XQZ (Battle Rapper)

Steve Eanet (born September 22, 1990), better known as XQZ, is an American MC and battle rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He started his battle career in September 2009 on the Midwest battle league No Coast, originally based out of Columbia, Missouri. He later became the No Coast league champion from September 17, 2010 until February 22, 2019, when he personally vacated the title after getting no-showed by Yung Dave, who was supposed to battle XQZ in a title match at No Coast’s Valentine’s Day Massacre 6. XQZ is known for his confident demeanor in the ring, his clever punchlines and writing ability, and his comedic timing when battling.

In addition to No Coast, XQZ has also competed around the world on battle leagues like Don’t Flop, King of the Dot, iBattleTV, and Go-Rilla Warfare. In 2020, iBattleTV league owner Lexx Luthor chose XQZ as one of Lexx’s 14 picks in URL’s latest talent development program, The Crucible, where XQZ has been impressing judges and battle rap bloggers with his slick, polished wordplay and veteran status in the sport. He was one of only 36 battlers to advance to Phase 2 in the competition, out of 140+ MCs who auditioned for the process.

Below is a list of XQZ’s battles:

2009
#1. XQZ vs. Bilbo Baggins (9-12-2009)
#2. XQZ vs. Ice-9 (11-18-2009)

2010
#3. XQZ vs. deadBeat (Title Match) (1-5-2010)
#4. XQZ vs. Ryebread (4-10-2010)
#5. deadBeat vs. XQZ (Title Match) (9-17-2010)
#6. XQZ & NFact vs. Speedy Calhoun & Sho’ Biz (9-18-2010)
#7. XQZ & NFact vs, Paperwerks & Double/Deuce (9-18-2010)
#8. Sonny Bamboo & Unorthodox Phrases vs. XQZ & NFact (9-18-2010)

2011
#9. XQZ vs. Approach (1-22-2011)
#10. Abnorm vs. XQZ (1-25-2011)
#11. XQZ vs. Wiseguy (2-11-2011)
#12. Matter vs. XQZ (4-2-2011)
#13. XQZ vs. Dallas Cash (4-22-2011)
#14. XQZ vs. RCX (7-16-2011)
#15. XQZ & Heebs vs. Pompey & Mantra (7-16-2011)
#16. XQZ vs. Tantrum (10-1-2011)

2012
#17. XQZ vs. Hindu Rock (Title Match) (2-10-2012)
#18. XQZ vs. Maliki (11-3-2012)
#19. XQZ vs. Statyk (11-3-2012)
#20. Pompey vs. XQZ (11-3-2012) [Vaulted]
#21. XQZ vs. Diggy Splash (11-3-2012)

2013
#22. XQZ vs. Menstral Cycle (3-2-2013)
#23. XQZ vs. Perry Yae (10-3-2013)

2014
#24. Detour vs. XQZ (1-22-2014)
#25. Real Deal vs. XQZ (9-5-2014)

2015
#26. XQZ vs. Kaper (1-10-2015)
#27. XQZ vs. Midz (1-21-2015)
#28. XQZ vs. Shakezulla (1-21-2015)
#29. Pompey vs. XQZ (Title Match) (4-25-2015)
#30. XQZ vs. The Vesh (5-8-2015)
#31. XQZ vs. Heebs (7-11-2015)

2016
#32. Ness Lee vs. XQZ (2-26-2016)
#33. XQZ vs. Isaac Knox (5-21-2016)
#34. Jay Walker vs. XQZ vs. Illimit vs. Mosh Jelton vs. Trim Forte (6-11-2016)
#35. XQZ vs. B.F. Hoodrich (6-14-2016)+
#36. XQZ vs. JPlourde (10-25-2016)+
#37. XQZ vs. Craft-D (11-18-2016)
#38. XQZ vs. Romes (11-30-2016)+
#39. XQZ vs. Billy Shakes (12-21-2016)+

2017
#40. XQZ vs. Paranormal Ezac (1-15-2017)+
#41. XQZ vs. Shake (Rematch) (2-21-2017)
#42. XQZ vs. Lu Cipher (Title Match) (7-8-2017)
#43. Prince City & Pry The Greatest vs. XQZ & Jay Walker (8-19-2017)

2018
#44. XQZ vs. Speedy Calhoun (Title Match) (2-24-2018)
#45. Red Flag vs. XQZ (4-21-2018)
#46. XQZ vs. Coach Corleone (12-7-2018)

2019
#47. Blackademiks vs. XQZ (2-9-2019)
#48. XQZ vs. Sweeney (5-18-2019)
#49. XQZ vs. Apex (6-15-2019)
#50. XQZ vs. The Saurus (7-27-2019)
#51. XQZ vs. QPacalypse (9-21-2019)

2020
#52. XQZ vs. Random (1-11-2020)
#53. XQZ vs. XLV (2-8-2020)
#54. XQZ vs. Po (3-19-2020)+
#55. XQZ vs. Dunsh (3-24-2020)+
#56. XQZ vs. Mr. Biscuit (3-30-2020)+
#57. XQZ vs. MVP (9-12-2020)

2021
#58. XQZ vs. Patron (2-6-2021)
#59. Madflex vs. XQZ (4-10-2021)
#60. Ciddy vs. XQZ (7-4-2021)
#61. LL Coogi vs. XQZ (8-29-2021)
#62. Bill Collector vs. XQZ (10-31-2021)

2022
#63. XQZ vs. Illipsis (2-26-2022)
#64. Charron vs. XQZ (4-16-2022)
#65. Poet vs. XQZ (4-23-2022)
#66. XQZ vs. A1 (6-25-2022)
#67. Jonny Storm vs. XQZ (11-5-2022)
#68. Moe Menace vs. XQZ (12-11-2022)

2023
#69. Pathogenic vs. XQZ (2-26-2023)

2024
#70. XQZ vs. Jay-R (1-13-2024)
#71. XQZ vs. Human (3-9-2024)

+Denotes that the battle was done remotely. The date it was recorded is not known. Date given is based off when it was released on YouTube or on the iBattleTV App.