Timbaland and Swizz Beats have sued video sharing platform Triller, which they say still owes them $28 million from a deal relating to the popular livestream DJ battle series Verzuz, which the two producers created in March 2020.Verzuz was launched at the start of the original COVID-19 lockdown and quickly gained a significant following as interest in livestreamed events started to surge.
A long line of DJs and artists have now taken part in a Verzuz battle, in which each participant pits a selection of tracks they have produced, written or performed on against those selected by their competitor.Initially streamed via Instagram Live, the battles were subsequently made available on a number of other social and streaming platforms too.
It was then announced that Triller had acquired the rights to the Verzuz format and brand in March 2021, although the livestreams remained accessible on the other platforms even after that acquisition.For a brief moment earlier this year it looked like future Verzuz battles would be exclusively available via Triller channels, but following a backlash to that proposal, including from Swizz Beatz, the format continued to be accessible elsewhere.The new legal dispute relates to payments due to Timbaland and Swizz Beats after last year’s acquisition.
According to Billboard, the duo’s lawsuit claims that Triller was due to make a number of payments as part of its deal to buy Verzuz.
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