Though Verzuz hasn’t made a full comeback post-pandemic, DJ Envy shared his thoughts on a potential battle between Lil Wayne and 50 Cent on The Breakfast Club. Over the past few years, people have suggested opponents for Fif and Weezy separately, though no one really thought a match-up like this would make sense. After all, by the time 50 Cent released Curtis, Lil Wayne was on pace to drop off his biggest commercial success, Tha Carter III. Still, DJ Envy felt as though the Louisiana rapper wouldn’t be able to compete against Fif if they went 20-for-20.
The hypothetical battle initially came up during Apple Music’s Rap Life Review with Lowkey, Nadaska, and Eddie Francis. Lowkey and Francis said that Wayne would need the right sequencing to compete against 50 Cent. “Wayne don’t have a Get Rich Or Die Tryin’,” Lowkey said, explaining that he’s speaking exclusively on a Verzuz battle. “I ain’t sayin’ 50 gonna wash Wayne but if Wayne’s not sequenced right, and it’s not positioned correctly, that could be a very long fucking night.”
DJ Envy Choose 50 Cent Over Lil Wayne
Envy agreed with Lowkey’s assessment of the battle between the two cultural icons but Charlamagne took it as a shot toward the South. “Yes, Lil Wayne doesn’t have a Get Rich but Lil Wayne has massive, massive amounts of hits… One album cannot win you a Verzuz,” he said. However, Envy explained why he sided with Lowkey on the matter. “He is right… Get Rich or Die Tryin’ is a classic album but you can’t sit there and act like Lil Wayne doesn’t have classic bodies of work,” he said.
At this point, Charlamagne explained that people would definitely tune in for that showdown but 50 Cent “would need something more than just Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ to go against one of the top five, potentially top 3, greatest rappers alive.” Charlamagne added that Wayne already had a stacked catalog by the time the Young Money era began. “Now, 50 Cent would win that battle,” Envy stated before Charlamagne interrupted. “It would be 20 and 20. I do,” Envy added. Check his comments above.