During an interview with Complex, Rhymes said that while he would be open to a battle that was “respectfully” or “disrespectfully” competitive, he assured fans that if he went up against T.I., he would “bust his ass.”
He added that he would be interested in going up against Eminem, JAY-Z or Lil Wayne.
“I would love to spar against anybody … as long as their catalog is a powerful catalog, because I don’t want to do a corny Verzuz,” he said in Nov. 2020. “I don’t wanna do no Verzuz with anybody whose catalog isn’t crazy. And I would love to do a Verzuz with somebody that I’m a fan of, because I’m only trying to compete with people that brings the best out of me.”
Verzuz battles have been known to bring out thousands of fans and, in turn, skyrocketing music streams for the participating artists. During the peak of the pandemic, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz kicked off Verzuz battles that saw the pairing of iconic artists showing off their catalogs.
