Busta Rhymes Says Five Rappers Have Turned Him Down for a 'VERZUZ' Battle

Supporting Fat Joe’s theory that rappers are scared to battle Busta.

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Recently, Fat Joe weighed in on a Busta Rhymes VERZUZ rap battle and said that it has been very difficult to get rappers to face-off against him. Even, Fat Joe himself has said that he is not willing to compete with Busta in fear of being annihilated.

In response to Fat Joe’s comments, Crazy Legs posted to Instagram a photo of himself with Busta and Swizz Beatz. Accompanying the photo was the caption, “I had to let @bustarhymes know that no one is worthy enough to battle him. Then he told me that 5 people already turned it down. Some things are just what they are. He has the unfortunate pleasure of being a god in the rap game. Shout out to @therealswizzz for the #BDP outfit of the day!”

Fat Joe recently equated Busta Rhymes to be the boxer that could “knock everybody out.” He said, “People be scared to fight those boxers. Busta Rhymes is gonna out-rap, out-perform anybody that goes up in the VERZUZ with him. That’s a fact!” It remains to be seen who will be the brave soul that will take on Busta in a VERZUZ rap battle, but as of now, there does not appear to be any takers.

Elsewhere in music, Nas has claimed that DMX received “more love than most rappers will ever see.”

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