Diddy and Jermaine Dupri are reportedly set to face off in a VERZUZ battle this 12 months in New York Metropolis.
VERZUZ is the favored leisure collection that pits producers, songwriters and artists towards one another in a rap battle fashion format. In 2021, the rights for the collection have been offered to Triller, who livestream the occasions on their app.
Although the date hasn’t been confirmed by VERZUZ, a video circulating on social media seems to indicate Diddy revealing that he’ll go up towards Dupri on September 8 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Based on HipHop-N-Extra, the video was initially posted by Busta Rhymes on Sunday. Diddy is stood subsequent to Busta and Fabolous when he shares the information, including: “We’re gon’ have you ever out the rafters flying out the sky”.
Diddy and Dupri first mentioned the thought of getting a VERZUZ battle publicly on an Instagram Reside session again in October 2022. Diddy informed Dupri: “If you need that smoke, you may get that smoke anytime.”
“Since we ain’t fucking with Verzuz no extra since ’trigger they fucking round with our boys, we don’t must be going towards one another,” Diddy added. “Let’s come collectively and try this Unhealthy Boy, So So Def in Atlanta. It ain’t no Verzuz, it’s simply hit for hit.”
Final 12 months, Diddy supplied his assist for VERZUZ co-founders Timbaland and Swizz Beatz within the wake of their lawsuit towards social media app Triller.
Within the lawsuit, seen by Billboard, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz claimed that Triller owed them $28m (£23m) and that it had defaulted on beforehand agreed funds.
“We’re not fuckin’ with Triller till they maintain Swizz and Tim for Verzuz,” Diddy mentioned later. “No person fucks with Triller till they maintain Tim and Swizz for Verzuz, ’trigger Tim and Swizz is Verzuz.”
The lawsuit was later settled, with Timbaland and Swizz Beatz writing in an announcement (through Pitchfork): “Verzuz has all the time been a platform that’s by the artists, for the artists and with the individuals.
“We’re glad to come back to an amicable settlement with Triller and proceed giving followers the music and neighborhood that they’ve come to know and love from the model.”
Beforehand talking about VERZUZ to NME, Timbaland mentioned: “Effectively, it’s not likely a battle – it’s a celebration of our heroes in music, those who make us really feel a sure sort of method. Given what’s at the moment happening on this planet, it’s a strategy to give again.
“It’s additionally an schooling, it’s educating individuals on the music, its creators and the place this sense comes from.”
