50 Cent Responds To T.I.'s Verzuz Challenge
Yesterday, for 50 Cent‘s birthday, T.I. spent most of the day baiting the Queens rapper, challenging him to a Verzuz battle.
“For your birthday, I offer you a challenge, sir,” he said in a video posted to his Instagram. “Pull your ass up with 20 of your records, sit across from me, and get this work, man.” Of course, being T.I., he couldn’t resist spicing things up with a little trash talk, reminding 50 that the last rapper to directly challenge him outsold him by a lot back in 2007. “I understand if you don’t want to answer to that challenge. Because last time you got challenged Kanye West dusted your ass off, so, you might not wanna do that.”
In typical 50 fashion, he posted a screenshot of HipHopDX’s headline with the caption: “Somebody passed T.I. the weed they gave Smokey in Friday.” This sparked T.I. to follow-up his challenge with a five-minute video offering his explanation and wondering whether 50 was scared to step up.
It remains to be unclear if 50 will accept the challenge. However, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Snoop Dogg seemed to support the potential pairing, leaving comments on Instagram.
Ja Rule previously challenged Fif to a Verzuz battle, but 50 just brushed it off, instead mocking his rival with memes.