Diddy and Jermaine Dupri are reportedly set to face off in a VERZUZ battle this yr in New York Metropolis.
VERZUZ is the favored leisure collection that pits producers, songwriters and artists towards one another in a rap battle model format. In 2021, the rights for the collection had been bought 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.
In response to 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 instructed Dupri: “If you would like 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 yr, Diddy provided his help 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 deal with Swizz and Tim for Verzuz,” Diddy stated later. “No person fucks with Triller till they deal with 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 folks.
“We’re glad to come back to an amicable settlement with Triller and proceed giving followers the music and group that they’ve come to know and love from the model.”
Beforehand talking about VERZUZ to NME, Timbaland stated: “Effectively, it’s not likely a battle – it’s a celebration of our heroes in music, those who make us really feel a sure kind of method. Given what’s at present happening on this planet, it’s a solution to give again.
“It’s additionally an training, it’s educating folks on the music, its creators and the place this sense comes from.”
