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Is Jadakiss the Verzuz MVP? Rapper steals show in Fat Joe vs Ja Rule battle

Jada surprised the audience with a hard-hitting performance on the track ‘New York' that features both Fat Joe and Ja Rule

The latest Verzuz battle between Fat Joe and Ja Rule will probably go down in history as one of the most dramatic face-offs as both the rap icons did not leave a single stone unturned to shade each other. And, if this was not enough for the hip-hop fans, they also brought artistes like Ashanti, Jadakiss, Nelly, Remy Ma, Nelly, Dre, and Lil Mo to hype their showdown.

Held at Madison Square Garden, New York on September 14, Fat Joe and Ja rule stepped on stage in front of a packed live audience. While Ashanti made headlines for singing on both sides as the trio have a collaboration track ‘What’s Luv’, it was Jadakiss who took the cake on Tuesday. Jada made his third Verzuz appearance as he surprised the audience with a hard-hitting performance on the track ‘New York' that features both Joe and Ja Rule. The latest showdown comes after a month when The Lox locked horns with The Dipset.
 
 
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Is Jadakiss the Verzuz MVP?

While the latest Verzuz went down between Fat Joe and Ja Rule, Jadakiss gave them a perfect end and easily stole the show with his flawless verse. Many social media users dubbed the hip-hop heavyweight as the ‘Verzuz‘ MVP’- all thanks to his multiple appearances on the battleground since last year. The rapper first battled it out solo against Fabulous in 2020 and then he showed up with his squad The Lox a month ago. He was widely praised for his stage presence and ability to take over his opponents. And, he now, in the latest one, appeared as a featured artist to give a perfect end to the battle.

Speaking of the latest showdown, Fat Joe displayed his skills with his songs like ‘All I Do Is Win (Remix)’, ‘All the Way Up’, ‘Make It Rain’, ‘Sunshine (The Light)’, ‘Get It Poppin', ‘YES’, ‘Make It Rain’, ‘Lean Back’ and Big Pun's ‘Still Not A Player’. Joe got Remy Ma, Dre from Cool & Dre to assist him on stage. Ja Rule, on the other hand, gave it back to Joe with his tracks like ‘Holla Holla’, ‘Between Me & You’, ‘Livin' It Up’, Put It On Me’, ‘Down 4 U’, ‘I Cry’, ‘Mesmerize’ and Jennifer Lopez's ‘’I'm Real.’  Ja also got his close friends in the form of Vita, Lil Mo, and Ashanti as they all battled it out to give the audience a memorable performance. 

‘Jadakiss is the official Verzuz King’

Social media users seemed thoroughly impressed with Jadakiss’ skills. Speaking on similar lines, one user said, “Jadakiss won like 3 Verzuz already.” One posted, “I’ve fell in love with Jadakiss. He’s amazing. He can rap me to sleep.” Whereas, another stated, “If it weren't for Jada this cringefest would have been 100% trash.” And, one added, “Jadakiss is the official Verzuz King. 3x he’s graced the stage, as a solo artist, with The Lox & as a feature. Each time cementing his place in the conversation of top 5 dead or alive best rappers of all time.”
 
The next one posted, “Jadakiss is the King of Verzuz. Just saying.” Meanwhile, another chimed in and said, “Jadakiss is the #Verzuz MVP, hands down!” One person tweeted, “Jadakiss got all of NY shook. Everybody rapping over instrumentals from here on out” as other concluded, “No 1 could ever do verzuz like Jadakiss .. he set an unreachable bar.”