Swizz Beatz
Zone: Swizz Beats Bigs Up VERZUZ, Says Platform “Bigger Than ‘SNL’”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Swizz Beats and Timbaland created one of the best performance platforms to ever emerge in years with their popular VERZUZ series. Now occupying a larger slice of the cultural connection, Swizz declared that VERZUZ is “bigger than SNL” in regards to viewership. In the Instagram Live breakdown of last Sunday’s VERZUZ between The Isley Brothers and Earth Wind & Fire, Swizz and Timbaland spoke candidly and earnestly about the battle DMX is undergoing for his life and how the event featured two of the famed rapper’s favorite acts. The pair then shifted into thanking fans and supporters for tuning in and also made mention of the Triller app in light of their still-new collaboration with the streaming service. However, what turned a num...
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Dr. Dre Withdrew From Verzuz After Seeing Teddy Riley’s Struggle Sound Setup [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Dr. Dre has proven once again that he might have the pickiest taste in Hip-Hop. We now have some context of why he will not be battling on today’s hottest platform. As spotted on Complex Swizz Beatz and Timbaland recently conducted an interview on The Breakfast Club. The duo recently sold Verzuz to Thriller so the two broke down why the move is significant to the culture. As they got deeper into the conversation they fielded questions regarding some dream battles and some face offs that have yet to come to life. Naturally the founding N.W.A. member’s name came up and to hear them tell it he bowed out; respectfully. “When Dr. Dre wasn’t feeling the sound from Teddy Riley and Babyface, that hurt our heart. Oh my God,” Sw...
Tariq AKA Michael Rainy Jr. Thinks Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Sold Out For VERZUZ Sale
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Brad Barket / Getty As the news of the sale of the VERZUZ platform to Triller continues to ignite conversations throughout the industry, some people are viewing the move negatively. Michael Rainey Jr. was one such critic, calling VERZUZ creators Swizz Beatz and Timbaland “sellouts” but the pair parried the young actor’s jab with facts. “Can’t ever just have something of our own. It’s always about the money… Cool move but these n*ggas still sellouts,” Rainey reportedly wrote via his @Whereis22 Instagram page and serves as a hub for his music career happenings, as reported by AllHipHop. Hollywood Unlocked screen-capped the dig from Rainey, along with responses from Timbo and Swizz letting it be known that they own stake in Triller. “But we own Triller,” Tim...
Swizz Beatz Reveals Maxwell Was Supposed To Go Up Against D’Angelo In Latest Verzuz Battle
Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty This past weekend D’Angelo had the internet all in their feelings as he put on his own “solo” Verzuz, where he basically performed his classic cuts and covered other artists’ songs, much to our delight. While few if any R&B artists have the kind of career or catalog to go up against the Neo-soul R&B singer, Swizz Beatz revealed that they had originally planned to have D’Bonics go one-on-one with fellow high-pitched crooner Maxwell. With an impressive list of hit songs himself, Maxwell and D’Angelo Verzuz would’ve actually been a competitive and memory lane-driven experience. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out and what we ultimately got was a “D’Angelo and Friends” Verzuz performance. Yet, we still loved it. Swizz explained that though Maxwell wasn’t ...
Swizz Beatz Explains His Pick In Hypothetical Cam’ron vs Ma$e Verzuz
Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The next Verzuz episode set for December 12 features R&B stars, Keyshia Cole and Ashanti. While followers are excited to watch their favorite R&B songs go hit-for-hit in a battle, there is a lot of chatter on a hypothetical matchup that could be big for New York rap fans. In the latest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the fellas discussed the likelihood of Ma$e getting his day on the Verzuz stage. After sizing up the Harlem legend’s catalog housing a long list of writing credits and stellar features, it was quickly agreed upon that Cam’ron would not only be the perfect contender but could actually take the W in the match-up. Not long afterward, the podcasters called Swizz Beatz to pitch the Verzuz co-founder their idea for the next New York battl...
Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Talk Possible Dr. Dre vs Diddy VERZUZ Battle
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Are OG golden era Hip-Hop heads ready to revisit the infamous Bad Boy vs. Death Row era of the 90s? Swizz Beatz and Timbaland certainly wouldn’t mind doing so. After successfully getting rivals Jeezy and Gucci Mane to be in the same room together for a spectacular Verzuz battle a few weeks back, Timbo and Swizz aren’t completely dismissing the possibility of a Dr. Dre Verzuz Puff Daddy event that would totally break the internet. Speaking to TMZ about their smash IG series, Charles Latibeaudiere asked the show’s founders about pitting Dr. Dre’s catalogue against P. Diddy’s and though that’s not currently in their plans, Swizz basically said never say never. After initially shooting down Harvey Levin’s idea of a Jay-Z Verzuz Diddy outing (we want Jay-Z Verzuz N...
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...
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...
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 ...
Swizz Beatz & Timbaland’s VERZUZ Partners Exclusively With Apple Music
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Swizz Beatz and Timbaland had the genius idea to use their massive social media reach and launched the popular VERZUZ Instagram Live battles, one of the most inventive uses of the platform due to the COVID-19 shutdown. Now, the super-producers are reaping the benefits of their brilliance, inking an exclusive deal with Apple Music to host the friendly competition series. As reported by Music Business Worldwide, the VERZUZ platform making its shift from Instagram to Apple Music and Beats 1 is a fitting ascension to what has become an event in music and entertainment circles since live shows, touring, and other means of performances have been altered by the coronavirus spread. After launching this past March, VERZUZ has continued to defy convention with viewershi...
