Younger Thug is ready to carry out reside for the primary time since his 2022 arrest, as Lyrical Lemonade confirmed on Thursday that the Atlanta rapper is ready to headline this 12 months’s Summer time Smash competition simply exterior of Chicago.
Thug is headlining day three of the competition on Sunday, whereas the duo of Don Toliver and Yeat will play Friday evening, and fellow Atlanta rapper Future will headline Saturday. The competition will happen from June 20 to June 22 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. Probability the Rapper may also has a Sunday evening slot. The remainder of the Summer time Smash lineup consists of Quavo, Lil Yachty, Sexyy Purple, Ski Masks the Droop God, NLE Choppa and Soulja Boy, amongst others.
Younger Thug’s final reside efficiency was again in March of 2022 at South by Southwest, in keeping with his Setlist.fm web page. He was arrested on RICO and gang prices in Might of that 12 months, in a case that stored the rapper in jail for over two years till he was lastly launched late final 12 months as a part of a plea deal that put him on 15 years probation. The case was one of many greatest tales in all of hip hop, significantly highlighting the controversial use of rap lyrics in legal trials. Thug has a status as one of the vital influential artists in hip hop, and he launched his third studio album Enterprise is Enterprise in 2023 whereas he was nonetheless behind bars earlier than the trial.
This 12 months’s competition marks the seventh version of Summer time Smash. Tickets for the upcoming competition will go on sale on Friday, March 28, at midday CT. Tickets can be accessible to buy by way of the competition’s web site.
We’re excited to current the seventh version of the biggest impartial hip-hop competition on the planet and might’t wait to indicate the followers what we’ve been engaged on,” Berto Solorio, founding father of SPKRBX and co-founder of Summer time Smash, stated in an announcement.
As Cole Bennett, fellow co-founder of the competition and the founding father of Lyrical Lemonade, added: “I really feel fortunate to have the ability to throw the celebration of the 12 months with my greatest associates. Might this be the most effective one but. Fortunate quantity seven.”
