'Bachelorette' heads to New York City

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Bachelorette is taking on a local flavor, as Kaitlyn Bristowe and her suitors take in the bright lights of Broadway.

The 11th Bachelorette is a fan of hip-hop, so a rap battle date is definitely her idea of a great time.

Rapper Doug E. Fresh hosts the battle, in which eight men will write and perform their own raps in a contest to win Kaitlyn's heart in front of a packed audience.

With Doug E. Fresh's help, they try their best to simultaneously insult one another and impress the Bachelorette.

And Doug E. knows a true fan when he sees one.

"Kaitlyn is real," he said. "I mean, she was in the back. She knew my dance 'The Dougie.' She was up there rapping. Her flow, it's genuine."

One man, who is in the doghouse, takes things a bit too far, resulting in the crowd booing him.

One suitor, Corey Stansell, said he's not much of a rap fan.

"It's a little nerve wracking," he said. "The drinks always help. This is probably the last thing I would have picked for me to do as a competition, but I'm having fun with it."

Doug says the key has always been keeping it real.

"The best lyrics are the most honest lyrics," he said.

Watching "The Bachelorette" on TV, there's no sense of how many behind-the-scenes folks are required to produce the show, more than 100 crew members, says co-executive producer and native New Yorker Pete Scalettar.

"We travel with a big giant team from LA," he said. "To sort of get all the LA gang to figure out how to navigate New York is a challenge."

The show features another group date on stage, at Disney's "Aladdin," a one-on-one at the Met, and the return of a guy from a previous season of "The Bachelorette."