How Timbaland & Swizz Beatz Masterminded the Ultimate Quarantine Entertainment With 'Verzuz' Beat Battles

First, there was the battle of Babyface versus Teddy Riley last month.

Chris Brown, 30, has shared the sweetest photo of his mini-me Aeko taking a bath! The R&B singer took to Instagram on May 3, posting the cute pic of his five-month-old son playing with toys in the bath. “Meet the Browns,” he captioned the pic, which showed Aeko sitting in a baby seat, surrounded by colorful bath toys.

Swizz Beats and Timbaland have been heating up Instagram with their insane Versuz battle series, and next up in the ring are Erykah Badu and Jill Scott.

Alright y’all! We’ve been having some of the most epic Instagram Live battles since we’ve been in quarantine and it’s time for the ladies to go awf!! It looks likeVerzuz got Jill Scott and Erykah Badu to battle out their hits!

Fans have been living for Timbaland and Swizz Beatz‘s Instagram live battles, which have already featured stars like Babyface, T-Pain, and more! Now, it’s time for something different. On May 1, Timbaland announced that the next battle will feature two titans of their craft: Erykah Badu and Jill Scott.

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Meryl Streep, 70, can do no wrong! The Oscar winner is seemingly getting through quarantine with a cocktail (or two), according to her appearance on the virtual 90th birthday concert for legendary composer Stephen Sondheim! Meryl popped up on the star-studded special to sing “The Ladies Who Lunch” alongside Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald, and expertly shook up her very own martini at the same time!

By Dino-Ray Ramos

On March 25th, friends and fellow superproducers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz decided to have a friendly producer battle to entertain fans, and accidentally created an IG Live series -- now called Verzuz.

Swiss Beatz is trying to work smarter, not harder. 

By Ted Johnson

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Tainy (real name: Marco Masís) and Luny (real name: Francisco Saldaña) from Luny Tunes brought the party home, connecting on Instagram Live for a historic beat battle.

When pioneering producers like DJ Premier and RZA, Ne-Yo and Johnta Austin, and Lil Jon and T-Pain went head-to-head in recent days by playing some of their most impactful songs in battles on social media, in more normal times, it may have answered the hypothetical question many music fans have asked throughout the years: Who is the better beat-maker?But for Swizz Beatz and Timbaland -- Grammy-winning legends in their own rights -- hosting a friendly competition while fans and artists are

In March, many of us entered self-isolation with deluded hopes about how we’d fill our days. I was determined to limit social media use, conscious of both the anxiety that logging on can exacerbate and the relative privilege of having untold amounts of free time.

Kesha is letting fans in on what she’s been up to during quarantine amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Brad Paisley has some new music for his self-quarantining fans.

Alicia Keys has her own at-home manicurist.  On Tuesday, the Grammy winner recruited her husband Swizz Beatz to help remove her gel manicure while social distancing together. Thankfully, the hilarious moment was captured on video and shared to Instagram.  "Quarantine Day 33," Swizz wrote.