Itâs happening. Chaka Khan and Stephanie Mills will go hit-for-hit on the Verzuz stage.
Event organizers confirmed the battle on social media Saturday night, describing the showdown as a âholiday specialâ for âthe queens.âÂ
The announcement comes months after Mills allegedly proposed a battle against Chaka Khan back in spring, but was told there was simply no interest among the Verzuz team.
âWe tried. George [Fuller]âwhoâs Chakaâs managerâand my manager [Amp Harris] reached out to them but they werenât interested,â she said during an appearance on The Breakfast Club. âChaka was interested. We were willing to do it. The Verzuz people werenât interested. Yeah, they werenât interested.â
Mills said she and her team pitched the idea right before the Xscape and SWV battle.
âBut I wouldnât do it now anyway,â she told host Charlamagne tha God.
Moments later, Harris approached the mic to reveal he and the Verzuz crew had something in the works, but wouldnât provide details.
Mills, who was seemingly unaware of the discussions, reiterated her refusal to do Verzuz: âOh now they wanna do it?â she said. âI donât wanna do it.â
But thankfully for fans, Mills eventually came around to the idea.
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She and Chaka Khanâs Verzuz celebration will go down at 8 p.m. ET Nov. 18. And just two weeks later, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will go head-to-head with Three 6 Mafia.