{"id":2380125,"date":"2026-04-19T16:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2380125"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:47:06","slug":"chris-brown-makes-it-clear-he-doesnt-want-to-face-usher-in-verzuz-i-want-no-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chris-brown-makes-it-clear-he-doesnt-want-to-face-usher-in-verzuz-i-want-no-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown Makes It Clear He Doesn\u2019t Want to Face Usher in VERZUZ: \u2018I Want No Smoke\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Brown<\/a> is putting an end to one of R&B\u2019s most talked-about hypothetical matchups, and he\u2019s doing it with respect.<\/p>\n

In a response that quickly made the rounds online, Brown addressed ongoing VERZUZ chatter comparing him to Usher, writing: \u201cI want no smoke! Usher got that. I\u2019m just happy to be apart of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The comment, which Brown made on TikTok in response to a discussion about the hypothetical matchup, sees the singer taking a step back from competition talk and instead acknowledging Usher\u2019s legacy. For years, fans have debated how a VERZUZ between the two would play out, often framing it as a clash between generations of R&B greatness.<\/p>\n

But Brown\u2019s stance makes it clear he\u2019s not interested in making that conversation a reality.<\/p>\n

That tone aligns with what Brown has said in the past. While he previously admitted a VERZUZ matchup with Usher \u201cmakes sense,\u201d<\/a> he\u2019s consistently emphasized that any comparison would come from admiration, not ego, calling Usher a pioneer in the genre.<\/p>\n

Instead of competing, the two singers are now working side by side. Brown and Usher recently announced a joint tour, R&B: Raymond & Brown<\/a>, teasing a stadium-level run that brings their catalogs together rather than pitting them against each other.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve also collaborated musically, including linking up on a remix of \u201cIt Depends,\u201d and shared the stage at major events like Lovers & Friends, helping put any past rumors of tension to rest.<\/p>\n

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Chris Brown is putting an end to one of R&B\u2019s most talked-about hypothetical matchups, and he\u2019s doing it with respect. In a response that quickly made the rounds online, Brown addressed ongoing VERZUZ chatter comparing him to Usher, writing: \u201cI want no smoke! Usher got that. I\u2019m just happy to be apart of it.\u201d COMPLEX […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2380126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[320169],"class_list":["post-2380125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-chris-brown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chris-Brown-Makes-It-Clear-He-Doesnt-Want-to-Face.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380127,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380125\/revisions\/2380127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}