The Voice: Alicia Keys, John Legend announced for Verzuz battle
Alicia Keys is a 15-time Grammy Award winner.
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June 13, 2020

The Voice: Alicia Keys, John Legend announced for Verzuz battle

Verzuz has announced a special battle between two of

music’s biggest stars on Juneteenth.

Alicia Keys and John Legend, two of the foremost names

in contemporary R&B, will face off on June 19, also called Juneteenth, a

date which marks when enslaved people in the United States being told they were

free in 1865.

The increasingly popular series, spearheaded by famed producers

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, shared news of the hotly-anticipated face-off on its

Instagram page today.

Keys, a 15-time Grammy Award winner, will face off

with Legend, an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner.

John Legend is currently a coach on The Voice, the

reality competition series on which Keys also coached for two seasons.

John Legend is one of few people to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

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