Keyshia Cole (photo source: Instagram – @keyshiacole)
After several postponements and a lot of conversation, Keyshia Cole and Ashanti finally took their turn on the Verzuz stage on the night of Thursday, January 21, 20201. Although the night didn’t exactly start well for most fans, it’s safe to say that ended in harmony.
The performance area was decorated with Doritos, Ciroc and two majestic chairs, fitting for two queens who created nostalgic moments with their successes and heavenly voices. The only problem an hour after the event started was that Cole was nowhere to be seen. Not only was she missing in action, but her Instagram page showed no signs of promotion for the event.
Go DJ Hi-C, Cole’s official DJ, who spoke with 97.9 The Box in Houston, said there was good reason for the confusion.
“It started out weird … just things you don’t see behind the scenes,” he said. “Not to speak ill of Verzuz, but the show did not start at the right time. Everyone knows that. But [in] In defense of Keyshia, she didn’t want to leave because her screen was blurry. She arrived on time. I was there, but she didn’t want to leave in time because the screen was blurry. Things were not right. We couldn’t hear their side. So there were a lot of technical things going on there. “
When Cole finally decided to join Ashanti, she was visibly upset, and Hi-C says that despite her best efforts to uplift her spirit, the Oakland-raised singer just didn’t like it.
“She is a perfectionist and, when things don’t go right, the situation gets worse from there,” he argued. “She was already upset about being put off as she was, but it’s COVID. Then, there was a buildup and it made her have to push her record back, so she just threw her energy away. I did my best to bring her back, but by now she was upset. “
Fortunately, cooler heads – and Ciroc – prevailed, and Cole finally softened his posture. She even brought OT Genesis, who sang along with her in the seminal ballad “Love” (which he famously slaughtered like a piece of bad meat), signaling the end of his public rivalry.
Check out the look of the two after the jump.