Brandy and Monica to Bring ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Battle to Verzuz

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: The New York Film Festival’s unorthodox 58th edition, which starts next week, has added a drive-in at the Bronx Zoo to its roster of screening sites.Three films have been confirmed to screen at the location, which has been built in the zoo’s south parking lot. Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, which is the opening selection at the festival next Thursday at a drive-in in Queens, will be shown in the Bronx on September 23.

Brandy and Monica earned themselves over 20 million song streams in the three days following their recent VERZUZ battle.On Tuesday (September 1), the pair went head-to-head in the latest edition of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s VERZUZ series, which pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format on Instagram Live and Apple Music.At its peak, Brandy and Monica’s broadcast drew 1.2 million simultaneous viewers, the highest recorded among the series’ clashes

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCompared with the avalanche of recent weeks, the days leading up to Labor Day weekend were relatively slow for incoming new songs — which means we went through just 80 instead of 120! — providing a great opportunity to shine a light on some lesser-known artists.

Curious what basically every celeb in the world was doing on Monday night? Turns out they, too, were watching Brandy and Monica's iconic three-hour Verzuz battle.Of course, the battle was already being billed as "historic" for bringing together the "The Boy Is Mine" singers who were known to have a fake-but-then-not-so-fake feud.

Bronx Times.It wasn’t clear if Williams had any signs of trauma to her body, or if she was clothed, and police were unable to immediately determine whether she had been killed or died of other causes, reports NBC New York.The medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy to determine how she died.Williams had previously been reported missing by a friend, who had received a call from Williams saying she was going to the beach. But Williams never returned to her Harlem neighborhood.

rumored feud that followed — Brandy and Monica reunited on Monday night, celebrating their biggest hits in a battle that garnered over a million consecutive views on Instagram Live.ET was exclusively on set with the superstar singers following their showdown, where they dished on what it felt like to be on the same virtual stage after all this time.

DJ Erick Morillo has been found dead in Florida, police have said.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorErick Morillo, a veteran DJ who broke into the mainstream with the 1990s hit “I Like to Move It,” was found dead Tuesday, Miami Beach police told Local 10 in Miami.Morillo, who was 49, was facing charges of sexual assault and was scheduled for a court hearing on Friday.Officers told the news outlet that they received a 911 call at 10:42 a.m., and that detectives are on scene and in the preliminary stages of the investigation.Morillo was arrested in August after

Brandy and Monica were joined by special guest Kamala Harris during an eventful edition of the Verzuz series on Monday night. The duo, best known for their 1998 collaboration "The Boy Is Mine," reunited to celebrate their own solo back catalogs as well as donating proceeds to Michelle Obama’s non-profit When We All Vote.

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz series have had some of the top players in music battling each other on Instagram live. From Ludacris vs.

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Billboard Hot 100 chart for 13 weeks, and earned both of them their only Grammy win to date. Their feud obviously didn't last forever, though.

Verzuz DJ battles launched in March, fans have clamored for one matchup above all others: Brandy vs. Monica, the R&B singers who spawned one of the biggest hits in history with 1998’s “The Boy Is Mine,” and have sparred off and on ever since.

Brandy Norwood and Monica Brown dropped their hit single “The Boy Is Mine,” the singers reunited on Monday, August 31, facing off in the latest Verzuz battle — and setting a new record for people watching the live three-hour show.At one point, the live Instagram show had 1.2 million viewers. Among them were celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Keke Palmer, Missy Elliott, and Michelle Obama.

Brandy and Monica had a very special guest drop in on their “Verzuz” battle on Monday night.

Brandy and Monica had a special guest show up during their battle on Monday — Kamala Harris! Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate turned up via a video call as the two musicians went head-to-head on a web series pitting musicians against each other in a friendly battle.“I think someone’s coming,” Brandy said, smiling. “Oh my God.

Brandy and Monica are set to headline the next edition of VERZUZ and the pair may address their past feud.In 1998, Brandy and Monica collaborated on the summer hit ‘The Boy Is Mine’.