There have been a few ideas created during quarantine that have developed into money-makers, including Verzuz. However, now that we’re no longer under lockdown, 50 Cent doesn’t quite see the continued purpose of the music-centered online show.
Additionally, the Rap mogul also explains why he doesn’t understand the point of the hit-for-hit virtual show. While sitting with The Morning Hustle, 50 Cent discusses his potential feature in the series after Fat Joe recently stated he’d only do a Verzuz if it was with Fif. He explains that he thought “Verzuz was something we did when we was stuck in the house.”
“The reason why—the Verzuz part, to me, because of how it came, I looked at it like…Verzuz showed up and was the hottest thing. I was paying attention to it and watching it like everybody else. This is when D-Nice is like, the only DJ on the planet, right?” he adds with a laugh. “This is like, COVID, this is crazy, what are we doing, we’re just looking and trying to figure out what we’re doing next.”
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Furthermore, the rapper and producer goes on questioning “why we’re still doing [Verzuz].”
Apparently, he thinks the show did the Jeezy, Gucci Mane [Verzuz] out of “desperation on Jeezy‘s part trying to sell a record.” When asked if he felt as if the promotion ploy worked, Fif answered, “No, the record didn’t sell.”
“But I think that’s what that was leading up to it because they looked at how much a catalog would sell; and how much exposure you’ll have ’cause he was releasing a record at that point. Other than that, I don’t know why you would do that.”
Check out the clip with The Morning Hustle below.
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