Triller Network Acquires Verzuz Platform

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Triller Network, the parent company of the Triller app, has acquired the Verzuz brand and platform, which has become a livestreaming powerhouse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Verzuz founders Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are now shareholders, part of the Triller Verzuz management team and “Brand Visionaries” for the company.

“This is a momentous occasion not only for Verzuz and Triller but the music business as a whole,” Swizz Beatz and Timbaland said in a joint statement. “By putting Verzuz in the Triller Network ecosystem and expanding the Verzuz brand to be side by side with the powerful Triller app, we will be able to continue to grow and evolve the music business as a whole, as we have been doing. To have partners in Triller who share our vision, specifically to celebrate and elevate the amazing artists who continue to shape culture around the world and give the consumer more direct access, is game changing.”

“We couldn’t be happier to be elevating Verzuz and Triller and to recognize, in a very real way, all of the artists who have helped make Verzuz the global phenomenon it is today. Our dream, the artists’ dream, today is realized, which is no small feat. Triller Verzuz is a company that’s by the artists, for the artists and with the people.”

– Timbaland and Swizz Beatz

In addition to the Verzuz cofounders a large number of artists are becoming shareholders in Triller Network, including John Legend, DMX, Alicia Keys, 2 Chainz, Rick Ross, Too $hort, Patti LaBelle, Gucci Mane, Jeezy, E-40, Bounty Killer, D’Angelo, Ludacris, RZA, Nelly, Gladys Knight, T-Pain, Lil Jon, Jill Scott, 112, Kirk Franklin and many others.

Triller is an app and consolidation company that boasts more than 300 million users and premium content like the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. fight, with a number of tech innovations related to advertising.

Verzuz was one of Pollstar’s Top Streamers of 2020, with performances including Jeezy Vs. Gucci Mane and John Legend Vs. Alicia Keys.