Swizz Beatz and Timbaland Sue Triller for $28 Million Over Verzuz

<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Swizz Beatz and Timbaland Sue Triller for &dollar;28 Million Over Verzuz<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;imagez&period;tmz&period;com&sol;image&sol;60&sol;1by1&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;17&sol;60205414bff34d73b261364f020dd37d&lowbar;xl&period;jpg" width&equals;"2048" height&equals;"2048" &sol;>In a recent lawsuit&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;groundupradio&period;com&sol;video-swizz-beatz-echo-ft-nas&sol;">Swizz Beatz<&sol;a> and Timbaland are suing Triller for &dollar;28 million for the rights to their live music series <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;groundupradio&period;com&sol;the-lox-announce-tour-with-dipset&sol;">Verzuz<&sol;a>&period; The two artists are seeking to reclaim the rights to their live shows and have been claiming that Triller has failed to pay them for the shows&period; Triller is a TikTok-like service that allows users to create short videos&period; Triller&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;verzuztv&period;com&sol;">Verzuz<&sol;a> series featured Timbaland and Swizz Beatz live in a music battle&comma; and the two artists are demanding that Triller pay them back for it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In March 2020&comma; Swizz Beatz and Timbaland launched a series of live musical battles on Instagram called Verzuz&period; The site allowed users to watch their favorite artists battle each other for their fans&&num;8217&semi; attention&period; During the quarantine period&comma; Verzuz grew to be one of the most popular video platforms on the internet&period; The site&&num;8217&semi;s live stream reached millions of people and broke the live streaming record&period; In addition&comma; the app gained traction with Apple and Twitter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite their recent success&comma; Triller failed to pay Black creators&period; It promised to pay them &dollar;14 million in exchange for yearlong contracts&period; However&comma; after the agreement&comma; the company stopped paying the artists&period; The creators subsequently sued Triller and pushed for the company to restore their songs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;