Wale

Plus: Iron & Wine/Calexico openers, Enforced, Elton John, James Blake, The Get Up Kids, and more tour news.

Plus: Heilung, Best Coast, Bat for Lashes, EarthGang/Mick Jenkins, Angels & Airwaves, and more.

Day one of the first-ever NYC edition of Rolling Loud also included sets from YG, Young M.A, Desiigner, Ski Mask the Slump God, Fat Joe, Sheck Wes, Blueface, SAINT JHN, Rico Nasty, Polo G, Playboi Carti, Moneybagg Yo, Lil Tjay, Kemba, Lil Pump, Gunna, Lil Keed, Flipp Dinero, Killy, and more.

All the hip hop we posted on BV this week, including Lil’ Kim, Wale, Pusha T, City Girls, Megan Thee Stallion, Gucci Mane, Homeboy Sandman, Smoke DZA/Benny the Butcher, and more.

Headliners on the festival’s three stages play conflicting sets each night, so on Saturday you’ll have to choose between Travis Scott, Meek Mill, and Fat Joe, and on Sunday, A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, and Jim Jones.

The soundtrack is executive produced by Swizz Beatz, who says ”The whole concept was to make the music have the heritage of the time period, but also give it a ‘today’ handshake. It’s like meeting heritage with today.”

Rick Ross’ new album ‘Port of Miami 2’ drops this Friday, featuring Drake, Meek Mill, Denzel Curry, Teyana Taylor, DeJ Loaf, Jeezy, and more.

Rolling Loud has announced the lineup for its first ever NYC festival, happening October 12-13 in Citi Field

Listen to new songs by Stormzy, YACHT, Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky, Tyler Childers, New Model Army, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Kirin J Callinan, Beak>, and more.

Plus: Jerry Seinfeld, Death Cab, The Tallest Man on Earth, Bombay Bicycle Club, Snail Mail/Duster, Black Flag, and more NYC-area shows on sale.