We knew this battle was about to bless us when Jill Scott started streaming live from her Instagram account with a bit of gospel playing in the background.
Eventually sitting down in her seat, skin glowing, jumbo braids adorned her head like a crown and a glass of wine in hand, Jilly from Philly greeted all us with her signature smile.
It felt like warm honey, a good hug. The battle hadn’t even begun yet. Erykah Badu had yet to join but viewers like Ebro Darden typed, “Shhhh!” Perhaps the longtime radio personality couldn’t hear over the more than 600,000 fans hearing the words of Nikki Giovanni that offered the prelude of what was to come in the three-hour Verzuz battle.
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