Nelly Says Diddy Couldn’t Beat Jermaine Dupri in a ‘Verzuz’: ‘Wasn’t Gonna Be Close’
The two producers were supposed to square up back in 2023.

Nelly thinks Diddy wouldn’t stand a chance against Jermaine Dupri in a Verzuz.
The St. Louis rapper visited Drink Champs recently, where he was asked to choose between Timbaland and Dupri, and the convo veered into a Verzuz that — for whatever reason — never came to fruition.
“Respectfully, and outside of current situations,” he began in reference to Diddy’s current legal troubles. “Him and Puff do Verzuz, Puff is gonna get murdered. Easy. Wasn’t gonna be close. Puff is smart; he didn’t want no part. He knew that. … Why you think he wanted to hold Verzuz in New York? J.D. can hold a Verzuz anywhere.”
Nelly added: “You do realize when you talking about J.D., you talking about going all the way back to Kris Kross, what is it that he didn’t do?”
Back in May 2023, Diddy told Busta Rhymes that he and J.D. were scheduled to finally square up for Verzuz on Sept. 8 at Madison Square Garden after going back and forth about a possible showdown since 2020.