Nelly thinks Sean “Diddy” Combs didn’t stand a chance against Jermaine Dupri in a Verzuz battle.
During a recent episode of Drink Champs, Nelly was asked to choose between Timbaland and Dupri, which led to a discussion about a long-rumored Verzuz match between Dupri and Diddy at Madison Square Garden that never ended up happening.
“Respectfully, and outside of current situations, [Dupri] and Puff do Verzuz—Puff is gonna get murdered. Easy. Wasn’t gonna be close,” Nelly said around the 1-hour, 33-minute mark in the video linked above.
He continued, “Puff is smart. He didn’t want no part. He knew that … Why you think he wanted to hold Verzuz in New York? J.D. can hold a Verzuz anywhere.”
The Country Grammar rapper drove his point home by pointing out Dupri’s extensive catalog dating back to Kris Kross.
With the help of Busta Rhymes, Diddy announced in May 2023 that a Verzuz against Dupri was set for September at the Garden. There was some back and forth between the two after the COVID-era virtual show began in 2020.
During a 2022 appearance on the Rory & Mal podcast, Dupri shared doubts about the battle happening at all while questioning who he could bring out as a special guest, given his rocky relationship with several Bad Boy artists.
“I feel like it’s a performance-based thing now and the majority of Puff’s records, who’s gonna perform?” Dupri said at the time. “Yeah, [you can bring out] The Lox, but you can’t have nobody do Big’s verses. And I don’t know that Mase would come out with him no more, so I don’t think that it would happen based on that.
“All my people, we rockin’ and we coming’ with a whole lot of energy,” he added.
Watch Nelly’s full Drink Champs episode above.
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