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 sequence that pits producers, songwriters and artists in opposition to one another in a rap battle fashion format. In 2021, the rights for the sequence 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 point out Diddy revealing that he’ll go up in opposition to Dupri on September 8 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
In accordance with 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 Stay session again in October 2022. Diddy informed Dupri: “In order for you 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 have to be going in opposition to one another,” Diddy added. “Let’s come collectively and do this Dangerous Boy, So So Def in Atlanta. It ain’t no Verzuz, it’s simply hit for hit.”
Final yr, Diddy supplied his help for VERZUZ co-founders Timbaland and Swizz Beatz within the wake of their lawsuit in opposition to 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 care for Swizz and Tim for Verzuz,” Diddy mentioned later. “No person fucks with Triller till they care for Tim and Swizz for Verzuz, ’trigger Tim and Swizz is Verzuz.”
The lawsuit was later settled, with Timbaland and Swizz Beatz writing in a press release (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 neighborhood that they’ve come to know and love from the model.”
Beforehand talking about VERZUZ to NME, Timbaland mentioned: “Nicely, 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 approach. Given what’s presently occurring on the planet, it’s a technique to give again.
“It’s additionally an training, it’s educating folks on the music, its creators and the place this sense comes from.”