Leave it to A$AP Rocky to make a grand entrance. On Saturday, the rapper arrived to his headlining show at Rolling Loud California 2025 by helicopter. His set opened with video screens broadcasting footage from A$AP Rocky’s recent trial (he was found not guilty on two firearm assault charges in …
Read More »A$AP Rocky's Gun Assault Trial Delayed to January
A$AP Rocky’s criminal trial over charges he opened fire on his former friend A$AP Relli was pushed from mid-November to late January on Tuesday, shielding the musician’s previously announced headlining gig at Rolling Loud Thailand. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge agreed to move the expected 10-day trial to …
Read More »Fuerza Regida Cancel Rolling Loud Performance Due to 'Personal Emergency'
Fuerza Regida canceled their appearance at Rolling Loud, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday. The festival added rapper OhGeesy to the lineup in the band’s absence. The Mexican American regional Mexican band cited an unspecified “personal emergency” as their reason for not being able to perform at the …
Read More »Natanael Cano, Junior H Won't Play Rolling Loud as Festival, Label Share Conflicting Statements
Junior H and Natanael Cano will no longer perform at Rolling Loud California this weekend, Rolling Stone has learned. In an Instagram post Monday, Jimmy Humilde, the owner and CEO of the artists’ record label, claimed that the festival had “canceled us last minute,” describing Rolling Loud as “racist.” However, …
Read More »Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign to Perform at Rolling Loud California
Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign will perform at Rolling Loud California on March 14th, the festival announced on Thursday. The duo is performing as ¥$ and will play a special headlining slot on the Thursday before the festival weekend. Ty was originally slated to perform on his own for …
Read More »Lil Uzi Vert Says 'I Never Said I Was Doing Rolling Loud'
Lil Uzi Vert took to Instagram Tuesday to dispute that they agreed to play Rolling Loud California in March 2024, just hours after the event had announced the rapper as the festival’s Sunday headliner. “I never said I was doing rolling loud,” Uzi, who uses they/them pronouns, wrote in an …
Read More »Metro Boomin and Future Join Rolling Loud Lineup, Announce Album
Rolling Loud next year will not feature previously announced headliner Lil Uzi Vert — the rapper, who uses they/them pronouns, said on Tuesday that they don’t even “understand why [their] name is on” the poster — so the festival’s organizers have added Metro Boomin and Future instead. The two hip-hop …
Read More »Rolling Loud Miami 2023 Adds Anuel AA and El Alfa to Lineup
The Rolling Loud Miami lineup just got more Latino. On Monday, the music festival scheduled for July announced that Puerto Rican reggaetón artist Anuel AA and dembow king El Alfa will be performing at the historically rap-focused event. “Fill that place with Dominican, Cuban, and Mexican flags,” wrote El Alfa …
Read More »As New York Drill Goes Viral, Local Acts Struggle to Play Shows in Their Hometown
Last month, the organizers of the rap festival Rolling Loud announced that they wouldn’t be holding their annual event in New York this fall. “For the last few years, we’ve made some legendary moments happen in Queens,” a graphic posted to their official Twitter account says. “Sadly, due to logistical …
Read More »Rolling Loud New York Canceled as Organizers Cite 'Logistical Factors Beyond Our Control'
Rolling Loud will not return to New York City this year, with festival organizers citing “logistical factors beyond our control” in an Instagram post shared Friday, March 17. The NYC iteration of the festival (which started in Miami) began in 2019, setting up shop at Citi Field in Queens. Though …
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