R&B hitmakers, Alicia Keys and John Legend, will square up in the next Verzuz battle.

Announced via Instagram and Twitter this morning, the live-streamed showdown will celebrate this year’s Juneteenth with an official start time of 8pm EST next Friday.

The bout will follow a “healing” match-up between modern gospel giants, Kirk Franklin and Fred Hammond, the first battle to require participants use sound equipment specifically designed for the Verzuz platform as a measure of ensuring good sound quality throughout the broadcast. Lagging and connectivity issues have plagued previous installments of the Instagram Live event since its founding at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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