Massachusetts police warn of men roaming the streets looking to start 'rap battles'

Mysterious rappers are battling it out on the road.
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The police in the Massachusetts town of Charlton have told residents to keep their eyes peeled for men looking to challenge pedestrians to "rap battles," The Associated Press reports. According to the police, a black SUV full of men in their late teens or early 20s pulled up to three teenage boys last Saturday:

One of the men — described as having brown hair and a pale complexion, wearing a gray T-shirt, gray pants and open-toed sandals — got out of the vehicle and started rapping while the other men asked the boys if they wanted to "spit some bars" with them.When the boys declined, the SUV drove off. [WCVB]

The police said the incident didn't appear to be an abduction attempt but that the behavior "was suspicious." Anyone with information is asked to contact police, although another advisable course of action might be brushing up on the Nicki Minaj verse of "Monster."

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.