Rock The Bells has returned! The long-running hip-hop pageant, which initially centered on legacy and underground rap acts, was principally defunct for the previous ten years. Nonetheless, that was till the rapper whose track the pageant is known as after revived the festival last year. The person born Todd Smith revealed the complete lineup for the 2023 pageant at present with a trailer reproducing scenes from headliner Queen Latifah’s 1996 movie debut Set It Off (this is a trend), displaying the one factor that modified is the coast (the unique Rock The Bells occurred in California, and so featured extra West Coast artists).
The lineup for this 12 months’s pageant (“don’t name it a comeback”) consists of Huge Daddy Kane, Boot Camp Clik, De La Soul, Fabolous, Ludacris, MC Lyte, MC Sha Rock, Technique Man & Redman, Monie Love, Rakim, Roxanne Shanté, Salt-n-Pepa, Slick Rick, Swizz Beatz and mates, The Chilly Crush Brothers, and Yo-Yo. As well as, the pageant will function a tribute to the late Sean Worth by the members of Boot Camp Clik, together with his widow Bernadette Worth, in addition to a set honoring the pioneering ladies of hip-hop who are sometimes ignored.
The 2023 Rock The Bells Competition will happen on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York. You may get extra data here.