Kanye West

Why Rolling Loud Is The Ultimate Hip Hop Destination

Rolling Loud, created eight years ago, in the heart of Miami, Florida has grown to be the largest global scale multi-destination hip hop festival today.

Starting as a one day event at Soho Studios, to embarking on enormous venues throughout the world, Rolling Loud continues to set a new standard year after year.

In 2022 alone, your favorite hip hop fest will be in locations such as Netherlands, Portugal, Miami, Toronto Canada, New York, Southern California, along with national U.S. tour dates with artists like Lil Baby, Chris Brown, Suicideboys, Ski Mask The Slump God, City Morgue, and more.

As far as adapting and staying connected, when things were locked down, RL created live streaming versions of their festivals with top of the line production and artists performing for an online audience. You can even catch Rolling Loud’s annual installment at SXSW each year in Austin, Texas. They have also made their mark in the pacific with Australia and Japan. All in all, they are breaking ground and placing their footprint in the history of hip hop culture.

From the detail oriented surprises in merch to the massive staging and logistics, Rolling Loud shines among the rest when it comes to providing exactly what the ticket buyer is looking for. As an example, finding water or needing your own space to rage are easier than ever with the amount of space the event allows in between stages with more than enough vendor, food, and water stations. Need to take a break from the music? No worries, enjoy the multiple attraction rides, hang at the skate park, or even play a game of basketball.

When it comes to locations and lineups, Rolling Loud exceeds expectations to how far you can go with a set vision, proven track record, and dedicated team that sets the bar higher and higher each time. The Rolling Loud festival run this year begins in the Netherlands where they are teaming up with the impactful Woo Hah! Festival. Immediately after, they will be hosting their inaugural beach destination at Portimão Praia da Rocha Beach in Portugal July 6th - 8th. History is currently in the making and we’re ecstatic to see what comes of it.

As far as North America, let’s start where it all began with Rolling Loud Miami taking place at Hard Rock Stadium July 22nd - 24th. Heavy hitting headliners include Ye, Future, and Kendrick Lamar along with culture shifting acts like Lil Durk, Playboi Carti, Three Six Mafia, Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, Don Toliver, SNOT, and so many more.

Can’t make it to the sunshine state? Don’t sweat it and start planning for Toronto and New York today. View the colossal lineups in their entirety below which includes female headliner, Nicki Minaj. All of your General Admission, VIP, travel, and hotel packages for each location are available NOW.

Southern California typically takes place in December where fans can look forward to some of the most unique lineup combinations. Past acts have included legends in the game like Kid Cudi, Post Malone, Chance The Rapper, Wiz Khalifa, Juice Wrld, Schoolboy Q, J. Cole, Pop Smoke, and many more. Be ready for announcements coming soon and the perfect holiday gift to end your year.

From the hardest working media team to the founders and every person in between who makes Rolling Loud come together multiple times a year, THANK YOU for providing an inspiring and responsible environment to so many locations, while allowing attendees to come together and express their love for the biggest genre in the world. See everyone in Miami! 🌴 Find your passes HERE!


Written and Photos by Chris Jardines

Pusha T Shares "If You Know You Know" Music Video

Virginia based hip hop artist, Pusha T, recently released his third studio album, Daytona, which was entirely produced by Kanye West under G.O.O.D. Music's label. Early this morning, we all had the pleasure of enjoying the first visuals from the track "If You Know Now You Know".

Directed by Shomi Patwary, we follow Pusha and a police offer's first point of view during a high speed chase and unique performance of the anthem like song. The new music video has a perfect blend of new school high definition and old school VHS editing skills. "If You Know You Know" has the exact vibe to what 2018 feels like at the moment. 

Make sure to stream Pusha T's new album Daytona in it's entirety and get your friends on board with "If You Know You Know" below.

Kanye West Extends Saint Pablo Tour

Chicago based hip hop phenomenon, Kanye West, has officially extended his 2016 Saint Pablo Tour dates and oh are we lucky. Yeezy will be hitting 20 more American cities in support of his recent studio album, The Life of Pablo, throughout the end of the year.

The second leg of Kanye's tour will begin on Thursday November 17th in Sane Jose, California and travel through Colorado, Texas, Florida, and all over the east coast. We are ecstatic to announce West is officially playing our hometown Orlando, Florida at the glorious Amway Center. Pre-sale tickets with the use of an American Express card will begin tomorrow October 19th at 10 AM, while all remaining tickets go on sale to the public Saturday October 22nd.

Experience what everyone's been talking about on Kanye West's Saint Pablo Tour. View his entire list of dates below!

Kanye West 2016 Tour Dates:
10-19 – Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
10-22 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
10-23 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
10-25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10-26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10-27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10-29 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
11-01 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
11-17 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
11-19 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
11-22 – Fresno, CA @ SaveMart Center
11-23 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
11-26 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
11-28 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
12-01 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
12-02 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
12-4 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
12-06 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
12-08 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
12-09 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
12-11 – Albany, NY @ The Times Union Center
12-13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
12-15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
12-16 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
12-18 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
12-20 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
12-22 – Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
12-27 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
12-28 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
12-30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
12-31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center

Kanye West Kicks Off Saint Pablo Tour

Last night, the hip hop phenomenon Kanye West kicked off the first date of his North American Saint Pablo Tour at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. West did something special when the audience noticed that he wasn't performing on the stage in front of them, he was actually performing on a floating stage above the general admission crowd and level with higher seated concert goers.

As you can imagine, the crowd went absolutely insane. This is something completely knew that we have never seen or even heard of before. Lucky for us, ABC News put out coverage of the performance which you can now watch below. You can catch The Life of Pablo themed tour in a city near you all the way through the last days of October. All dates are available for purchase here.

Setlist:
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2
Famous
Pop Style (Drake cover)
THat Part (ScHoolboy Q cover)
FACTS
All Day
Mercy
I Don’t Like
Black Skinhead
Power
Wolves
Feedback
Freestyle 4
I Love Kanye
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
FML
Blood on the Leaves
Jesus Walks
Amazing
Runaway
Devil in a New Dress
All Falls Down
Flashing Lights
All of the Lights
Good Life
Niggas in Paris
30 Hours
Highlights
Real Friends
Only One
Fade

Kanye West Reveals Saint Pablo Tour

As previously stated, Kanye West has been planning a tour in the month of September in support of his latest studio album 'The Life of Pablo'. Today, he has released a series of tour dates from the end of August all the way through the end of October which he calls Saint Pablo Tour.

This will be a full arena tour starting in Indianapolis while ending in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kanye's thirty date run has yet to release full detail on what or who the tour will include but we have our hopes up for an outstanding production.

After Kanye West's cancelled headlining performance at this year's Governor's Ball due to unfortunate weather, this will be his first North American tour since 2014. Take a look below where you can catch the upcoming Saint Pablo Tour.

Kanye West:

08-25 - Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
08-27 - Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
08-30 - Toronto, Ontario @ Air Canada Centre
09-02 - Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre
09-03 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
09-05-06 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
09-08 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
09-12 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
09-14 - Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
09-16 - Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
09-20 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
09-21 - Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
09-22 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
09-24 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
09-25 - Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
09-28 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena
09-30 - University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center
10-01 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
10-04 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
10-06 - Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
10-07 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
10-08 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
10-10 - Minneapolis, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
10-12 - Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
10-15 - Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
10-17 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers Arena
10-19 - Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
10-22 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
10-25-26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
10-29 - Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena