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Triller Responds To $28 Million Verzuz Lawsuit From Swizz Beatz And Timbaland—”Swizz And Tim Have Been Personally Paid Over $50 Million In Cash”

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"1 1 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Less than 24 hours after the news broke that Swizz Beatz and Timbaland were suing <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;swizz-beatz-and-timbaland-are-suing-triller-for-28-million-over-verzuz&sol;">Triller<&sol;a> for &dollar;28 million regarding their Verzuz deal&comma; the company has officially responded&period; Via a newly released statement&comma; Triller claims that not only have Swizz Beatz and Timbaland already been paid a significant amount&comma; but also the two hip hop producers have not yet met the additional requirements for further payouts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;TMZ exclusively reports&comma; Triller is <u><a class&equals;"ProsemirrorEditor-link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;16&sol;swizz-beatz-timbaland-suing-triller-over-verzuz-lawsuit&sol;">firing back<&sol;a><&sol;u> against the multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed against them by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland—and their side of things is very different as it relates to Verzuz and alleged money owed&period; A representative for Triller provided an official statement saying&comma; &&num;8220&semi;This is not a feud over Verzuz&comma; but simply about earn-out payments to Swizz and Tim&period; Swizz and Tim have personally been paid by Triller over &dollar;50 million in cash and stock to-date&comma; and they stand to benefit even more over time&period; In addition&comma; they have annual obligations&comma; which if met&comma; and no breach has occurred&comma; entitles them to additional payments&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Triller continued with claims that Swizz and Timbaland have not fulfilled the initial terms of their agreement&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;Only one payment of &dollar;10 million is in question&period; We do not believe they have met the thresholds for that payment yet&comma; which include&comma; but are not limited to&comma; delivery of a set number of Verzuz events for 2022&period; We have been trying to resolve this amicably and this does not affect Verzuz operations or Triller’s ownership of Verzuz&period; If this does proceed in court&comma; we look forward to a judgment that weighs all the facts&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we previously reported&comma; Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s lawsuit reads &&num;8220&semi;To date&comma; Defendants have failed and refused to make any payment to &lbrack;Swizz Beatz and Timbaland&rsqb; of the past due sums due and owing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You’ll recall that Verzuz was officially sold to Triller back in January 2021&comma; a decision that was met with immediate criticism from fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"96340" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;triller-responds-to-28-million-verzuz-lawsuit-from-swizz-beatz-and-timbaland-swizz-and-tim-have-been-personally-over-50-million-in-cash&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b58d235200"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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