On Monday, R&B singers Brandy and Monica participated in the latest Verzuz battle series on Instagram and Apple Music.
Singing along to 20 of their hits, including their 1998 duet, ‘The Boy Is Mine,’ Brandy and Monica drew in the series’ largest audience yet with over 1 million viewers on Instagram alone.
But the session sparked a more intense debate than Brandy v Monica when two very famous viewers, Solange and Tyler the Creator, had a disagreement over Monica’s outfit.
The look was in fact a custom head-to-toe Fendi creation by tailor and designer, Baba Jagne, and stylist, Kollin Carter (the two also work with Cardi B and Kelly Rowland).
Skipping over Monica’s Fendi logo-printed corset, jacket and beret, Solange and Tyler (and plenty of other fans watching) locked in on the singer’s pants… or were they boots? As Brandy and Monica played hit after hit, Solange and Tyler had a hilarious back and forth of their own in the comment section.
“I was on the other side y’all, but now I’m convinced..those are long boots,” Tyler wrote. Solange was quick to correct him, responding, “They pants Tyler,” and even explaining that she could see that Monica was wearing sandals.
Tyler wasn’t convinced, however, and in his defense, the way Monica was sitting did make it look like she had really long legs that were potentially outfitted in equally long boots. “Nah Solange, I thought they were pants, but man, I spoke to some folks..they might be boots dawg.”
Tyler didn’t specify who he spoke to, but upon closer inspection (and according to Fashion Bomb Daily, who appeared to have the inside scoop), Monica was in fact wearing pants. But we respect Tyler’s commitment to the extremely tall boots theory, and kind of can’t blame him for the confusion.
If you want to weigh in on the debate, Solange started her own pants v boots poll on Twitter. And, of course, you can watch the full Verzuz battle if you want to do a little research of your own.
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Senator Kamala Harris also made a brief (virtual) appearance during the battle, as proceeds from Brandy and Monica’s Verzuz went towards Michelle Obama’s nonprofit, When We All Vote.
Though the vice presidential candidate didn’t state which side of the boots argument she stood on, she did encourage viewers to use their voices and get out and vote. (She was definitely talking about the 2020 presidential election, but who’s to say she didn’t mean Solange’s Twitter poll?)