Instigator / Pro

ihadsexok

1481

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31.58%

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Topic

#6161

my friend cant rap lol

Status

Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

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After 1 vote and with 7 points ahead, the winner is...

AdaptableRatman

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Kanye

Rap

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Publication date: 05.18.2025 06:14PM
Last updated date: 06.25.2025 05:01PM
Type: Rated
Number of rounds: 3
Time for argument: One week
Max argument characters: 10,000
Voting period: Two weeks
Point system: Multiple criterions
Voting system: Open
Minimal rating: None

Contender / Con

AdaptableRatman

1585

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Round 1

ihadsexok

05.20.2025 03:10AM

Pro

his bars is wack son

AdaptableRatman

05.20.2025 03:10PM

Con

Semantics

What is it to rap?

transitive + intransitive : to perform rap music

merriam-webster

And what is rap music?

a type of music of African American origin in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment

Same source as above

'Cant' is incoherent in the title. He probably means 'cannot' and meant to write can't.

'Cannot' means 'can not'.

Can has some definitions. I will supply the 2 most applicable to this debate:

: be physically or mentally able to

: know how to

merriam-webster

What is lol?

It can mean several things.

I will presume it means:

laughing out loud: used, for example on social media and in text messages, when you think something is funny or you intend it as a joke

dictionary.cambridge.org

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Burden of proof is on Pro

Pro has to prove that his friend who has a Spotify account dedicated at least primarily to rap music is neither physically nor mentally able to rap or that his friend is able to but lacks knowledge on how to bring that to fruition.

He must also prove that he meant it as a joke or that he is laughing out loud. We must realise that if Pro means the topic as a joke, it suggests he doesn't believe it is true. That would make it the inverse of a truism.

We need evidence that Pro is laughing out loud and an explanation of why.

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Who is the friend?

In the shirt description outside the debate (not inside, back on the main debates page you can see it here while the debate is in voting stage:

https://www.debateart.com/members/ihadsexok/debates?status=voting&order_type=last_update

Alter the status to either Debating or Finished, depending when you are reading this.

This spotify account is given as a descriptive URL

Inside this we see a 3-track album (for now). All 3 involve rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment. That is means they have the defining feature of rap music.

His Artist profile page has more songs on it.

For those that cannot access Spotify, his artist name is Skata Blade. Here is a YT page dedicated to some of his Music:

https://youtube.com/@skatablade?si=hfKJQp600N7iGz2I

This misses the album Pro links to but has most or all of the rest of the tracks.

You can clearly hear he raps.

https://youtu.be/u3PqcfjMzAo?si=a6NmQIEuUkWRLpNv

Here is 1 example. To maintain my anonymity/privacy I refuse to give it a like as he could analyse the profile and dox me somewhat. I accessed on VPN.

We have to understand the LOL. It seems to be a proof Pro knows he doesn't mean what he is saying.

Round 2

ihadsexok

05.27.2025 03:10PM

Pro

Forfeited

AdaptableRatman

06.03.2025 01:14PM

Con

Ok.

Round 3

ihadsexok