Thanks to the popularization of online battles like those of Verzuz, the brainchild of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, artists have been granted yet another platform to assert their domination over an opponent. At least, that’s what Khia had in mind when she recently challenged Trina to a digital duel, warning the Slip-N-Slide rapper that she had “485 hits to put on your ass, bitch.” 

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Unfortunately for the author behind “My Neck My Back,” the internet seemed to think little of her confident declaration, emerging in droves to rally behind Trina — herself a legendary figure in Miami, and hip-hop in general. And while some felt that Khia could put up some semblance of a fight, the consensus seemed to paint this potential battle as heavily one-sided in Trina’s favor.

Now, Trina has issued a response of her own, making it clear that she has no interest in going head to head with Khia — nor does she feel it’s even a remotely challenging prospect. “I’m not stepping off my throne to address no bum, no chicks who are beneath me, and nobody who hasn’t worked as hard as me for anything,” she states, her tone venomous. “When you girls are calling my name, you want to battle, make sure you have ten hits. Make you sure have enough records. Make sure you’re on my level if you think you want to go toe to toe with me.” 

Last night, as we reported, two OG singers, Babyface and Teddy Riley, went head-to-head in a brand new Instagram Live battle. The battle almost didn’t happen too, after it was plagued with technical difficulties, but eventually things got off the ground and the culture was all the better for it. The live session reportedly brought in 3 million eyes, and had Toni Braxton providing additional commentary on twitter, too.

Besides for going through their respective catalog of hits though, Babyface let some interesting news slip during the session. As the two played songs, they also shared some facts about each record. After Riley played one of his record that sampled Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature,” Babyface recalled that one time that Michael Jackson reportedly asked him to connect him to the actress Halle Berry.

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The 62-year old singer revealed, “One time Michael called me. Michael said, ‘Babyface!’ I said, ‘Yeah?’ He said, ‘Do you know who Halle Berry is? Do you know Halle Berry?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I know Halle Berry.’ He said, ‘Could you do me a favor? I want you to call her, ’cause I wanna take her out on a date.’ I said, ‘What?’ He said, ‘Call her — I wanna take her out on a date.’”

Babyface continued the story, “So I reached out through the agent, ’cause I didn’t have Halle Berry’s number. So I called and get the message to her manager, and he said, ‘What?’ [I said,] ‘Yeah, he wants to take her out on a date.’ And then I was waiting to hear back from Halle, and I can’t tell you exactly what Halle said, but I imagine it probably would have been something like this…”, he trailed off, before sliding in an audio clip from Halle Berry’s 1992 flick Boomerang, where she says: “You know, what do you know about love? What do you possibly think you know about love?”

Can you imagine? Halle Berry and MJ boo’d up?

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