger for the title were Lady DJ (the only female in the event) who just missed making it to the finals after a heated, controversial loss in the semi-finals, Genocide, and King James. 

Aside from the many hungry MC's, there was a Hip-Hop legend in the spot. Prince Po of Organized Konfusion blessed the crowd of nearly 200 with a couple new joints and words of inspiration for the aspiring MC's. DJ's Lord Ron (ThaFormula/Zulu Nation), AC the Program Director (HipHopPhilosophy.Com/AirGrafx) and Maskilz provided the beats, and judges from Def Jam, and the Boondocks handled the extremely difficult job of deciding the winners.

ThaFormula and 33Third will be concluding Round II of 2006's King of Kings tournament on December 2nd, so if you slept on this event be sure to make it out to the Final Episode and witness some of LA's hungriest "On the Grind" talent. Registration For the battle is free and open to anyone to enter. So Get Your Bars Up!!!

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