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Screenshot of photo Grams liked on Instagram
Used by Tapped24
Used by Tapped24
Used by Badee Harz
Official Battle Result
TAPPED24 vs GRAMS was a volatile three-round clash built around platform loyalty, parenting, relationships, image and which battler could control an increasingly disorderly room. GRAMS opened with lifestyle and family attacks; TAPPED24 answered by framing GRAMS's Pen Game history as repeated defeat. Audio problems forced both MCs to restart substantial sections, but the hostility continued to grow. All personal allegations remain unverified battle material.
GRAMS's clearest writing used long direct sequences. His second round moved from headlock and desktop into next up and ten press-ups, then used crack under pressure and pressed delete. Later he renamed TAPPED24 as Tiny T and Vandal T, attacked sponsored clothing through freebies and drip checks, and built a step, check and Teflon chain. His strongest angle was a sustained address to TAPPED24's partner, using repetition to shift the room's focus away from the opponent.
TAPPED24 used clearer pop-culture and platform references. Pen Game defeats became death after death and a return to the cemetery; Lion King led to Rafiki, Kiki and John Cena's 'you can't see me'; and his second round stacked catty, scatty, chatty, patty, crappy and wacky before turning Darren into a dentist. In round three he attacked GRAMS for moving between Pen Game and Gzone, produced a screenshot of an Instagram like and built a school/dormitory angle around the image.
Guest judge Denzel Bentley explicitly chose TAPPED24, saying he had 'ripped the room,' and the official Gzone record also lists TAPPED24 as winner. A physical confrontation then broke out, security intervened and the host ordered a ten-minute break after the later crowd call. Because the transcript never supplies a numerical tally, this archive records the explicit guest-judge and official result without inventing a score.
GRAMS used a direct, angle-heavy style focused on TAPPED24's parenting, finances, relationship and public image. His writing was strongest when the insults shared a mechanism: headlock/desktop/next up/press-ups, crack under pressure/press delete, or the long step/check/Teflon run. He also redirected a major section toward TAPPED24's partner, creating sustained live tension. Multiple audio restarts and the chaotic room made his already long passages difficult to maintain.
Lyrical Themes: Parenting; relationships; finances; fitness; drugs; Pen Game history; sponsored clothing; image; shoes; employment; partner-directed material; violence allegations.
TAPPED24 combined platform-history angles with rapid rhyme stacks and recognisable pop culture. His first round was organised around GRAMS's losses and image; his second used repeated sounds, cat wordplay and Pen Game rejection; and his third made screenshots the centre of a research-heavy accusation. His material repeatedly earned room reactions despite sound problems. The guest judge's statement that he ripped the room reflects his stronger crowd control, although the final screenshot angle also helped trigger the battle's most volatile aftermath.
Lyrical Themes: Pen Game legacy; repeated losses; engineers and reloads; finances; Birmingham incidents; Lion King; John Cena; cats; dentistry; platform loyalty; group chats; screenshots; school-age allegations.
Headlock and desktop chain
Headlock moves into playing games on desktop, next up and ten press-ups. Fighting, gaming and fitness all support the claim that TAPPED24 is physically unprepared.
Pressure and delete sequence
Crack under pressure uses a stress idiom before remaining time and press delete introduce computer language around removing the opponent.
Tiny T and Vandal T renaming
GRAMS removes the established name and assigns two replacements: one reduces stature, while the other suggests destructive behaviour.
Step, check and Teflon run
Dress, impressed and addressed lead into step, checked and Teflon. The sequence moves from fashion criticism to confrontation and bullet protection.
Deaths-to-cemetery framing
Repeated battle losses become death after death, and returning to battle becomes returning to the cemetery. One metaphor organises the whole opening.
Rafiki, Kiki and Cena run
Lion King cues Rafiki, love cues Kiki and the visibility setup resolves with John Cena's 'you can't see me' catchphrase.
Catty rhyme barrage
Catty, scatty, chatty, patty, crappy and wacky supply a fast repeated ending before literal cats extend the semantic field.
Screenshot-led final angle
TAPPED24 physically introduces the Instagram screenshot, then builds boarding school, dormitory and mowing-the-lawn imagery around the claimed age-gap implication.
Round 1 — Fighter comparison
"That's a good fight: same weight, same height, same rings, same size."
The repeated same presents the matchup as evenly matched physically. Rings connects relationship jewellery and the combat setting.
Round 1 — T-Rex teeth
"You got the teeth of a Tyrannosaurus Rex."
The dinosaur comparison exaggerates the size and shape of TAPPED24's teeth into a simple visual punch.
Round 2 — Headlock and desktop
"Put him in a headlock; he's playing games, desktop. / Think you're next up but can't do ten press-ups."
Headlock begins physical combat, desktop turns behaviour into gaming and press-ups tests fitness. Next up and press-ups preserve the sound.
Round 2 — Crack under pressure
"Crack babies crack under pressure."
Crack repeats first as a drug reference and then as breaking under stress. The mirrored wording makes the insult compact and audible.
Round 2 — Coroner and Ed Gein
"If the coroner don't get around fast, they might see TAPPED handling a body like Ed Gein."
A coroner examines bodies and Ed Gein is historically associated with crimes involving corpses. The reference completes a dark body-handling image.
Round 2 — Black Will Smith
"Get your white girlfriend — I'm a Black Will Smith, I'm Hitch."
Will Smith stars in Hitch as a relationship adviser. GRAMS uses the film title to position himself as the alternative partner.
Round 2 — Tiny T and Vandal T
"Don't call him TAPPED no more, that's Tiny T... everybody knows B2B, now I'm introducing Vandal T."
Tiny T reduces TAPPED24's stature. Vandal T changes the same initial into a new identity built around alleged destructive behaviour.
Round 2 — Freebie drip check
"Show got sponsored by a clothes brand... how you use freebies for a drip check?"
Drip means fashion and check means assessment. GRAMS argues that sponsored clothing cannot prove personal wealth or style.
Round 2 — Addressed and dressed
"Why you gonna get addressed when you can't even dress?"
Addressed means confronted, while dress shifts the same sound into clothing. The line condenses the image angle into one near-homophone.
Round 2 — Step and Teflon
"Get stepped on... stick to the truth or get checked on. / Don't step wrong... they all die if they don't cop Teflon."
Step repeats as dominance and warning, checked means challenged, and Teflon supplies protection from the final weapon image.
Round 1 — Deaths and cemetery
"You took death after death after death — now you're going back to the cemetery."
Battle losses become deaths and another appearance becomes a cemetery return. Repetition makes the record angle the opening thesis.
Round 1 — Engineers and reloads
"Stop blaming all of the engineers — your material ain't getting no reloads."
Engineers control the sound, but reloads come from audience demand. TAPPED24 argues that technical staff cannot be blamed for weak reactions.
Round 1 — No-everything list
"No guap, no bands, no job, no fam, no plans, no watch — one hand."
The repeated no creates a catalogue of missing money, work, relationships and possessions. One hand closes with the most concrete physical image.
Round 1 — Birmingham ropes
"Ain't shook of no Birmingham rapper; you got shook by Birmingham youths. / You were on ropes outside Camden."
Shook repeats as fear, while on ropes means struggling and also suits the ring setting. The location details make the credibility angle specific.
Round 1 — Rafiki and Kiki
"I'm not Lion King, but your mum looks like Rafiki. / Wouldn't love your girl even if her name was Kiki."
Lion King introduces Rafiki, while love and Kiki invoke the lyric 'Kiki, do you love me?' Two pop references share the long E ending.
Round 1 — John Cena
"Bet you never saw this one coming — John Cena, you can't see me."
Saw and see create the visibility setup. 'You can't see me' is John Cena's signature catchphrase and gesture.
Round 2 — Catty rhyme barrage
"You're a catty, scatty, chatty, patty, crappy, wacky man — and your cats are too."
Six rapid adjectives repeat the same ending before cats changes catty from sound into subject matter.
Round 2 — Darren the dentist
"Call me Darren the dentist — what about friendship? I'll knock your teeth out."
Dentist introduces teeth, while Darren references the host. The professional title is inverted from repairing teeth to removing them.
Round 2 — Pen Game rejection
"Pen Game made you a Pen Game reject... there's the exit. / Don't come to Gzone."
Reject and exit frame GRAMS as expelled from one platform and unwelcome on the next, making league movement the central credibility attack.
Round 3 — Pen Game and Tottenham
"Gzone owns this man's city now; Pen Game's falling off like Tottenham."
Falling off means declining in quality. Tottenham supplies the football comparison and turns platform rivalry into league-table form.
Guest judge Denzel Bentley said both battlers were strong but explicitly chose TAPPED24, explaining that TAPPED had ripped the room. The official Gzone record also lists TAPPED24 as winner. A later crowd call is audible but not numerically resolved in the transcript. After a physical confrontation, security intervened, the host condemned violence and ordered a ten-minute break. Screenshots and all personal allegations are indexed as battle material and have not been independently verified.
TAPPED24 — guest judge and official Gzone result
GRAMS delivered sustained angle writing through his pressure/delete chain, Tiny T and Vandal T renaming, fashion criticism and partner-directed performance. TAPPED24 produced the cleaner room moments through the cemetery framing, Rafiki/Kiki/Cena references, catty rhyme barrage and screenshot-led final round. Denzel Bentley explicitly selected TAPPED24, and the official Gzone record agrees; no defensible numerical score is available.