Forget Bow Wow versus Soulja Boy or Juicy J versus Nas (not that anybody believes that will actually happen), Verzuz has confirmed the next battle: Rick Ross versus 2 Chainz.
The official Verzuz Instagram account made the announcement on Tuesday (July 28) using a slick photo of a black and red McLaren with the words “RICK ROSS V 2 CHAINZ” across the top. As noted in the caption, the event goes down on Thursday (August 6) at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
“@RichForever vs @2Chainz! The High Rollers Edition #Verzuz,” the post reads. “Thursday, August 6th, 8PM ET, on our IG and @AppleMusic. Drinks by @Ciroc.”
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz series kicked off in April with RZA and DJ Premier going head-to-head shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic started infiltrating the globe. Subsequent matchups included Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, Teddy Riley and Babyface and DMX and Snoop Dogg. As the platform became increasingly popular, Apple Music took notice and decided to partner up with Swizz and Timbo earlier this month.
According to a press release, episodes will be simulcast live on Apple Music and Beats 1 simultaneously as the Verzuz Instagram Live channel. They will also be exclusively available via Apple Music on-demand following the live stream. Apple Music plans to work alongside Swizz and Timbo to produce new episodes of Verzuz to “continue giving fans a truly premium, high quality shared experience.”
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In terms of the impending battle between the artist formerly known as Tity Boi and the Maybach Music Group boss, it should provide for an interesting event.
Chainz’s catalog stretches back to 2004 when he appeared on the Infamous 20 single “Fightin’ In The Club” alongside Chingy and Lil Fate. His first mixtape, Me Against The World, arrived in 2007 and ultimately led him to Def Jam Recordings where he dropped his debut studio album Based on a T.R.U. Story in 2012. He’s dropped five additional studio albums since then and has appeared on numerous tracks with nearly every big name in the rap industry, resulting in millions of sales.
Meanwhile, Ross got off to an explosive start in 2006 when he released the “Hustlin'” single. The success of the song resulted in a bidding war between Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment and Irv Gotti’s Murder Inc. imprints.
Ross eventually ended up signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Def Jam instead. His inaugural album, 2006’s Port of Miami, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart as did his sophomore effort Trilla, which arrived in 2008. Ross has 10 solo albums under his belt and, like Chainz, a multitude of collaborations.
Fans can watch the battle on the Verzuz IG account or Apple Music.
2 Chainz has 20 dope songs???? Not sure of that… I think Ross can edge him just with the 3 first albums…Including features it would be a landslide…I would rather have Weezy or Drake against Ross. Even Jeezy…
Lollllllll I know drake is overrated n all but Rick Ross
I know Drake has more hits…but it would be a more interesting battle…
I agree. This is not a good battle at all. Ross versus TI or Ross versus Jeezy would have been better.
Dont sleep on Tity Boi. I feel he might even have more songs charted on billboard than Officer Ricky. People forget that Ricky’s albums all flopped he only went platinum once and it took a decade. Drake, Khaled, Wayne and Jay-Z carried this fraud his whole career and still could live up to the hype.
Officer Ricky vs Titty Boy
Everyone knows officer rawse is the one who should be going by the name Titty Boy with his fat sloppy disgusting man boobs with slave masters tattooed on em. Ross loses due to the fact that every song hes made is a total fairytale. Why dont he kick bars about going to college to study criminal justice? Or a song about performing anal cavity searches on incarcerated young black men?
Chainz got a few sleepers, I still fuck with ‘So we can live,’ ‘Beautiful Pain,’ and ‘I feel good,’ but whether you like Ross or not, you can at least recognize he’s about to wash this nigga bad. Stupid matchup…
Ross vs Jeezy Or Game Would Have Been Better.
Those are artists that have multiple platinum albums. Ross in not on their level. He came out same time as them but his music never connected with the fans like Game or Jeezy. Ross should battle French Montana.
Are you stupid game or Jeezy foh
Ross vs French Montana
Bad matchup. 2 Chainz is not lyrical. Ross should have battled Game.
Niggaz been sleepin on rozay for years. The whole p.o. thing kinda brought lots of haters
For real, I don’t know 1 single bar of any of these two losers. I love REAL hip hop.
ok then go listen to that. no one forced you to click on this, yet here you are. clicking an article on 2 people you know nothing about. keep listening to that REAL hip hop everyone keeps trying to talk about. best thing about music. you can choose to listen or choose to ignore it. and if u dont know one bar from these people youre lying. this guy only listens to music from grandmaster flash you know that REAL. hibbi hibbi