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Hip Hop purists are dusting off their Kangols and dookie gold chains in anticipation of Sunday night's (October 17) Verzuz event featuring Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One.

Big Daddy Kane Asked Another Hip Hop Legend To DJ For Him During KRS-One Verzuz Published on:Oct 17, 2021, 8:48 AM by 1 Brooklyn, NY Dedicated Hip Hop purists are dusting off their Kangols and dookie gold chains in anticipation of Sunday nights (October 17) Verzuz event featuring Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One. Ahead of the highly anticipated event, Big Daddy Kanehas evidently ensured hell have one of the best DJs backing him up. On Saturday (October 16), EPMD vet DJ Scratchshared a photo of Big Daddy Kane to his Instagram account and announced hed been handpicked by The Juisc Crew legend. The GOD called me & said I want you to DJ for me for @verzuztv,' Scratch wrote in the caption. SAY LESS *Grabs Jason Mask * @officialbigdaddykane @therealswizzz @timbaland @triller. A post shared by DJ Scratch (@djscratch) Verzuz initially teased the upcoming lineup with an Instagram post revealing only the silhouettes of the two opponents. But Snoop Dogg and a slew of others were quick to identify Kanes Smooth Operator flattop haircut and KRS-Ones Boogie Down Productions-era profile. Sure enough, Kane soon confirmed the matchup, one hes been looking forward to for some time. During an interview with HipHopDX in June, he said there were only two artists who made sense for him to battle Rakim or KRS-One. If we can get it to happen with me and KRS-One, I would rather it be like a battle format, Kane said at the time. If its going to be me and Rakim, then we might as well just do it with the music. You know what I mean? I dont really see him as a battle rapper. I think it would be better to just do it with just the music, if its going to be me and him. But KRS is a battle rapper, so its going to be me and him. I think we should do the music for the fans but also do a few rounds of battle rap. Read more