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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Photos by Jon Goering KANSAN
Top: E Unit, from Emporia
troupe from Emporia
State University,
performers at Hop-
Battle 2007 Saturday
night at the Ballroom in
the Kansas Union
Middle:Draft Picks, a rap duo from Wichita, at hip-hop Battie 2007 Saturday night in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Bottom: Dancers from the group Neutral Soul perform during Hip-Hop Battle 2007 at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union Saturday evening.
BY BETHANY BUNCH
Three dancing troupes and 13 rappers waged a hip-hop battle Saturday night in the Kansas Union.
The event drew an excited crowd. Katy Wade, Abilene senior, said she went to the event because she loved to watch dancing and missed it from when she lived in Memphis, Tenn.
"Hip-hop is a big part of the culture in Memphis," Wade said. "You don't really get that here and I've missed it a lot."
A University of Missouri dance troupe called Shades performed first. The troupe of eight dancers practiced every day for two hours after they heard about the battle three weeks ago, Camillea Towns, a freshman at Stevens College in Missouri and Shades dancer, needed an inhaler after her performance.
"I hope we were good." Towns
said, "I had an asthma attack so we must have been"
The second dance troupe to perform was E-Unit, a group of eight dancers from Emporia State University, Jackie Lund, a freshman at Emporia State, said the group made up their dances only three days earlier.
"We practice all the time, though," Land said. "I'm very pleased with our performance and the crowd's response."
Neutral soul from Kansas City, Mo. won the dance competition
Ten students participated in a freestyle rap session. It cost $1 to enter the battle and the winner took all. They each had 30 seconds to rap to their opponent. Three other students performed but did not compete for the money.
"Keep the beat off," rapper Double A said during his freestyle. "I want the people to know what I'm saying."
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The battle concluded Student Union Activities' hip hop week.
Kansan staff writer Bethany Bunch can be contacted at bbunch@kansan.com.
"Hip-hop evokes a really energetic atmosphere," Wade said. "It's unifying."
Jeremy Case, Darrell Arthur and Darnell Jackson. The group Da Twinz won the rap competition.
— Edited by Carissa Pedigo
"I can't believe somebody booed him off stage." Lund said.
After a few seconds of stringed expletives, the emcee cut Double-As microphone and announced his disqualification. But upon deliberation, she said that he would be let back in the competition because no rules were set.
A panel of judges looked for stage presence, originality and audience reaction when judging the rap portion. Some big name judges were KU basketball players Mario Chalmers.
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