It’s taken a while to get this particular show on the road, but now hopefully with Steve Rifkind BattleRap.com will finally be put to the masses for which it was intended. Utilizing the internet has become of paramount importance in the new millennium and obviously stars are sought and found using such a vital component of discovery.

DJ Khaled has jumped onboard the Loud.com/battelerap.com project to add his experience and creativity and here he talks to HipHopDX.com about his take on the ingenuity behind the game that literally will encourage the next ‘internet MC.’ Of course the Miami based DJ/Producer/MC used this time to promote his new album We The Best expected to drop in early June, which after the minimal sales of his debut can only encourage needed interest. So talking games, computers and why he is the best, here you have DJ Khaled.

HHDX: What exactly is your role in BattleRap.com?
Khaled: I am the host of the whole game and I am also one of the producers that provides beats and also I am the energy behind the whole game. I am just part of the situation of it being Hip-Hop at its rarest form.

HHDX: Why did you opt to get involved?
Khaled: It is so incredible to be an artist, a DJ and a person that is in the business, you have to get with the technology and the technology and the concept of this is so incredible. You find new artists, have a great time, have fun with it, its good for the kids. It is just a learning process in Hip-Hop that gives me the opportunity to spread my love to a lot of MCs across the country.

HHDX: With the Loud label being behind this project, how important is that going to be for the game?
Khaled: Of course as Steve Rifkind, is a great friend of mine and he is a genius. The Loud name is a historical label that had so many hit records and hit artists, it started a lot of people’s careers and having him join in on Battlerap.com it can only get bigger. I know he has big plans for it.

HHDX: What do you think the benefits of this project are for producers on the come up?
Khaled: The benefits are you can hear your music and have different MCs rap on these beats. You can use it as an opportunity to win money and yet at the same time, the next DMX, the next Jay Z, the next Rick Ross, the next Fat Joe, the next DJ Khaled. So it gives you a chance to show your music and show your skills and take it to another level. It is another outlet of promoting your music and actually doing something with it, because now you have Steve Rifkind involved that owns a major company that has Wu Tang, Akon, David Banner. This is where it is all going on as these people are really putting music out. Continued on page 2 »