Swizz Beatz said, “Tonight represented the authentic zone of why we didn't sell 50% of the company for millions of dollars. The authentic zone of why we turned down millions and millions of dollars to the vultures just wanting put a name next to the name, but no. Respect is overdue. We haven’t made one cent off of Verzuz yet. That don’t mean that we not business. But, what we have is — Verzuz is a museum. It’s an educational, celebrational platform.”

Previously, Timbaland talked about turning down major networks, saying “I mean, you know a lot of people contacted me and Swizz you know on a lot of things, but right now we just wanna keep it for the culture because it’s so organic. We don’t wanna bring that part of the element in right away. We just wanna keep it where people are entertained because we living in a world where 16 million people lost jobs. We don’t wanna get into the politics of it. We wanna keep it natural and fun.”

source: BET