Snoop Dogg has stated he needs to face off towards Jay-Z as part of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s VERZUZ sequence.

The Instagram stay contest sees every artist play one verse and one refrain from 20 hits they created, with earlier encounters together with Erykah Badu and Jill Scott, The-Dream and Sean Garrett, and Timbaland and Swizzy themselves.

Talking to Fats Joe in a dialogue on the identical platform, which turned to the topic of the favored new sequence, Snoop defined his reasoning for a showdown between the 2 rap titans.

“Biggie handed away, then Nas had it for a minute after which JAY-Z took it and ran with it for a quite a few quantity of years,” Snoop instructed Fats Joe.

“Then 50 Cent got here and ran with it for his quite a few quantity of years. That is me taking a look at it from the skin, taking a look at New York rap. So for me, it might be Snoop vs. JAY-Z as a result of he had been the King of New York across the similar time I’ve been the King of the West.”

In an interview with NME final month (April 4) speaking about VERZUZ, Swizz Beatz stated: “It’s not likely a battle – it’s a celebration of our heroes in music, those who make us really feel a sure sort of means.

“Given what’s presently happening on the earth, it’s a means to give again. It’s additionally an schooling, it’s educating folks on the music, its creators and the place this sense comes from.”