Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Slick Rick and Salt-N-Pepa are only a few of the trailblazers comprising the legendary lineup for this 12 months’s Rock the Bells Pageant. Celebrating hip-hop’s fiftieth anniversary, the competition will happen Aug. 5 at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, and is being co-presented by Procter & Gamble and Walmart.
Becoming a member of the aforementioned artists will probably be fellow style pioneers Ludacris, Methodology Man & Redman, Swizz Beatz with particular visitors, Large Daddy Kane, The God MC Rakim Fabolous, Boot Camp Clik that includes Buckshot and Evil Dee, Smif-N-Wessun, OGC and Rock & Bernadette Worth with a tribute to Sean Worth, MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, MC Sha Rock, Roxanne Shanté, Monie Love and The Chilly Crush Brothers, with extra to be introduced.
In a launch asserting the 2023 competition lineup, Rock the Bells president James Cuthbert mentioned, “We’ve made it a precedence to honor hip-hop tradition! It is a celebration for artists who paved the best way and the legions of followers around the globe all through hip-hop’s fiftieth anniversary 12 months. The stage is about for the overdue acknowledgement and celebration of our tradition and the followers who dwell and breathe it. This lineup represents icons and artists from numerous a long time, cities and kinds, making certain followers have the very best hip-hop expertise doable.”
Co-produced by The Bowery Presents, the Rock The Bells Pageant will even present immersive experiences highlighting hip-hop’s affect on vogue, artwork and meals. Extra particulars will probably be shared by way of the Rock the Bells e-newsletter. Ticket data is on the market on AXS.
Try the competition’s Set It Off-themed promotional trailer, that includes Rock the Bells founder LL COOL J, Mike Epps, Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick and Yo-Yo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtjffEk2MzM