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Fat Joe and Ja Rule held a Verzuz battle filled with nostalgia, special guests, playful banter and hit records at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night.

Fat Joe VerzuzTuesday night (September 14) outside of Irv Gotti dissing the G-Unit CEO on Instagram About 45 minutes after the scheduled 9 p.m. ET start time, Joey Crack and Ja emerged from backstage to kick off the anticipated battle inside Madison Square Gardens Hulu Theater. Ja Rule leaned on JAY-Z features never a bad idea to set the tone with his first trio of selections (Can I Get A, Its Murda, Murdagram) while Fat Joe kept his ear to the streets with tracks such as Flow Joe and I Shot Ya (Remix) which wouldve played better if he was at the famed Tunnel venue. With poor song selection digging him an early hole, Fat Joe delivered the first standout moment of the Verzuz when Remy Ma joined him onstage and she flawlessly rapped the late Big Puns verse on Twinz (Deep 98 Cover). He continued the winning streak with their 2016 hit All the Way Up, but Ja Rule extinguished the fire with Pain Is Loves Livin It Up. Read more