Beef… it’s what’s for dinner. It’s also the term rappers use when they have ill feelings towards each other, and Marco Rubio has stepped up his freestyle battle game recently (most “freestyle” raps are prewritten). His opponent? Donald Trump. You could call Trump the king of the battle rappers in this campaign, so for this article we will call him “Trump da Don”. Marco Rubio’s betting odds are worse for the wear after Super Tuesday, where Trump da Don won 319 delegates to Rubio’s 110.

Rubio really stepped up to the mic for the first time in the New Hampshire primary. During the debate, Rubio had a small battle with Chris Christie, who definitely won with a mic drop. In the middle of the battle, Rubio got shaken and started resorting to his written material, while Chris “Colt 45” Christie stayed spitting freestyle bullets. Marco repeated a piece of his script no less than four times in the brief exchange, opening the door for Christie, as well as the other emcees, to clown on him for the rest of the debate.

After embarrassing himself in New Hampshire, Marco was rather subdued at the next few debates. Looking back, it’s easy to see that he wasn’t just being a defeatist mute, he was actually adding ammunition to his arsenal by studying the opponents’ habits. Marco was gearing up to battle Trump da Don on his own terms, and his own turf. The next few debates saw the two emcees going toe-to-toe, with da Don usually getting the upper hand. That is, until Marco got the public all to himself.

Marco “Catch Me in the Studio” Rubio, armed and freshly dressed, hit the streets gunnin’ in February of this year. He booked speech after speech all throughout the country on his #NeverTrump tour, making ladies shake their fanny’s and granny’s drop their panties (Depends). He threw out braggadocio and stinging verbal jabs like the best of them, claiming “When I am president…” on more than a few occasions, presupposing his Presidency even after finishing behind Trump da Don in contest after contest. Opening his attacks by describing Trump as a con artist, Rubio is now regularly hitting below the belt with “hand-size” and skin color jokes.
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Rubio is still carrying his own torch after a blistering Super Tuesday where he came in third overall, behind Ted “Bruise Dudes” Cruise, and of course Trump da Don. He still claims that his losses are victories, and that his “big win” that will push him over the threshold is just around the corner.  The 2016 political betting odds wouldn’t really reflect that thought but he’s never been one for quality thoughts. This time, he is banking on Florida, his home state. However, reports show that Trump da Don leads the polls by a significant margin. Should Rubio save himself the embarrassment of losing in his home state, or should he keep his now delusional dream that he will win the nomination alive? The Presidential race is a crazy time, and for all we know Rubio’s next mixtape might be fire. We will just have to wait and see.