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Gucci Mane vs. Jeezy Verzuz Battle Will Be At Magic City Strip Club Because, Of Course
Source: Mike Pont / Getty We now know where tonight’s sure to be epic Veruz battle goes down, and it makes all the sense. Gucci Mane and Jeezy will be going song for song at Atlanta’s famed Magic City strip club. TMZ got all the early details: TMZ’s obtained behind-the-scene video and pics inside Thursday’s face-off going down at the world-famous club, Magic City. It’s unclear if a red carpet will be rolled out for the MCs but they’re definitely getting the royal treatment … with 2 thrones for them to sit and spit lyrics. The crew worked hard to turn the strip joint into an awesome set for the season 2 kickoff of Verzuz … which streams live Thursday at 8 PM ET on Apple Music and on Apple Music’s official Instagram account on Instagram L...
Three’s A Crowd: Jeezy Bans Gucci Mane’s Clone At ‘Verzuz’ Battle
Source: Klaus Radetzki / EyeEm / Getty Fans are gearing up for the biggest trap event of the year starring a Jeezy and Gucci Mane face-off for Verzuz’s new season, and they are definitely taking virtual shots at each other leading up to their highly-anticipated episode. The announcement came as a surprise when Guwop first posted their shocking flyer on his Instagram account last Saturday (Nov. 14). “Tell buddy Get ready Thursday Nov 19 @verzuztv Trap God vs Snowcone ,” he teased in his caption. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gucci Mane (@laflare1017) Followers on social media had a field day speculating whether the Verzuz battle was real or a hoax. The long-time rivals have an extensive history of beef, after all. A day later, Jeezy confirmed on his social media that the...
Swizz Beatz Accidentally Spills The Tea On Outkast & A Tribe Called Quest VERZUZ
Source: Lionel FLUSIN / Getty Season 2 of VERZUZ sounds like it’s going to blow season 1 away. We already learned that Jeezy and T.I. would be kicking off season 2 of the popular online battle series, and now VERZUZ co-creator Swizz Beatz accidentally revealed that a showdown between two of Hip-Hop’s iconic groups, Outkast and A Tribe Called Quest, is in the works. Speaking with DJ Kid Capri on Instagram Live, the camel racing enthusiast dropped the bombshell that we could be getting what could possibly be the biggest VERZUZ yet. Beatz confirmed his boast was an accident stating, “I wasn’t even supposed to say that, I might have just f*ckd that all up,” He carefully pointed out that it’s still in the works while confirming that he and Timbaland got many showdowns lined up. ”We love them, a...
Say What?: Swizz Beatz Reveals His Newest Venture, Camel Racing
Source: Cindy Ord / Getty Verzuz cofounder, Swizz Beatz, has found his next competitive hustle, and it’s something no one really was expecting. Speaking with Variety, the super-producer/mogul who has season 2 of his online DJ battle situation ready for liftoff with Atlanta’s Hip-Hop elite, Jeezy and T.I., revealed to the publication that he is all in on camel racing. Swizz Beatz born Kaseem Dean is now the first African American and westerner to own a competitive camel racing team in the Middle East. Beatz’s racing team, Kaseem Abu Nasser, has 12 fast camels in his stables, and he has already won his first race on Thursday (Oct.22), in Saudi Arabia. His team also won another race on the same day he dropped Kaseem Abu Nasser merch with Chinatown Market, the LA streetwear brand. When asked w...
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Busta Rhymes Challenges T.I. To Verzuz, Clifford Loquaciosly Declines The Smoke & Jeezy Chimes In [Video]
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty It seems like the new season of online battles is heating up fast. A challenge has been issued and declined, but picked up by another living legend within 24 hours. Busta Rhymes made a recent appearance on The Fat Joe Show. While the two spoke on a variety of topics, including his forthcoming album E.L.E. 2, the Dragon made it clear he wants all the smoke with T.I. on a forthcoming Verzuz battle. “From one brother that loves you to my brother that knows I love him, I’m begging you to step in the ring with me,” he told Joe. “I’m gonna bust your ass. Let me tell you something, we gonna do it with grace but I’m just bust T.I. … come on, T.I. Let’s have fun.” Naturally, the public invite got back to Clifford rather expeditiously prompting the T...
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland Announce Verzuz Season 2
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Just when fans thought Verzuz played their biggest battle with Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s most coveted pandemic experiment is finally coming off of hiatus to debut its second season on an undisclosed date. The news comes after the legendary producers posted an update on social media. “Who you want to see in season 2?” Swizz announced on Tuesday (Oct. 14) on Instagram. “Stay tuned all the way in.” Timbaland followed-up on Twitter. “Going to another level,” he wrote. “@verzuzonline line up coming soon !!!! @THEREALSWIZZZ let’s gooo.” Since its inception on Instagram, viewers have witnessed an obviously inebriated Sean Garrett challenge a frustrated The-Dream, which, in comparison, was child’s play to Ne-Yo and...
Jermaine Dupri Down To Go Head To Head Against Diddy In Verzuz Battle
Source: Gary Gershoff / Getty Jermaine Dupri has revealed that he is willing to go head to head against Diddy in a Verzuz battle. During an interview with Fat Joe for The Fat Joe Show, the So So Def head honcho stated that he is not only open to participating in the Verzuz battle but that he is willing to have a match up with none other than Diddy. “So So Def, Bad Boy, will we ever see that in a Verzuz?” Joe asked. “Or will we see So So Def versus somebody else?” “Whatever the culture wants,” JD said. “Jermaine, you for the culture,” Fat Joe interrupted and asked. “But if the Verzuz come on and it’s live from ATL with the chandeliers. You would prefer you to be sitting in one chair and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sitting in the other? “A hundred percent. We gonna break the f*ckin’ internet,” JD con...
Brandy Vs Monica’s ‘Verzuz’ Was a Record Breaker
The Brandy vs Monica “Verzuz” wasn’t just a hit, it was huge. The R&B legends smashed all “Verzuz” records, organizers say, en route to pulling-in more than 6 million views. That’s well up on the initial reports of 1.2 million fans tuning in on Instagram. Breaking the numbers down, the online face-off raised more than $250,000 for Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote, and generated 1.9 million tweets, including 1 million in the U.S. alone. The veteran artists used the sparring session to “remind the world how next-level their respective catalogs,” wrote Billboard’s Carl Lamarre. Also during the back-and-forth, Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris called in with a live video message for the two artists, thanking them for their contributions to the culture and using the pla...
“Do It For Hip-Hop”: Rakim Calls Out Big Daddy Kane For Verzuz Battle
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Rakim is putting his hat in the ring to be the next contestant on Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s iconic Verzuz series and he’s already calling out his competitor. On Friday (Aug 7), Rakim surprised fans when he took to Instagram in a since-deleted post and proposed an iconic battle between himself and fellow legendary lyricist Big Daddy Kane. The announcement, which came shortly after Timbaland teased fans regarding a possible faceoff between Drake and Kanye West. Posting a black and white photo of himself and Kane with a big V in the middle, the God MC captioned the photo calling for duo to go head to head “for Hip-Hop.” “Do it for Hip-Hop??? @officialbigdaddykane @verzuztv @thegodrakim #TheGodMC #Rakim #RakimAllah #TheR #The18thLetter #Th...
How to Watch Rick Ross & 2 Chainz’s ‘Verzuz’ Battle
Hip-hop heavyweights Rick Ross and 2 Chainz are going head-to-head tonight (Aug. 6) for the next Verzuz battle. The VerzuzTV Instagram account initially announced the latest pairing on Tuesday (July 28) with a poster of a two-seater Verzuz-branded sports car. “Grab your popcorn @verzuzonline,” Chainz tweeted on July 29 alongside a pic of him and the Boss. “Perfect day to boss up,” Ross tweeted on battle day. {“nid”:”9425894″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Rick Ross & 2 Chainz Set for Next 'Verzuz' Battle, Timbaland Already Puts Up Call for the Following One”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/9425894\/rick-ross-2-chainz-verzuz-battle\/”,”media̶...
2 Chainz & Rick Ross Announced As Next Verzuz Battle
Source: Prince Williams/ATLPics.net / ATLPics.Net Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are wasting no time keeping the announcements coming with the highly anticipated online celebration series, Verzuz. While many thought the super producers were going to announce Ashanti and Keyshia Cole as the next contestants, the two beat creating icons instead announced that the series was heading back down south with a head to head showdown between 2 Chainz and Rick Ross. On Tuesday (Jul 28), the announcement was made via the official VerzuzTV Instagram account with a sleek black-and-red poster of a two-seater Verzuz-branded sports car. While fans began to make their predictions about who would win, 2 Chainz decided to take to Instagram and share a cheat sheet of his own to show exactly how evenly matched ...
Snoop Dogg and DMX to Go Head-to-Head in Verzuz Battle Tonight
Snoop Dogg and DMX, two of hip-hop’s biggest heavyweights, will go head-to-head in a Verzuz battle on Wednesday. It’s scheduled to go down tonight at at 8:00 p.m. ET via Verzuz’s Instagram. For the uninitiated, Verzuz is an Instagram TV show of sorts that pits two producers, rappers, or songwriters side-by-side to revisit their career highs and lows, with the ultimate goal of determining who has the best catalog. As Vulture writer Craig Jenkins notes, each battle consists of 20 rounds, sees contestants play a hit and then hear a rebuttal, and revolves around rules that come together “on the fly.” Past battles have featured Nelly vs. Ludacris, Timbaland vs. Swizz Beatz, and Teddy Riley vs. Babyface, among others. It’s a dog eat dog world, and tonight, one pup will come out on top....
