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LOVE, YOUR WARNER RECORDS FAMILY Page 3 of 25 IN BRIEF doing. To have partners in Triller who share paigns with Pepsi, McDonald’s and L’Oréal, already. That was a sign for us of being a our vision, specifically to celebrate and among other brands. It’s also home to Tril- perfect fit — and very disruptive.” elevate the amazing artists who continue lerTV and Triller Fight Club. From their respective bases in San Diego to shape culture around the world and give and Miami, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland the consumer more direct access, is game — now also members of the Triller Verzuz changing.” Verzuz Founders management team — speak further about The pair continued, “We couldn’t be hap- transitioning for the future, keeping Ins- pier to be elevating Verzuz and Triller and Swizz Beatz & tagram and Twitter in the mix, the debate to recognize, in a very real way, all of the between Triller and Universal Music Group artists who have helped make Verzuz the Timbaland Talk and the centrifugal force that keeps power- global phenomenon it is today. Our dream, ing the Verzuz platform: creatives. the artists’ dream, today is realized, which Triller Partnership: The ultimate payoff, says Swizz Beatz, is is no small feat. Triller Verzuz is a company “hearing everybody being so floored about that’s by the artists, for the artists and with ‘This Puts a Light having shares in the company and feeling the people.” like they belong. That’s the real currency. Global firm PJT Partners advised Verzuz Back on Creatives’ It’s going to take the creative to save the on the transaction. creative.” Pairing popular artists from the worlds of BY GAIL MITCHELL What initially attracted you to Triller? R&B, hip-hop, dancehall and gospel, Ver- Swizz Beatz: The whole time that Tim zuz was launched in March 2020 in the or Verzuz co-creators Swizz and I were building this platform, we didn’t wake of COVID-19. Since then, the plat- Beatz and Timbaland, the plat- really have any plans from a monetization form has boosted sales and streams for its form’s surprise acquisition by or even a business side. We never even built featured artists in addition to accumulating Triller Network — including shares out the technology for it.