On Tuesday night time (Oct. 10), Swizz Beatz and Timbaland acquired the Rock The Bells Cultural Affect Award on the 2023 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.
The hip-hop luminaries have been available to simply accept the award for his or her cultural contributions to hip-hop and boundless creativity. “I at all times dreamed I’d be on stage accepting an award about hip-hop. Doing music again in Virginia, I by no means thought I’d make it, however I’m right here,” started Timbaland. “Me and my brother created one thing particular, and it ain’t over. Black-owned, Verzuz, me and Swizz Beatz. I’m glad to share this with my brother.”
Swizz doubled down on Timbo’s sentiments and agreed that Verzuz was removed from completed, noting that they’d extra tips underneath their sleeves. “Like Tim mentioned, we personal Verzuz once more. We acquired quiet for a minute, however we’re gonna come again sturdy and present you what it’s. That wasn’t simply one thing for the pandemic; that’s one thing for the world,” mentioned Swizz.
Verzuz curated many distinguished battles during the last three years, together with square-offs between Brandy and Monica, Jeezy and Gucci Mane, The LOX and Dipset and extra.
In an interview with Billboard earlier this 12 months, Swizz Beatz teased that Verzuz was present process a restructuring course of. “What we’re doing proper now’s taking the primary half of the 12 months to reorganize,” he mentioned final March. “It grew to become so large that we needed to restructure how we have been doing issues, how we’re transferring, how we need to relaunch. We really feel that it’s so distinctive that after we include what we’re on the brink of include, folks will perceive me and Tim’s determination on methods to transfer as entrepreneurs and as creatives. And hopefully, it will likely be a blueprint for folks on methods to do issues.”
