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Jerod Harris/Phillip Faraone/Getty VERZUZ, the quarantine-era battle series, has announced its latest bout. E-40 and Too $hort will go song for song on December 19 in an event dubbed Legends of the Bay by organizers. ADVERTISEMENT The event will kick off at 8 P.M. Eastern on Saturday night. The most recent VERZUZ was scheduled for this past weekend with Ashanti and Keyshia Cole signed up to appear. The battle was postponed, however, when Ashanti revealed she had tested positive for COVID-19. Prior to that Timbaland and Swizz Beatz wildly popular series hosted an Atlanta-themed contest between Gucci Mane and Jeezy. ....
The all West Coast edition is the first Verzuz with a California slant since Snoop Dogg and DMX held their “Battle of the Dogs” match in July. Verzuz was forced to postpone the originally scheduled Ashanti and Keyshia Cole celebration on Saturday (December 12) after Ashanti revealed she tested positive for COVID-19. The event has been rescheduled for January 9 pending a negative test result. “Hey y’all I can’t believe I’m saying this but I tested positive for COVID-19,” Ashanti wrote on Twitter. “I’m ok and not in any pain. I’m actually down to do the verzuz from my house… we’re trying to figure it all out!!!” ....