50 Cent says he is not excited about doing a ‘Verzuz’ battle: “We again exterior”
50 Cent says he’s not excited about showing as a part of Timbaland and Swizz Beatz‘ on-line battle rap sequence Verzuz.
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50 was requested by an interviewer on the premiere of his new present – Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan – if he had plans to ever take part within the sequence, which originated throughout the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic final yr on Instagram Stay.
“A Verzuz battle? In all probability not,” 50 replies. “We again exterior. That was one thing that occurred throughout the pandemic after we was caught in the home. Now that we again exterior, there’s different issues to do. We speculated to be creating new historical past, not being again there.”
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He’s removed from the primary artist to shoot down the thought of taking part within the sequence, with the likes of Ice Dice and Mary J. Blige each not too long ago saying they weren’t excited about showing.
Mockingly, 50’s feedback come only a few days after it was revealed iconic rap teams Dipset and The Lox will go head-to-head in a reside instalment of the sequence subsequent month, with an in-person occasion scheduled at Madison Sq. Backyard’s Hulu Theater in New York on August 3. Regardless of the occasion going forward in entrance of a reside viewers, it’ll nonetheless be streamed on the Verzuz Instagram web page in addition to Triller like previous instalments.
50 Cent additionally not too long ago revealed he’s engaged on his personal superstar battle rap present – a televised, aggressive hip-hop actuality sequence referred to as Unwrapped set to be produced by his G-Unit Movie & Tv firm and SFO Leisure.
Earlier this month, 50 confirmed new music is on the best way, with the rapper signalling a September arrival date.