It’s official: Beenie Man, Bounty Killer storm Verzuz battle this weekend
Beenie Man (left) and Bounty Killer (right)
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May 20, 2020

It’s official: Beenie Man, Bounty Killer storm Verzuz battle this weekend

‘Jamination’ everywhere, BUZZ fam!

Dancehall heavyweights Beenie Man and

Bounty Killer will be the two musicians squaring off on the next Verzuz battle

this Saturday, May 23.

The online, tune-for-tune event, was

created by American hip-hop stars Swiss Beats and Timbaland as one way of passing

the time during the coronavirus-induced quarantine and will be streamed live on

Instagram.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 5/23 🚨🚨🚨Bounty Killer vs — Verzuz (@verzuzonline)

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 5/23 🚨🚨🚨Bounty Killer vs — Verzuz (@verzuzonline) @kingbeenieman 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲 Sound Clash edition 🚨 You ready?!? #VERZUZ pic.twitter.com/JapV81UOspMay 20, 2020

Swiss Beats, in an interview with , acknowledged Jamaica’s sound system clash culture as the biggest influence, so it’s only fitting two sons of the soil grace the online stage.Genius

Last week, two of rap’s most successful

acts, Ludacris and Nelly clashed on Verzuz; and R&B songbird Erykah Badu

and Jill Scott took part the week prior.

A positive by-product for participating

Verzuz clashers is the exponential rise in music streams and digital album

sales, as witnessed by Jill Scott and Erykah Badu following their bout.

It’ll be anyone’s guess who will win on Saturday, but we’re taking wagers now, BUZZ fam!

Who are you rooting for to take the

Dancehall Verzuz?

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