After the Ashanti and Keyshia Cole Verzuz were shut down twice (first by COVID-19 and later by a bizarre uprising that dominated the news cycle), the Ashanti and Keyshia Cole Verzuz finally took place on January 21st. bops that brought us back to Jansport backpacks and Jersey dresses.
Black Twitter boiled impatiently at 8pm, waiting for the duo to show up for the culture, and when they finally got there, they gave us enough to feast on from behind the scenes stories to vocal riffs.
They brought us back to the sadness we had when custom ringtones were the loudest declaration of love we could send, and bills were something other people worried about when they knocked on their thrones after each other’s hit and told stories about their time above -to the Billboard cards.
Check out some of our favorite moments from Ashanti Verzuz Keyshia Cole below.
01
The Tardy Tweets
Technical issues left the event an hour behind and after waiting a month, Black Twitter did not have it. They let the characters fly on Beyonce’s internet and give us the best preview of all.
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02
Ashanti’s Homegirl Vibes
When Cole was delayed, Ashanti was the friend we all needed and jumped in her suitcase. “I’m the host with the most,” she declares with unparalleled energy. She held a solo performance on her silver throne and held it for KC. “I’m holding sis, this is how we go about love,” she said beaming to the camera. If only we could get the shady chick of the office on all our Zoom calls to do the same.
03
Reminded that Ashanti joined the game at 13
Ashanti’s debut project may have launched in 2002, but she reminds us that her pen and tone have been around since the late ’90s by playing her choir on Big Pun’s “That’s How We Roll” at the end of the evening. .
Photo credit: @ Ashanti / IG
04
Keyshia Cole’s Runs
Cole was killed by presenting running after jogging during the event. She even got up at one point to catch her breath for one of her ballads.
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05
The OT Genasis pop-up
The rapper showed up during ‘Love’ to serve up the frat party version that the tiktockers lost.
06
The mutual compliments
When we watched each of the women jump over each other’s “assets”, we missed out on complimenting girls in club bathrooms. When Keyshia described Ashanti as ‘thicker than a funnier’, we almost lost it.
Photo credit: @ Ashanti / IG
07
Ashanti is PSA
After being dealt with a case of the ‘Rona’, the singer took the opportunity to remind the more than 1 million viewers to ‘be safe’ and ‘wear a mask.’
Photo credit: @ Ashanti / IG
08
Keyshia’s invention was almost signed after the death row
Cole almost broke the internet when she revealed that she was almost at Death Row Records as a teenager.
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09
Ashanti learns almost signed for bad boy
To the princess of Hip-Hop and R&B anywhere other than Murder Inc. imagine, feels like slander of pop culture, but the star revealed that she was very close to Bad Boy for life.
Photo credit: @ Ashanti / IG
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