Fat Joe and Ja Rule went head to head on Tuesday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden for Verzuz. With over 400K viewers on Instagram, alone it was quite the party.
Each artist had their own special guests including songstress Ashanti who performed with both rappers at certain points in the night. With that said, Nelly who was a guest of Fat Joe caught everyone’s eye as we all anticipated what the interaction would be like when he saw his old flame, Ashanti.
Let’s just say the tweets did not disappoint:
Nelly really walked through these people’s concert to give Ashanti a hug ? #VERZUZ pic.twitter.com/J02cjG7XxD
— Kathleen Francois, MSW, LCSW, LCADC (@katfrancoislcsw) September 15, 2021
and:
Nelly really walked through these people’s concert to give Ashanti a hug ? #VERZUZ pic.twitter.com/J02cjG7XxD
— Kathleen Francois, MSW, LCSW, LCADC (@katfrancoislcsw) September 15, 2021
and
If spinning the block was a person ?#VERZUZ #NELLY #ASHANTI pic.twitter.com/d2b2FejdYJ
— Kathleen Francois, MSW, LCSW, LCADC (@katfrancoislcsw) September 15, 2021
and:
The cameramen were the real losers of the night for not capturing the Nelly and Ashanti hug #VERZUZ pic.twitter.com/QzHgkS8Uow
— ✨Manifest Mami✨ (@Shannn_I_Am) September 15, 2021
and:
No because he really was like “move Joe I ain’t waiting no longer ” ?
— Sassy (@_Sassy_620) September 15, 2021
and:
Nelly looking for Ashanti after verzuz #Verzuz #Ashanti pic.twitter.com/bnmL84TE1Z
— Cheria (ReRe) (@mzrere2u) September 15, 2021
and:
Nelly when he saw Ashanti on stage#Nelly #Ashanti #JaRulevsFatJoe #FatJoevsJaRule #JaRule #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/uby8CYQbqr
— J_1ofakindnocap (@j_1ofakindnocap) September 15, 2021
and:
She legit wasn’t stopping her dance to meet his “heyyyyy, long time” hug energy. She stayed in her bop like he wasn’t approaching humbly ??
— Your Grace (@Nole_RattlerESQ) September 15, 2021
and because we all wanted to see the interaction up close but couldn’t:
The cameramen were the real losers of the night for not capturing the Nelly and Ashanti hug #VERZUZ pic.twitter.com/QzHgkS8Uow
— ✨Manifest Mami✨ (@Shannn_I_Am) September 15, 2021
In addition to the hilarious or awkward encounter with Nelly, Ashanti was the real winner during Verzuz, she looked beautiful and performed well with both rappers.
#Ashanti is the first person to come out and perform with both artist at the #Verzuz ? and she looks damn good while doing it ? pic.twitter.com/hrY2H749VJ
— thetrue100 (@thetrue100media) September 15, 2021
and:
I truly love Ashanti. Ashanti went out there and killed it. She won for the night. 1. Got to perform for both sides.
2. Got a birkin bag.
3. Got that hug from Nelly.
4. Looked good.#verzuztv #versuz #ASHANTI #JaRuleVsFatJoe #FatJoe #jarule pic.twitter.com/KN7wX9U6Ws— Wavy J (@jainne_sat) September 15, 2021
Did you all catch Verzuz? How did you like it? Comment below!