Since its launch during lockdown, VERZUZ has never been short on delivering moments and its latest showdown lived up to that billing.

Omarion and Mario did battle and the spar was memorable for a whole host of reasons.

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Embracing the new live performance format, the R&B crooners locked horns with spirited renditions of hits such as ‘O,’ ‘Ice Box,’ ‘Let Me Love You’ and ‘Crying Out For Me.’

And as is customary, viewers did not hold back with their views realtime – with everything from vocals (see: Omarion) to dance moves (see: Omarion) to a watermelon (see: Omarion) being dissected with scientific granularity.

Mario also sprung a surprise by bringing out O’s B2K band members for a performance.

Elsewhere, “Bonus Battle” competitors Ray J, Bobbie V, Sammie brought the hilarity with drama over duplicate showings of ‘One Wish.’

Enough from us, though. Check out highlights from one of the more dramatic VERZUZ showings in a while.

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VERZUZ is back and this time it’s an R&B showdown.

Because Omarion and Mario will be doing battle!

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Lizzo is a busy belle even on her birthday.

Because the multihyphenate star continued along the promotional trail for her many projects on her 34th lap around the sun.

The performer’s latest stop was the Letty & Teddy show on Power 106 FM.

During the fun-filled chat, the star dished on her forthcoming album ‘Special,’ her freshly announced tour, her shapewear line Yitty, and her hit Amazon Prime series ‘Watch Out for the Big Grrls.’

The Houston native also responded to the suggestion from some that her persona may be bigger than her music and even playfully teased a Food Verzuz with Saweetie.

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VERZUZ is taking it to church!

The popular battle platform has announced its latest slate of spars and first up will be a celebratory battle between Gospel titans Mary Mary and BeBe Winans & CeCe Winans.

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‘The Way I Are’ hitmaker Timbaland found out the hard way #VERZUZ fans like things just the way they are.

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The wildly popular #VERZUZ platform has been one of the most culturally relevant movements to hit the music scene in recent years.

Streamed live on Instagram, YouTube, and later, Triller, the Swizz Beatz & Timbaland-curated virtual phenomenon has paired some of Hip Hop & R&B’s most prized performers in a hit-for-hit duel to celebrate their legacies and respective discographies.

As music lovers continue to urge their faves to join the #VERZUZ hall of combatants (see prospective battlers Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, Mariah Carey, Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson, & more), Valentine’s Day brought with it news the fruition of those requests will come with a price.

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VERZUZ is back for its third season and is coming out of the gate swinging.

For, the battle platform has lined up a musical spar between crooners Anthony Hamilton and Musiq Soulchild. 

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Swizz Beatz is getting candid.

For, the famed producer is revealing who he would like to see go against Eminem in a #Verzuz battle.

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‘Finding My Way Back’ belter Jaheim has found his way back to the top of Black Twitter’s side-eye list after suggesting he could take on R&B veteran Usher in a #Verzuz battle.

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JAY-Z may have set the net on fire earlier this week when he took to Twitter Spaces to declare no one was worthy of competing against him in a #VERZUZ battle, but there’s one contender who apparently believes he has what’s needed to take the Rap icon head-on:  Future.

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Mariah Carey may not “know” all of the performers in the Pop cultural landscape, but one name is she is particularly familiar with and fond of is Beyonce.

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With John Legend as her opponent during a Juneteenth-inspired battle, Alicia Keys already showcased her brigade of hits last year on the wildly popular virtual platform, ‘VERZUZ’ (which counts her rapper-producer husband Swizz Beatz as one of its curators).

But, if Keys has her way, she not only wants to pay the musical battleground another visit but she already has her sights set on a list of big-named female competitors to take on.

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