Midnight Madness had a day of frantic trades as the first quarter team rosters were announced today (Jan. 7). The lineups dropped throughout the day while trades were continued in the background, free agents frantically trying to secure their spot.
The first announcement advised the eight names on the team are those eligible to compete in the first quarter. Other members of the team will come outside later in the year.
“ANNOUNCEMENT #1 – TEAM GUIDELINES AND FIRST #MIDNIGHTMADNESS WEEK SPACE SCHEDULE. GET EVERY ANNOUNCEMENT TO 500 RTs AND WE WILL DROP A TEAM ROSTER EVERY SINGLE HOUR FOR THE NEXT 10 HOURS”
The Teams!
The first eight unveiled were Big T’s Chiraqi’s team, all hail from Tuna’s native Chicago.
“FIRST TEAM IN MIDNIGHT MADNESS! CHIRAQI’S ! Big T Big Kannon Yung Kannon Gauge Prince Lord Heavy Half Pooh Bear.”
CHIRAQI’S !
Big T
Big Kannon
Yung Kannon
Gauge
Prince Lord
Heavy Half
Pooh Bear https://t.co/WoZQdFHGGA
Shotgun Suge’s Life Like was up next. Suge is team captain though not eligible to play in the first quarter.
“NEXT TEAM UP ! LIFE LIKE GANG! JAI 400 C3 CHARRON 280 ZAY BONNIE GODIVA ORED NUNN NUNN DANNY MYERS.”
JAI 400
C3
CHARRON
280 ZAY
BONNIE GODIVA
ORED
NUNN NUNN
DANNY MYERS https://t.co/y5lDtuX0FJ
Lush One revealed his squad and also dropped the names on his wider roster.
“THIRD MIDNIGHT MADNESS TEAM! DEATHCOAST 5150 DIZASTER PASS SAYNT FATE REAL DEAL FRAK JAYBREED KASHMONEY.”
DEATHCOAST 5150
DIZASTER
PASS
SAYNT
FATE
REAL DEAL
FRAK
JAYBREED
KASHMONEY https://t.co/uZxDA9c2Sg
PASS
SAYNT
FATE
REAL DEAL
FRAK
JAY BREED
KASHMONEY
TIMES
FLOSS DA BOSS
SMOOVE DA JUUGMAN
CALI SMOOV
DUNSH
RUBBATUNG
CLONE
DUBB DA FEENOM
AKTIVE
REVERSE LIVE
FREDO
CAUSTIC
THE SAURUS
BURETTA BLAZE
MADFLEX
CLUTCH https://t.co/avxjU9hWg4
There was some controversy when Queen 40 dropped her roster as Elijah Straight claimed Team GTA for the past few days. However, he left the group chat abruptly and was later named on another squad! Th3 Saga replaces him on God Tier Alliance.
“4th MIDNIGHT MADNESS TEAM! 40 BARRS SHOONEY DA RAPPER CHILLA JONES PIRAHNA ELIZA VERSA GWITTY BENJI LO LO AWTHENTIC.”
40 BARRS
SHOONEY DA RAPPER
CHILLA JONES
PIRAHNA
ELIZA VERSA
GWITTY
BENJI LO LO
AWTHENTIC https://t.co/MiG2gXEixd
There were whispers of concern for Bill Collector’s Cheat Code team after several people who had said they were Team CC were revealed to be on other squads. However, any doubters were silenced once the official roster was out.
“5TH MIDNIGHT MADNESS TEAM THE CHEAT CODE SHEED HAPPENS DOT ROYALTY J2 QUBAN DEV THE DEMON XCEL BANDIT MONTANA.”
THE CHEAT CODE
SHEED HAPPENS
DOT
ROYALTY
J2
QUBAN
DEV THE DEMON
XCEL
BANDIT MONTANA https://t.co/xFxGy7xDtE
Calicoe’s Landslide followed and while Jakkboy, Mackk, and Flamez had been named earlier in the week, both QP’s came as a surprise.
“NEXT TEAM UP IS #Landslide Team captain TheReal_Calicoe Co captain qleenpaper Quantum Physics Bankhead Jakkboo Maine First Lady Flamez Swamp Mackk Myron.”
Team captain @TheReal_Calicoe
Co captain @qleenpaper
Quantum Physics
Bankhead
Jakkboo Maine
First Lady Flamez
Swamp
Mackk Myron https://t.co/PcYhrGIT6j
Midnight Madness Last-Minute Steal!
Almost simultaneously, Hitman Holla tweeted his roster, and Midnight Madness released the official Gun Titles squad. However, the most shocking thing wasn’t the strength of both starting line-ups but that Nu Jerzey Twork featured on both teams! The two Jersey spitters battled recently with Surf coming out the clear winner. Was Twork seeking revenge?
Chaos ensued and Let’s Talk Battle Rap podcast kept followers appraised of all the developments:
“Update: ON NJ TWORK. Team Guntitles acquired NJ Twork before the deadline. But Team Ball Game also received a verbal agreement for Twork. Story still in developments. On Which Team has the rights to NJ Twork on their roster.”
Team Guntitles acquired NJ Twork before the deadline. But Team Ball Game also received a verbal agreement for Twork.
Story still in developments. On Which Team has the rights to NJ Twork on their roster. https://t.co/wY0NiON1SS
A short time after, Tsu Surf revealed that he had taken his first hit and lost Twork to team Ball Game and the official squad was named.
“LAST BUT NOT LEAST #Ballgame Basketball Team Captain @HitmanHolla John John Da Don Charlie Clips A Ward Viixen The Assassin Ace AminNew Jersey Twork.”
Team Captain @HitmanHolla
John John Da Don
Charlie Clips
A Ward
Viixen The Assassin
Ace Amin
New Jersey Twork https://t.co/wrHMXhrP8K
The updated Gun Titles see Tay Roc step off the bench into the roster for the first quarter.
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