The Case

At the height of his career, three-time Battle Rap Champion,

TooDope, loses his most cherished possession, his

microphone. He searches high and low, up, down and allaround

town. Who can help? Where does he go? Now it’s the

moment of truth.

This story was inspired by one of Tupac “2pac” Shakur song.

The name is within the story. 

Genre: Mystery

The Case is our love letter to raw hip‑hop storytelling. Inspired by the spirit of 2Pac, we dropped a battle rap champion named TooDope into a nightmare: the one mic that made his name has vanished hours before the biggest battle of his life.

What starts as a simple search turns into a street investigation through cyphers, basements, and backroom politics, where every emcee has an angle and every friend might be a quiet rival. We wrote it for readers who feel lyrics in their chest and know that, in this culture, your voice is everything.

This fast-paced short read fits perfectly into a commute and comes as a digital download, or bundled with our other "NYC Subway Short Stories" in the buy‑5‑for‑4 offer when you are ready to build a full catalog of urban fiction on your device.