NEW YORK — Gripping the microphone in his paw, Panther the Pulverizer took aim at Buddy the Funky Feline and, when the beat dropped, launched into a blistering verse filled with punchlines about his opponent.
“You got no chance, so say sayonara,” the Pulverizer rhymed. “You’re so fat, cats thought you was a capybara!”
“My flow’s a gale, in a storm you’re supposed to bail. How you gonna carry weight when you broke the scale?” he rapped, drawing laughter from the crowd. “You’re known to fail, terrified with a bloated tail, so walk your ass home ’cause you won’t prevail!”
![Rapping Felines](https://littlebuddythecat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1693955449837-1.jpg?w=513&h=513)
“Oh, snap!” one cat exclaimed and the all-feline crowd whooped and cheered as the Pulverizer continued his verbal assault.
The Pulverizer pressed forward, invading his opponent’s personal space as he fired the next salvo of punchlines.
“What’s wrong, lil’ Bud? Is it hard to diss us? You couldn’t move these cats if you farted citrus. Pardon it’s cause you’re avoiding this bout, knowing I’ll make you bounce like your primordial pouch.”
A collective “Dayum!” echoed throughout the crowd while the DJ doubled over with laughter. Meanwhile, Buddy sucked in his gut, suddenly self-conscious.
“My man got punchlines about primordial pouches, yo!” an approving member of the audience shouted, his tail swishing with excitement.
“Am I supposed to be intimidated? Hell no! You sound like a constipated Elmo. Truth is both my waistline and my raps are leaner,” he rhymed, gesturing toward Buddy. “While this cat runs screaming from a vacuum cleaner. Face it lil’ Bud, we ain’t rivals. You came here dead on arrival!”
The crowd roared for several seconds after the beat cut out as the Pulverizer basked in the audience’s approval.
![Panther the Pulverizer](https://littlebuddythecat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231003_163936.jpg?w=499&h=401)
Buddy, dressed in oversized Tommy Hilfiger jeans, a bubble jacket and a Yankees cap turned sideways, took the mic for his turn and wasted no time launching into his retaliatory verse.
“My name’s Buddy, I’m ferocious in fights. Little known fact: also dope on the mic!” he rapped. “You’re a joke over-hyped, frozen with fright, lookin’ like a ghost you’re so white! It’s hopeless, allright? You’re a featherweight, I’m Mike Tyson tonight.”
![Rapping Felines](https://littlebuddythecat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1693977693440.jpg?w=455&h=809)
“Get ’em, champ!” a supporter shouted from the crowd.
“You don’t have the balls to diss me, that’s truth in fact! I’m the real tom, you’re just a neutered cat. Your whole crew is wack, don’t even try to diss! Buddy’s a lion, you’re just a pride of wimps.”
The Pulverizer glowered as the crowd roared with laughter.
“I got fans across the world, it’s me they’re feeling, the only fans you got are spinning on your ceiling,” Buddy the Funky Feline rapped, waving a paw at the roof. “Buddy’s the illest, thats why I spit it hot. You’re full of shit like an unscooped litter box.”
“Damn! Damn, damn, damn!” host Meowthod Man of the Mew Tang Clan shouted, waving off the beat. “Let’s hear what the judges have to say!”
The judges called the battle 2-1 in favor of Buddy, granting him the split decision and sending him to the semifinals.
The Funky Feline is due to face Crouching Tiger, the highly favored big cat with a smoky voice and crisp flow. The winner of that bout will advance to the finals to battle the winner of the semifinal match pitting the Deft Leopard against MC Hektah the Headhunta.
![Da Funky Feline](https://littlebuddythecat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1696363530325.jpg?w=550&h=550)
Buddy the Funky Feline has been the target of criticism claiming that while he rhymes about “life in the hood” as a hardscrabble stray, he actually grew up as a pampered house cat in the suburbs. He seeks to burnish his street cred ahead of his new album, Chillmatic, which is expected to break record sales when it’s released later this month. It’s the first full-length release from the New York-based kitty rapper since 2020’s Got 2 Have Turkeys and his 2021 EP, Fowl Play.
While promoting the former record during a concert stop in Tokyo, Buddy’s tour bus was infamously overturned by a crowd of screaming female fans, who pelted the bus with bras and held signs professing their love for him.
His entry into the Cat Fight 2023 battle rap tournament is meant to signal that he’s more than just a prettyboy, with an appeal beyond his massive female fanbase.
“Buddy is so kawaii, we love him,” gushed Kei Kikuno, one of Bud’s many Japanese admirers. “I just want to pinch those little cheeks!”
Although I’d prefer to see Hard Rock/Heavy Mëtal kitties in competition. \m/\m/
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I’m actually working on some images of cats as 80s hair metal rock stars. They need some more work in photoshop and I’m not sure if I’m gonna use them in a story or for something like “Cat On The Street,” but I do plan to use them at some point in the next few weeks. I made one of them playing a Les Paul, which is my favorite kind of guitar and the kind I play, and another playing one of those Flying V guitars that were iconic in 80s metal, glam rock, etc.
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I can’t wait to see them!
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
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I love buddy he’s the winner
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He’s facing a formidable opponent in Crouching Tiger, who has been known to eat his opponents, but as we all know, Buddy is a very brave feline.
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Awesome Bud!!!! You’re headed to the top of the charts💞. So happy the hooman is back posting and sharing the adventures and news.
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Thanks, Lisa. Bud gave me a stern talking to when I started to slack a bit over the summer.
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Buddy is a shoo in to win Cat Fight 2023! We know his meowscles are formidable!
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That’s why it’s so important for him to establish his street cred, so he’s not viewed as just another pretty boy with big meowscles. He’s been working diligently on his rhymes!
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Ahahaha, funny! Boss the Bocelot, lol. That struck a chord with me as we have a cat named Boss. Never thought of Bocelot. That would actually fit, as a quick glance at Google suggests there might be melanistic ocelots. Our Boss is a black cat.
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They’re super rare, but melanistic ocelots exist and I believe most “new world” cats have that color morph except pumas.
Maybe Boss has a new nickname?
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When my grandchildren were living with me, the upper bunk where my grandson slept was close to the ceiling fan. I was putting him to bed one night and I talked to him holding onto the fan and flying around (not!). Then he said that he always imagined his sister’s cat, Mikey, jumping on the fan and getting taken for a ride.
Buddy’s lyric “the only fans you got are spinning on the ceiling” brought those days back.
Just picture Buddy clinging to the fan…or maybe not.
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I can imagine a terrified cat wondering what the heck he got himself into, holding onto a fan blade for dear life. Or maybe cats would enjoy it!
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