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Black Twitter Pits Usher & Chris Brown Against Each Other In Pretend Verzuz Battle

Fans of the R&B king and the highly favored young prince went head to head.
Black Twitter Pits Usher & Chris Brown Against Each Other In Pretend Verzuz Battle
Usher and Chris Brown | Scott Dudelson/FilmMagic
By Keyaira Boone · Updated November 4, 2020

Verzus has pulled musical heavyweights to the forefront of the Black Twitter streets. The latest duo to be debated is Usher and Chris Brown.

Fans of the R&B king and the highly favored young prince went head to head about who would take home the crown if the two were to participate in a matchup. While some claimed that Usher would wipe the floor with Breezy, others claimed that Brown would moonwalk right over his predecessor.

Another set of fans felt like the matchup wasn’t fair at all, arguing that the two artists were from completely different eras. 

https://twitter.com/itsrichz/status/1287486735136575488?s=20

See what Black Twitter had to say about the hypothetical battle below. Team Usher was loud and proud.

If you’re saying Chris Brown is better than Usher on Al Gore’s internet then you are confessing to the timeline that you are indeed a 12 year old.

— 😇 (@runwaykae) July 27, 2020

No way y’all think Chris Brown records come close to Usher’s.

— Uncle Crump (@PurpleHawkCrump) July 27, 2020

"It's 7 oclock, on the dot, I'm in my drop top cruising the streets" has been stuck in my head for 20 years. #Usher pic.twitter.com/z8IvRU2Ubd

— Saticoy Steel (@SimbyRed) July 26, 2020

Y'all gon' stop discrediting #usher for all his work, & comparing him to people who haven't even gotten to achieve or could never achieve what he's created for himself. Stop playin' on this man's name. Chris has good songs, but he ain't no Usher Raymond. pic.twitter.com/896lQGPRjI

— Daveena H. (@NaliSaio_) July 26, 2020
https://twitter.com/Sour_patch_boy/status/1287497006915768322

And y’all got the audacity to use Al Gore’s Internet to say Chris Brown can beat this man in a Versuz https://t.co/yMGdiIR9vy

— Lamar Johnson (@im_lamar) July 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/jess_dfm/status/1287733076131557376

Tyrese, Tank, Miguel….I mean Chris Brown doesn’t even have the range. I’m so offended for Usher 🥴😭 https://t.co/pnG8j329m7

— Miss Honey (@ohMYkennie) July 27, 2020

@Usher vs. @chrisbrown ? Why is this actually up for debate. Chris brown legend but USHER RAYMOND! Mr 7oclock on the dot! Mr My Way! Sir leave the one I’m with! Lord put all my wrongs on an album! Sorry no comparison

— Jade (@Jadentaytay) July 27, 2020

But Team Breezy was not to be overshadowed. 

https://twitter.com/SuckMyPwetty/status/1287734999328927749

A lot of y’all ain’t never heard Chris Brown first album must be. Boy dere coming with Run it, Poppin, Ya man ain’t me, Say Goodbye, Winner and Gimme that off the warm up alone. Be respectful.

— Nicksey Hussle – CCTG 🤫🖤 (@CoachNick_CCTG) July 27, 2020

There is a reason why chris brown was asked to do a tribute for Michael TWICE and not usher pic.twitter.com/QbeSVwC3aL

— mrs banks (@jaeeebizzlee) July 26, 2020

The energy Chris will bring to this battle, in my opinion, will settle it in the end.
The ninja of the music industry can’t lose.

— Mighty Joe Young (@traahvie) July 27, 2020

I would like to say Usher, but CB has too many hits. Usher is a legend, no doubt, but CB for the win.

— B. Horace Parke (@HdotParke) July 27, 2020

All y’all saying usher perfomed with Michael Jackson I didn’t see or hear nobody call him to do a tribute to Michael #ChrisBrown did that twice!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/sMLttQsxyL

— Lasley&DavidTV! (@LDavidtv) July 26, 2020

In the end, Brown opted out of the conversation.

“Only vs ima do is CHRIS BROWN VS CHRIS BREEZY… not in competition with nobody but myself…,” the singer wrote beneath a video he posted on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCFIbtBCS5/

TOPICS:  Chris Brown Usher verzuz verzuz battle