Overview
- The VERZUZ installment between Joe and Donell Jones streamed as part of Complex and Apple Music’s R&B Nights and unfolded Thursday night with both artists playing 16 rounds of back‑to‑back catalog hits.
- Donell Jones framed the event as a celebration of shared R&B history and brought out 702 in Round 7 to perform the gold-certified song “Get It Together,” which he wrote and produced.
- Joe opened strong, leaned on a string of late‑’90s and early‑2000s hits and collaborations, and surprised the crowd in Round 14 by bringing out 50 Cent to perform “Wanna Get to Know You” and “Big Rich Town.”
- Live community scorecards and social reaction favored Joe decisively, with audience tallies showing him taking the vast majority of rounds and roughly three-quarters of fan support on official vote counts.
- The matchup underscored how VERZUZ’s live voting, guest cameos and catalog depth shape public narratives about legacy artists and spawned related merchandise such as Complex’s commemorative GAS trading cards.