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.
How do you follow up a night where over 500,000 viewers packed an IG Live battle where we saw Babyface and Teddy Riley remind us that they got hits for days? Easy throw on the #VERZUZ signal and call out Diddy and Dr. Dre to be the next contestants to step up to the plate.
And fresh off his struggle Verzus battle with Babyface, Teddy Riley returns to the R&B scene as he lends Lloyd a helping hand in getting grown man turnt for their clip to “Slow Wine Bass Line.”
The new Verzuz Battle has been announced and fans are already declaring a wipeout. On Tuesday (Jul 14), Swizz Beatz and Timbaland announced that West Coast Icon Snoop Dogg would be facing off against Ruff Ryder Legend DMX in a "battle of the dogs" for the next matchup.
Since Timbaland and Swizz Beatz started the #VERZUZ battles, everyone has been throwing names out there for potential online matchups. Ray J took it upon himself to suggest he be the artist step on the #VERZUZ stage and got clowned for it.
DMX is ready to step into the ring with Jay-Z. In a clip posted to Instagram of a recent virtual interview with N.O.R.E for his hit show Drink Champs, Noreaga asked DMX if he had the opportunity to participate in Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s Instagram Battle Series. Verzuz, who would he choose as an opponent; to […]
It should come as no surprise that the brainchild of Swizz and Timbo is drawing corporate interest. During a recent TMZ Live segment, Timbaland strongly hinted big-name companies want in on the IG DJ/Producer battles. While the offers are tempting, Timbaland says he and Swizz have no plan of selling their idea...yet.
The #Verzuz battle series keeps getting better and better. Earlier this week after a legendary showdown between Ludacris and Nelly, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland announced that they were easing the stress from quarantine by taking the showdown to the islands with a monstrous battle between Dancehall icons Bounty Killer and Beenie Man--but the duo stepped it up even bigger with a battle for the ladies between 112 and Jagged Edge, making this the biggest weekend for the online series.
The highly anticipated battle between DMX and Snoop Dogg went down and they definitely went hard for the culture. On Wednesday (Jul 22), the battle of the dogs took place, with the high energy event opened with DMX kicking off the ceremony with a heartfelt prayer. Starting the event with the classic records that changed that game, Snoop dropped the breakout track that put him on everyone's radar, “Deep Cover”. Not one to start slow, DMX countered with his energetic and gritty intro to his classic album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.
2 Chainz issues IG Live battle challenge to Meek Mill, the Philly rapper "respectfully bows out."
In honor of the legacy that Phife Dawg left to the culture, HipHopWired has put together a list of the Five Foot Assassin’s best verses to make people reminisce on how sublimely amazing he was on the microphone and as a lesson to up and coming fans and artists on how someone like him could command the respect of everyone in the industry with his pen.
The highly anticipated ladies' night edition of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland's #Verzuz Battle between 112 and Jagged Edge kicked off as promised, but after bad audio spoiled the party it seemed more like deja vu than a dream come true. On Monday (May 25), 112 and Jagged Edge faced off on Instagram Live with many fans hoping the showdown would finally put to rest the great debate of who had the better catalog between the two 90s crooning groups, but instead the battle itself drew criticism after static and bad audio ruined the overall mood for the event.
