Teddy Riley Talks 'Bringing R&B Back' With Babyface Battle, Denies Trying to Move Event Off Instagram
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billboard.comOn Monday night (Apr. 20), legendary R&B writer, producer and performer Teddy Riley engaged in the most-watched (and also most-delayed) Instagram Live battle yet put on by the Verzuz team of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland -- facing off with fellow decades-spanning great Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Over 500k watched simultaneously at the event's peak, with Riley later posting on IG that four million people total had tuned into the event.
However, the event was beset with the kind of technical issues -- delays, choppy connections, sound discrepancies -- that plagued the veteran stars' first attempt at a battle two nights earlier, when they eventually had to pull the plug and reschedule altogether.
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