Swizz Beatz has responded to the strong reactions elicited by the announcement that he and Timbaland had forged a partnership between Verzuz and Elon Musk’s X.
On Friday (June 21), the mega-producer shared a photoset captured in Cannes, France — where he and Timbo announced during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity that all future Verzuz content will be released exclusively on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
In the first photo, the two can be seen sporting merch created to celebrate the partnership. Over the photo, in cursive, Swizz included the phrase, “We will show you better than tell you.”
He echoed the statement in the post’s caption, adding, “Blessings to all,” along with a series of emojis.
Unfortunately, the post did not seem to sway the naysayers, as many took to the comments to call Swizz Beatz and Timbaland out for “selling out;” while others suggested they should have partnered with any other social media platform.
“It’s cool to ‘show us’ but don’t play in our faces and act like folks don’t have a valid reason to question this partnership,” wrote one commenter.
To which Swizzy replied: “But nobody said anything before we been on that platform since Verzuz started.”
Check out a few of the responses as well as Swizz Beatz’s original IG post below:
Swizz Beatz addresses backlash over Verzuz deal with Elon Musk & X
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— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) June 23, 2024
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz made their original announcement in a joint social media post on Wednesday (June 19).
“We are beyond thrilled to have found the best partner for Verzuz,” the Ruff Ryders beatmaker said. “Not only are we excited to have Verzuz on X, we’re excited to help X build the biggest entertainment company in the world. I would like to thank Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Brett Weitz, Mitchell Smith and the entire X team for believing in the Verzuz vision. We can’t wait to get to work.”
Timbo added: “We are thrilled to partner with X, the most innovative platform globally. Our goal has always been to bring Verzuz to the world which we can now do bigger than ever.”
The duo also stated that they plan on building new “Entertainment Businesses” on the platform.
About the alliance, X chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino said: “X is so proud to partner with trailblazing creators, artists, and entrepreneurs Swizz Beatz & Timbaland. Our platform stands at the forefront of innovation, and Verzuz defines the essence of an innovative content experience.
“As we continue to work with the most exciting voices to bring premium content to X, there is no better fit than this series. Together we will redefine how consumers engage with their favorite entertainment, one Verzuz at a time.”
Swizz who identifies as a muslim and travels often to Saudi Arabia sealed a partnership with Elon Musk who’s known for his pro-Israeli campaign against the Palestinians. I swear to God these African-Americans are a bunch of sellouts. When money comes, none of them stand for their principles.
This isn’t an “African-American” thing at all, when money comes almost no one stands for their principles.
Swizz is muslim and he travels so many times in Middle East he practically lives there. He should know better.
Who are “Palestinians”? Why do they all have birth certificates from other nations, mostly Egypt? Guess what, this is planet earth. It’s conquer or be conquered. Same way “native” Americans (who mostly migrated from Asia) still mad about the past. And guess what? One day, none of these countries will exist. It’s the way of the world. FYI, saying “I stand with Palestine” isn’t standing for anything or anyone. Take an airplane. Go be a fighter. Same way I can’t say I’m against slavery if I’m buying goods produced in China, because I’m quite literally support9ng slavery with my money.
Shame on you Swizz and Tim. What people do (sell out big time) for money smh
Get that money Swizz ! Fuck all these woke cancel culture losers that want you to be part of a race war that has nothing to do with Americans. Bottom line we dont support terrorists, especially when they are elected to government and protected by civilians. That war has nothing to do with black people, or gay people who would be shot in the head if they went to Gaza tslking about “queers for palastine”
Fxck you too. Prostitute mentality mf.
Real Talk OG, you sound like a punk bitch who stands with folks that are committing a genocide. Man FUCK YOU and all your muthafakas that are silent and wont speak up against a genocide taking place of the innocent civilians in Palestine. You fucks are sheep forreal! Your ass is stating that fox news garbage. Go fucking see whats going on before you open your mouth. Yeah I fucking said it
Funny thing is you would react differently if brown people would say “fuck Black Lives Matter it has nothing to do with us it’s a black thing we are not concerned”. Stupid fuck. Keep you hypocrisy to yourself.
@humanity people only speak out against what they’re told to speak out against. Christian Armenians, Chinese people, south africa… there are many genocides currently going on. Only one gets attention. Why? Because people are easy to control. You don’t even realize that you’re the same as a fox news viewer, just on the opposite side. Take a flight to Palestine. Go fight. They’re trying to recruit. Do it. You won’t. You’ll just make comments online and pretend you’re actually doing something… you’re doing zero.
“it’s like that sometimes, it’s gets ridiculous”
“it’s like that sometimes, it gets ridiculous”
Regardless of the circumstance (politics, war, religion, business, etc.), most things aren’t simply black & white issues. There are lots of layers and gray areas we’re usually not privy to that would provide clarity.
If people don’t like X and/or the Verzuz deal, they don’t have to support either…the same way Swizz & Timbaland don’t have to consult with the general population on their business moves.
All money ain’t good money. Especially when you’re already rich. Fxck both of them. And fxck the people who are still going to watch Uncle Timmy and Kiss Feets’ shuck n jive minstrel show on the National Socialist Porn Party site.