Classic Hip Hop fans have been clamoring for a Big Daddy Kane and Rakim Verzuz since last August when the anointed “God MC” shared an Instagram post teasing the idea. While nothing ever came to fruition, the two Hip Hop pioneers were reunited over the weekend for a Juneteenth celebration in Pittsburgh, where they brought their iconic catalog to the stage.
During a recent interview with HipHopDX, Big Daddy Kane was asked if he’d ever consider doing a Verzuz event with Rakim and inadvertently revealed the one MC he’d hop in the ring with for an actual battle.
“If we can get it to happen with me and KRS-One, I would rather it be like a battle format,” the Juice Crew legend said. “If it’s going to be me and Rakim, then we might as well just do it with the music. You know what I mean? I don’t really see him as a battle rapper. I think it would be better to just do it with just the music, if it’s going to be me and him. But KRS is a battle rapper, so it’s going to be me and him. I think we should do the music for the fans but also do a few rounds of battle rap.”
KRS-One has floated the idea before, but he says it’s ultimately up to Big Daddy Kane when and if it would go down. Speaking To AllHipHop in March, KRS-One detailed a conversation he had with the seasoned battle rapper sometime last year.
“So we here talking at the Mike Epps thing that we did sometime last year, and we’re here talking,” he said. “He says, ‘So what we should do is come out with this battle and you do a couple songs, I do a couple songs and then we do a freestyle.’ I said, ‘Kane, you sure you wanna do that? ‘Cause I’m not pulling no punches, my G. I’m going in.”
Kane replied, “Pfft I ain’t scared of you. I ain’t scared of you. What you think this is?”
The Long Live The Kane MC posted the clip on Instagram and wrote in the caption, “This is why I love & respect KRS One. Real battle rappers got a confident and arrogant energy. YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT!!! Yeah, we gotta make this happen.”
Big Daddy Kane has been busy behind the scenes working on a new Netflix documentary called Paragraphs I Manifest.
After he posted an Instagram photo of himself with his arm around JAY-Z on June 5, rumors of an impending collaboration began making the rounds on social media, but DX soon confirmed Kane was simply interviewing the Roc Nation mogul for the upcoming documentary.
Big Daddy Kane Confirms JAY-Z, Eminem, Common & More For Upcoming Netflix Doc 'Paragraphs I Manifest'
“I got JAY-Z, Eminem, KRS-One, Doug E. Fresh,” he said. “I even got some of the battle rappers like Goodz Da Animal and Aye Verb, so it’s coming out real good. I’m supposed to do Common on Monday.”
Paragraphs I Manifest is still in the production phase and Netflix hasn’t set an official release date yet. Until then, fans can catch Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-One, Kool Moe Dee and Kwame at Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre in Georgia on July 31. He’s also currently starring in the TV One film Bad Dad Rehab: The Next Session, which premiered on Sunday (June 20).
They need to make this one happen!!!
Both of these MCs have genre defining classics!!!
Thank God that both of them are with us know this: If either had ascended in their prime, you’d be praising them like we now do Big and Pac!!! They need to do this so we can properly salute them NOW!!!
Could not agree more!
That’s one that actually make sense for once.
KRS is just gonna black out halfway in and start preaching about how it all started in the Bronx…
Sounds great. This can happen in 2021, for sure. Also, find a record label willing to put this out in CD form!
Put lots of publicity behind it. Even if it gets pushed back to 2022, then turn this into the “Battle” and then the tour, hitting various cities in the USA.
Brooo, that’ll be str8 crack!!
Sorry. KRS even of old couldn’t fuck with BDK. Nowadays forget it. Takin ain’t fucking with Kane either. I think the only dudes that have a chance against BDK are newer gen dudes. Maybe Black Thought. Em. Can’t really think of anyone else that can just spit like that. Poor KRS with his washed up ass.
you must be smokin that pookie loc……..Blastmaster KRS-ONE is the greatest emcee of all time! i got Kane at #4……..advantage Krs
You obviously have never seen KRS 1 live because he always does several freestyles . I think it would be good but KRS has been performing and doing shows since forever he has never fallen off. This is one I want to see.
Black thought would murder bdk on freestyle alone as for the catalog, ? Eras don’t compare because thought was an evolutionary not a go for the set bar type thought is on another plateau
I think bdk should do battle with LL cool j or mobb deep, slick Rick also I would like to see T.I. / Drake lil Wayne / Kanye maybe.
I’m sorry, but that looks like a word soup. None of the artists you mentioned are on his level. Drake and Kanye don’t even write all of their music. So they are out. T.I. and Lil Wayne would be a better Verzuz. Mobb Deep isn’t in the same conversation. Then you got LL and Slick Rick. Either would look lopsided. The way Kane wants to do it wouldn’t even fit the energy either of them have.
I think if anyone could beat KRS-1 IT COULD BE Big Daddy Kane but Krs-1 probably the greatest battle rapper in the world .His name alone reps true hip hop . Personally I love them both KRS-1 has classics it BDK has that smooth slimplistic pimp shit before everyone.Day your Mine favorite song of all time .