TBS is entering the rap battle ring.

The network announced on Thursday that it has picked up James Corden's segment "Drop the Mic" -- which has pitted celebrities like Cara Delevigne, Anne Hathaway and Kevin Hart against each other in epic rap battles -- as a 16-episode series.

Corden will executive produce with Ben Winston and Jensen Karp, a.k.a. Hot Karl.

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"Drop the Micis such an exciting show, and we can't wait to begin making it," Winston said in a statement."Every time we have done this segment on TheLate Late Show, it has become a massive viral moment. Now with TBS as our perfect partner, we hope to create some really memorable television."

The news comes a few weeks after Apple Music picked up CBS' spinoff of "Carpool Karaoke," another massively successful segment from The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Drop the Micwill premiere in 2017.

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