Could fans be seeing Diddy, 50, and Dr. Dre, 55, go at it on Swizz Beatz and Timbaland‘s new Verzuz rap battle series? Diddy gave a clear indication that it’s very possible and maybe even likely when he joined fellow rapper Fat Joe, 49, for an Instagram Live on Apr.
Hip-Hop and R&B Hitmakers Are Setting Viewership Records Via Instagram Live Battles
07.04.2020 - 01:39 / variety.com
By Shirley Ju
With self-isolation being employed universally to combat the spread of the coronavirus, Instagram Live has become the go-to for musicians of all stripes but especially stars of rap and R&B. Thanks to live battles, hundreds of thousands of viewers are able to witness a hitmaker’s skills in going up against a peer song-for-song while also judging a catalog of work. An added bonus: new, unreleased tracks are dropping too.
The rules are as follows: two music-makers trade off tracks
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14.04.2020 / 11:45
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04.04.2020 / 04:03
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