DJ Akademiks Explains Why Jay-Z Is Beatable On “Verzuz”

DJ Akademiks not too long ago shared a scorching tackle the thought of Jay-Z being unbeatable on the sequence, Verzuz. Discussing the thought throughout a livestream, he argued that the present is about hit data and instructed that Drake, Kanye West, and different artists have extra.

“Go look again at yearly. Jay-Z was by no means primary, not one 12 months,” Ak started. “Even when he retired. That 12 months, he wasn’t primary.” From there, he instructed DMX, Eminem, and 50 Cent have been larger through the first a number of years of Jay’s top. He additionally in contrast him to LeBron James, slightly than Michael Jordan. “He is top-of-the-line rappers, bar for bar, sure. Hit music for hit music? N***a please. Verzuz will not be a bar for bar sh*t,” Akademiks continued, arguing that Drake and Kanye West have 5 instances as many hits as Jay.

Because the clip circulated on X (previously Twitter), followers had a lot to say about Akademiks’ take. “Blueprint dropped September 11, similar day because the towers. He offered 427K that week. Yall simply be speaking. Jay Z took the nation from sporting throwback jerseys to button ups,” one person wrote. One other added: “If ur saying Jay has a Lebron like profession in rap as a substitute of MJ. Some would argue LeBron had a greater profession than MJ. So once more what we speaking about lmao.”

Whereas Jay-Z has no plans to compete in a Verzuz battle, the thought of him doing so has been going viral in current days after a 2021 Twitter Areas clip resurfaced on social media. On the time, he claimed that nobody may greatest him if he have been to compete on the present.

“No disrespect. Nobody can stand on that stage with me. I’m simply telling you guys the true. Theres not an opportunity in hell that anybody can stand on that stage for I don’t know the way lengthy it’s? Two hours? Two hours,” he mentioned, as caught by Complicated. “You bought to face in entrance of the ‘Grammy Household Freestyle’ reside? Nobody has ever even seen me carry out that. You bought to face in entrance of that?”