NEW DELHI – Battle rap artistes thrive on offence, irreverence and braggadocio, using language skilfully as weapons to beat their opponent.

Their terrain is a free speech zone, where everything is fair game amid deft usage of homophones, similes and metaphors, among other arms.

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