'Rap duels' turn Quebec's street slang into weapon

Insults, verbal jabs, jokes and rhymes fly fast at the WordUp competition in Montreal, where urban street music has been taken to a combative level. French-speaking rappers in Quebec have borrowed the form of the "rap duel" from their US neighbours, using a regional lingo to style it all their own. AFPTV gets an earful some verbal jousting. *Attention: contains offensive language in SOUNDBITE 1* Duration: 01:47