

Cole at the Amphitheater, the Ohio native walked throughout the crowd as fans arrived for Cole’s headlining set. Trippie Redd got his steps in during his Summerfest performance in 2018. Performing on top of a massive pyramid with ominous lighting, Carti raged with his fans who spent any energy they had remaining after a long weekend of live music. Playboi Carti was tasked with shutting things down on Sunday night with his headlining performance. If you missed his entertaining set at Summer Smash this past weekend, you can catch him in Milwaukee at Summerfest, performing alongside the legendary Wu Tang Clan and Lil Wayne. Wiz Khalifa is making his festival run throughout the Midwest. In just a couple months, Tree will make his way to Milwaukee, as his headlining tour is scheduled to stop at The Rave on Aug. 19. The always hilarious “Life Goes On” artist performed at Summer Smash on Sunday after making a surprise appearance at the fest on Saturday evening. Wes lived in Milwaukee for nine years throughout his childhood, so the “Mo Bamba” rapper is certainly no stranger to the area. One of Milwaukee’s biggest rappers to date, Sheck Wes delivered an energetic set for Lyrical Lemonade fans at Summer Smash this past weekend. If you missed him this past weekend, you can catch him in Milwaukee on July 1. Despite canceling their Governor’s Ball festival set, Migos are still together – and although they were without rapper Offset, Quavo and Takeoff did their thing for the surprise show.Ģ Chainz is one of a few Summer Smash artists who are scheduled to perform at Summerfest, 90 miles north, in the coming weeks. It’s hard to believe that this September will be Malone’s first ever performance in Milwaukee given the success he has had in the last half-decade.īTS is still taking a break but fans who were scared of the Migos breakup rumors can sleep a little easier now after they performed a surprise set at Summer Smash on Sunday. Posty performed cuts from his new album, as well as his biggest hits to date. If you don’t know what to expect when Post Malone comes to town on Sept. 15 at Fiserv Forum, you could have got a sample at Summer Smash on Saturday night. Here are our 10 favorite performances from Chicago’s Summer Smash festival: The festival was stacked from top to bottom and featured a number of performances from acts with upcoming performances in Milwaukee – and even one rapper with Milwaukee ties. With headlining sets from massive rappers like Post Malone and Lil Uzi, as well as a number of supporting sets from equally huge names in rap music, the Chicago festival was certainly worth the 90-mile drive regardless of the price for a gallon of gas. So even when you think it’s not happening, it is.Rap fans traveled from across the Midwest for Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash festival at Chicago’s Douglas Park. You’ll notice that all these bits of work that you do eventually lead up to big things and they have a domino effect. A lot of times we do these things that build up small and incrementally and because we don’t see the growth happening right then and there, we feel like it’s not. It’s happening even when you don’t think it is.

What message do you have for the people who are following their dreams? That’s the biggest thing and just pushing it and seeing what doors God opens from there. My music is a personal narrative and I think that’s the way I’m able to touch different audiences and make sure it resonates with my crowd, is by telling things that I can personally relate to. That’s the only way I’m able to write, to be honest. Why is it important for you to be honest and transparent in your music? This is me coming to terms with that and understanding what that really turns into down the line. Typically, I just remove myself from situations with no resolve. “Ghosted” is a song about how historically I’ve dealt with grief and with things that are unfavorable for me in general. That’ll be the last single that we drop before my album. An exclusive for you is that it’s featuring Deontay Hitchcock. I think the newest joint that we did was called “List,” which is actually gonna be the next single from my album. Can you talk about the new song you performed?
