Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, co-founders of Verzuz, regrouped for the first sequel of their battle series on Sunday (May 30). The heavyweight combat was also the inaugural instalment of Verzuz Live, with the action trying to take place in person at Miami’s renowned club LIV to offer some entertainment to fans’ Memorial Day pre-game. Swizz and Timbo previously engaged in a beat war at Hot 97’s Summer Jam festival in 2018, and afterwards established Verzuz in March 2020, when the COVID-19 epidemic hit.
The eagerly acclaimed rematch handed the Virginia beat maestro a chance to overcome his loss to the consensus last year. Shortly after 8 p.m. ET, both Verzuz co-founders took the stage. Timbaland chose silky matching shorts and a gold short sleeve jacket, feeling like he was set for a tropical vacation, while Swizz Beatz wore a stylish white suit. While the stars were out in Miami supporting their hip-hop countrymen, more than 165,000 spectators showed up to watch the action on VerzuzTV’s Instagram Live.
DaBaby, Nas, Rick Ross, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, and others were in town to express their support for the combat, remembering the late DMX, who deceased in April. Swizz commented, “I dedicate this show to my brother DMX and Timbaland’s sister Aaliyah.” Timbo and Swizz came together to celebrate the platform they built together from the ground up in just a year after two hours of heating up the nightclub’s central place.
Swizz presented his Verzuz co-founder a custom emblazoned jacket with photographs of frequent collaborators Aaliyah and Missy Elliott before riding away with DMX playing in the background. “I ain’t trying to be disrespectful, I miss my brother,” Swizz continued. “That s—t damn near killed me. ‘We’re going to go down it on DMX,’ Timb had said such elegance.”
Timbaland and Swizz Halle Berry took the stage this time in front of a crowd who sang along to DMX’s “Party Up.” They also performed Aaliyah’s “One in a Million” but also a couple of Beyoncé singles. Play whatever’s in the tank from The Carters to develop a regular crowd-pleasing theme. Timbaland scrapes around his Jay-Z trunk and digs out the thunderous “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” off The Black Album, which had us all giving Hov the identical look and head nod he gave him in the well-documented studio clip. Also other details are given in many news article sites for finding various information about the winnings and other things.