Missy Elliott & Pharrell Williams

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Pharrell Announces Something In The Water Fest Ft. Missy Elliott, Janelle Monae, SZA, Rosalia, Migos & More

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The new music festival curated by the GRAMMY-winning producer will get you dancing in his hometown of Virginia Beach from April 26–28
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Mar 4, 2019 - 1:19 pm

GRAMMY-winning producer/singer/songwriter/rapper and all-around hit-maker Pharrell Williams announced his latest endeavor today: Something In The Water Festival.

The brand-new music festival curated by the musical powerhouse will take over his hometown of Virginia Beach from April 26–28 with a super-stacked lineup including fellow GRAMMY winners Missy Elliott, Diplo, Dave Mathews Band and Anderson .Paak with his band The Free Nationals. GRAMMY nominees SZA, Migos, Janelle Monáe, Travis Scott, J Balvin, Pusha T and Jhené Aiko are also slated to perform.

The three-day beachfront event will feature only one stage, meaning you can actually catch all of the performances. Rising acts include Canadian funky hip-hop producer Kaytranada, Spanish flamenco/pop innovator Rosalía and American singer/songwriter Maggie Rogers, who went viral after Pharrell gave a rave review of her "Alaska" demo during a class at NYU in 2016.

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The organizer himself will also perform; he's listed on the lineup as "Pharrell & Friends," for what is likely to be a collab-filled set.

Speaking of friends, fellow Virginians repping at the fest will be GRAMMY-nominated rapper DRAM, Dave Matthews Band, who formed in Charlottesville, Va., Elliott, who has collabed with Pharrell on multiple occasions, including their hit "WTF," and Pusha T. Pusha also grew up in Virginia Beach, where he and his brother formed the hip-hop duo Clipse and met and worked with Pharrell, then part of production duo The Neptunes.

At the 61st GRAMMY Awards last month, Pharrell earned his 12th GRAMMY win for Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical. He also won in the same category at the 56th GRAMMY Awards, the same year he earned a win for his work on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, which took home Album Of The Year.

Tickets for Something In The Water go on sale Fri. March 8; the full lineup and more info can be found on their website.

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Cardi B, Migos, Travis Scott & A$AP Rocky To Headline 2019 Wireless Festival

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Cardi and Migos will share the main stage the Friday of London's hip-hop-focused fest
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Jan 28, 2019 - 12:23 pm

Tickets for London's Wireless Festival, happening July 5–7, are going fast since they announced their stacked hip-hop-heavy lineup today. Current GRAMMY nominee Cardi B and past nominees Migos are sharing the stage as co-headliners on Friday, with current GRAMMY nominee Travis Scott taking the main stage on Saturday, and past nominee A$AP Rocky closing things up on Sunday.

The lineup also includes U.K. R&B star and first-time GRAMMY nominee Ella Mai, London's own rap queen Stefflon Don, brother hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, and Atlanta trap king Future, who is currently up for a GRAMMY for his feature on Kendrick Lamar's "King's Dead."

Wireless shared that this is the first-ever co-headline slot for Migos and Cardi B, who have collaborated on the past on Cardi's "Drip," off of her currently GRAMMY-nominated Invasion Of Privacy. Migos and Cardi have also collaborated on the rap trio's "Motorsport," from their Culture II.

Lil Uzi Vert, featured on Migo's 2017 GRAMMY-nominated hit "Bad And Boujee," will also be performing at the festival. The fest revealed that this will be the only U.K. festival appearances in 2019 for several of the artists, including Scott, Rocky and Future.

British-based hip-hop fans have already jumped on tickets; just four hours after dropping the lineup, the fest tweeted out that only VIP tickets were left for three-day event, which offers single day, two day and all weekend passes.

For more info on the lineup and remaining ticket options, visit Wireless' website.

And don't forget to tune in to the 61st GRAMMY Awards on Sun. Feb. 10 on CBS to see if Cardi, Scott, Mai, Future and your other favorite artists will take home this year's big wins.

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Travis Scott & Cardi B To Headline The 2019 Made In America Festival

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JAY-Z's music festival returns to Philadelphia for its eighth year, on Aug. 31 & Sept. 1
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Apr 2, 2019 - 6:21 pm

Today, the Made In America Festival, started by JAY-Z in 2012, announced the lineup for its 2019 fest, featuring GRAMMY nominee Travis Scott and GRAMMY winner Cardi B as the headliners. The two-day event is set to take place in Philadelphia Aug. 31–Sept. 1, and will also include performances from GRAMMY winners Anderson .Paak, with The Free Nationals, James Blake and Kaskade.

61st GRAMMY Awards first-time nominees Jorja Smith and Tierra Whack are also on the bill, along with rising rappers Juice WRLD and Blueface, among others. The eighth annual festival will take place outdoors at Philly's Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and is a great way to close out a busy festival season.

Cardi is fresh off her first-time GRAMMY win this February, where she took home Best Rap Album for her debut LP, Invasion Of Privacy. The rap queen will be making her rounds at several other festivals around the globe this year, including Hangout Fest in Alabama and Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Spain.

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Fellow Made In America headliner Scott, who just closed out the second leg of his successful Astroworld Tour, will also be performing a select number of festivals, as well as Boston Calling and Rolling Loud in Miami. He and Cardi will also be part of the opening weekend parties at the new KAOS club in Las Vegas.

Tickets to Made In America go on sale to the general public this Friday, April 5, with a TIDAL pre-sale currently up and running; more ticket info is available on the fest's site.

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Kid Cudi, Travis Scott & Migos To Headline Rolling Loud Miami 2019

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Cardi B, City Girls, Lil Wayne, Tyga, 21 Savage and plenty more rap champs are also on the "Hip-Hop Super Bowl" lineup
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Jan 29, 2019 - 3:19 pm

Rolling Loud has announced the expansive lineup for their 5th annual flagship hip-hop festival in Miami. GRAMMY nominees Migos and Travis Scott, plus GRAMMY winner Kid Cudi are the headliners for each of the three days, respectively, from May 10–12.

The full lineup, announced on Jan. 28, includes over 100 established and rising hip-hop stars, including GRAMMY nominee Cardi B and Miami-based duo City Girls, who recently worked together on "Twerk." GRAMMY winner Lil Wayne plus GRAMMY nominees Tyga, 21 Savage, DMX and Lil Yachty will also perform at the festival taking place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

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Given the collaborative nature of hip-hop and the long and impressive lineup, the connections between the booked artists are nearly endless, and might result in some on-stage collabs. Lil Uzi Vert, was featured on headliner Migo's 2017 GRAMMY-nominated hit "Bad And Boujee," and will also be performing at the festival.

Scott has collaborated with Migos on multiple occasions, including with member Quavo on their collaborative album, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho. Scott is currently nominated for Best Rap Album at the 61st GRAMMY Awards for Astroworld, his No. 1 album ripe with big features. Featured artists who will also be playing the fest include Swae Lee, who will take the stage with his brother as their duo Rae Sremmurd, along with Juice Wrld and Gunna, 21 Savage and other fellow headliner Cudi.

Rolling Loud festival launched in Miami five years ago and has held spin-off festivals in Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif. and most recently in Sydney, Australia. GRAMMY-winning legend Diddy said of the event: "This is the Woodstock of Hip-Hop. This is the Hip-Hop Super Bowl."

Tickets for Rolling Loud Miami go on sale Fri. Feb. 1 at 10 A.M. EST. More info and the full lineup can be found on their website.

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Governors Ball 2019: The Strokes, Tyler, The Creator And Florence & The Machine To Headline

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The NYC music festival returns on May 31–June 2 with plenty of music to rock the island; the impressive lineup also includes Nas, Lil Wayne, Kaytranada, Noname, Charli XCX, Gesaffelstein and BROCKHAMPTON
Ana Yglesias
GRAMMYs
Jan 7, 2019 - 12:56 pm

Today the Governors Ball Music Festival announced the lineup for their ninth year on Randall's Island Park in New York City. Running from May 31–June 2, Governors Ball 2019 will welcome headliners The Strokes and past GRAMMY nominees Tyler, the Creator and Florence & the Machine.

The three-day event of music, art, food and fun—"A Festival with a New York Heart," according to The New York Times—certainly brings an N.Y.C.-inspired melting pot approach to their musical lineup, and this year does not disappoint. Musical highlights also include: GRAMMY winners Lil Wayne and Kacey Musgraves, GRAMMY nominees SZA, Nas, The Internet, Jorja Smith, Bob Moses, Charli XCX, ZHU, plus Vince Staples, BROCKHAMPTON, Blood Orange, Clairo, Bazzi, MØ, Major Lazer (DJs Jillionaire, Walshy Fire and GRAMMY winner Diplo), Noname, Kaytranada, Gesaffelstein and King Princess.

Discounted "Announce Day" pricing for festival tickets is available today until 11:59 EST. More info on tickets, as well as the complete lineup and event details can be found on the Governors Ball site.

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