Niya Pickett Miller is assistant professor of communication studies in the Department of Communication and Media at Samford University.

• Foreword: One Nation under a (socially distant) GrooveEletra S. Gilchrist-PettyChapter 1: IntroductionNiya Pickett MillerChapter 2: ‘Sisters in the name of Love’: The Rhetorical Construction of Sisterhood in the Verzuz Challenges between Gladys Knight vs. Patti Labelle And Erykah Badu vs. Jill ScottGoyland Williams & Mtalika BandaChapter 3: Don’t Take it Personal: Perceptions of Authenticity, Envy and Competitiveness in the Brandy v. Monica Verzuz BattleAisha Damali Lockridge and Janée N. BurkhalterChapter 4: The Way We Were: How Black Women Created Space with Verzuz Kirstin Cheers Chapter 5: DJ’s Gig: Affective Hip Hop Culture and Affordances of Participatory Platforms during a Global PandemicJune MiaChapter 6: Old Hits Verzuz New Technology: How a Pandemic Ushered Legacy Artists into the Clout EconomyJabari EvansChapter 7: Black and Quarantined: Celebrating Black Identity During COVID-19 via InstagramKatrina Overby, Gheni Platenburg, and Niya Pickett MillerChapter 8: The Cult

Niya Pickett Miller is assistant professor of communication studies in the Department of Communication and Media at Samford University.

• Foreword: One Nation under a (socially distant) GrooveEletra S. Gilchrist-PettyChapter 1: IntroductionNiya Pickett MillerChapter 2: ‘Sisters in the name of Love’: The Rhetorical Construction of Sisterhood in the Verzuz Challenges between Gladys Knight vs. Patti Labelle And Erykah Badu vs. Jill ScottGoyland Williams & Mtalika BandaChapter 3: Don’t Take it Personal: Perceptions of Authenticity, Envy and Competitiveness in the Brandy v. Monica Verzuz BattleAisha Damali Lockridge and Janée N. BurkhalterChapter 4: The Way We Were: How Black Women Created Space with Verzuz Kirstin Cheers Chapter 5: DJ’s Gig: Affective Hip Hop Culture and Affordances of Participatory Platforms during a Global PandemicJune MiaChapter 6: Old Hits Verzuz New Technology: How a Pandemic Ushered Legacy Artists into the Clout EconomyJabari EvansChapter 7: Black and Quarantined: Celebrating Black Identity During COVID-19 via InstagramKatrina Overby, Gheni Platenburg, and Niya Pickett MillerChapter 8: The Cult

Niya Pickett Miller is assistant professor of communication studies in the Department of Communication and Media at Samford University.

• Foreword: One Nation under a (socially distant) GrooveEletra S. Gilchrist-PettyChapter 1: IntroductionNiya Pickett MillerChapter 2: ‘Sisters in the name of Love’: The Rhetorical Construction of Sisterhood in the Verzuz Challenges between Gladys Knight vs. Patti Labelle And Erykah Badu vs. Jill ScottGoyland Williams & Mtalika BandaChapter 3: Don’t Take it Personal: Perceptions of Authenticity, Envy and Competitiveness in the Brandy v. Monica Verzuz BattleAisha Damali Lockridge and Janée N. BurkhalterChapter 4: The Way We Were: How Black Women Created Space with Verzuz Kirstin Cheers Chapter 5: DJ’s Gig: Affective Hip Hop Culture and Affordances of Participatory Platforms during a Global PandemicJune MiaChapter 6: Old Hits Verzuz New Technology: How a Pandemic Ushered Legacy Artists into the Clout EconomyJabari EvansChapter 7: Black and Quarantined: Celebrating Black Identity During COVID-19 via InstagramKatrina Overby, Gheni Platenburg, and Niya Pickett MillerChapter 8: The Cult