Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One Verzuz Announced

Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One have been announced as the next contenders of a Verzuz battle, set to take place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The two hip-hop veterans will face off live on Sunday, October 17 at 7 p.m. Eastern. See more details below.

The latest Verzuz battle took place last month between Fat Joe and Ja Rule. It followed recent battles between Trina and Eve, Swizz Beats and Timbaland, and Dipset and the Lox, which was the Verzuz enterprise’s first edition in front of an audience.

Read about Verzuz in Pitchfork’s “How Music Persisted During the Pandemic.”