Swizz Beatz and Timbalands VERZUZ was taken over by Triller Network, the parent company of TikTok competitor Triller. Although the exact nature of the deal was unknown, it was announced that the two VERZUZ founders are now “major shareholders” of the Triller network and that they have allocated “part of their equity in the combined company Triller VERZUZ” to all 43 creatives that have previously occurred at VERZUZ. “
The list of artists who now have an interest in Triller includes: John Legend, DMX, Alicia Keys, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Too $ hort, Patti LaBelle, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, E-40, Bounty Killer, Ludacris, RZA , The -Traum, Babyface, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Fred Hammond, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Brandy, Monica, Gladys Knight, Boi-1da, Hit-Boy, Ne-Yo, Johnta Austin, Scott Storch, T-Pain, Lil Jon , DJ Premier, Mannie Fresh, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, 112, Kirk Franklin, Sean Garrett and D’Angelo.
VERZUZ grew in popularity over the past year, starting out as an Instagram Live series that established integrations with Apple Music and Twitter. The most recent live streaming event with D’Angelo broke away from the show’s established one-on-one battle format and was broadcast by the Apollo Theater.
Triller hit the headlines in February after Universal Music Group announced it was pulling its catalog from the short-form video app. UMG claimed at the time that Triller “shamefully withheld payments to our artists”.
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