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T.I. and Jeezy latest Atlanta artists to battle on ‘Verzuz’

T.I. and Jeezy at the BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Los Angeles Premiere held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Tuesday, ​January 14, 2020. (Photo By Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Credit: Sipa USA via AP

Credit: Sipa USA via AP

T.I. and Jeezy at the BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Los Angeles Premiere held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Tuesday, ​January 14, 2020. (Photo By Sthanlee B. Mirador/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
By Melissa Ruggieri
Oct 26, 2020

A second season of “Verzuz” will kick off next month with the Atlanta showdown of Jeezy vs. T.I.

The popular Instagram series created during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz has hosted friendly “battles” between artists as varied as Jill Scott and Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg and DMX and Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight.

Atlanta has been represented before with duels including 112 and Jagged Edge, 2Chainz and Rick Ross, Ludacris and Nelly and The-Dream and Sean Garrett.

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The Jeezy/T.I. face-off will take place at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 on Instagram @VerzuzTV.

Jeezy returned recently with the single “Back,” featuring Yo Gotti, while T.I, released a new album, “The Libra (The Legend is Back Running Atlanta)” earlier this month.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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