Nelly is confident that Diddy would brutally lose to Jermaine Dupri if their long-awaited Verzuz battle had ever actually happened.
Sitting down for a new episode of Drink Champs published on Saturday (March 8), the St. Louis rapper gave JD his flowers as he noted how “smart” Puffy was to never actually get in the ring.
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“Him and Puff was going to do a Verzuz, and Puff was gon’ get murdered. Easy! Easy!” Nelly said. “Was not gonna be close. Puff is smart. He didn’t want no part. He knew that. Why you think he wanted to hold Verzuz in New York? JD could hold Verzuz anywhere. Puff only wanted to hold Verzuz in New York.”
He continued: “You do realize when you’re talking about JD, you’re talking about going all the way back to Kris Kross, Da Brat… You could lock JD in a room by himself, he will come out with the song. He can perform it, he can make the beat and he can write it. Smash.”
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The JD convo begins at the 1:33:12 mark below.
Puff went on Instagram Live and invited Dupri into the session; feeling confident about his chances in a head-to-head, Diddy said: “JD, if you want that smoke, you can get that smoke anytime.”
JD told Diddy to “relax” before agreeing to set up an event in his hometown of Atlanta. Instead of a traditional battle, though, they agreed to showcase the history of Bad Boy Records and So So Def Recordings by playing their respective labels’ hits with no drama.
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“Since we ain’t fucking with Verzuz no more since ’cause they fucking around with our boys, we don’t need to be going against each other,” Diddy said at the time. “Let’s come together and do that Bad Boy, So So Def in Atlanta. It ain’t no Verzuz, it’s just hit for hit.”
Dupri replied: “Let’s do it.”
Months later in May of 2023, Busta Rhymes revealed in a post to social media that an official Verzuz between the pair would be happening on September 8 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
“We’re gon’ have you out the rafters flying out the sky,” Diddy told Busta as Fabolous stood alongside them.
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Despite Diddy’s comments, Verzuz co-founders Timbaland and Swizz Beatz never formally announced the event – and it never actually happened.
With Diddy’s current situation, it’s unlikely that it will in the near future.
