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Kanye & Ty Dolla $ign Added To Rolling Loud Lineup

Author Autumn Hawkins

Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign will be on stage at Rolling Loud: California next month. The festival is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with headliners Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Future X Metro Boomin, and now Ye and Ty. The Chicago rapper broke the news on his Instagram before the festival got the word out.

https://twitter.com/RollingLoud/status/1758188327142883810

The duo has been added above Nicki’s name on the flyer, but Rolling Loud ensured that the Pink Friday 2 rapper is still headlining Friday (March 15).

Ye and Ty will start off the festival on Thursday, adding an additional day to the festival. There have not been any other acts announced at this time to join the duo. “VULTURES HEADLINING NEW THURSDAY NIGHT
@kanyewest @tydollasign. All three-day pass holders will be automatically upgraded to a 4-day pass. All single-day purchasers will receive an email tomorrow with a special link to upgrade to a 4-day pass! New purchasers must purchase 3 day pass to receive access to Thursday night,” the festival wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).

https://twitter.com/RollingLoud/status/1758194800770052165

Following Nicki will be Post Malone on Saturday, and Future and Metro Boomin as a duo to close out the festival on Sunday. Ty Dolla $ign was previously booked for a set on Saturday.

In addition to the headliners, fans will also get to experience sets from Summer Walker, Big Sean, Chief Keef, Bryson Tiller, Don Toliver, and more.

Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign Drop Vultures Vol. 1

Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign released the first volume of Vultures on Friday (Feb. 9). It featured guest appearances from Lil Durk, Bump J, Freddie Gibbs, Travis Scott, Quavo, Platboi Carti and West’s daughter, North.

His appearance at Rolling Loud after his recent claims of being blacklisted amid attempting to plan for a Vultures tour.

“We just sold out the United Center in seven minutes and I just wanted to express to everybody out there to see if anybody can help with this,” West says in the video referencing his Vultures listening party in his home city of Chicago. “It’s the only arena I had access to in the past year. And when I call, people say there’s no availables for me and you know why that is. If there’s anybody out there that can help with this, please do.”

https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/1755043601044676879

This will be Kanye’s first festival headline announcement before pulling out of Coachella in 2022 days before.

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Autumn Hawkins is the National Hip-Hop and R&B writer for Beasley Media, currently residing in New Jersey. Prior to working at Beasley Media, she was in broadcast news as an entertainment producer. When she's not impatiently waiting for Beyoncé to drop new music, she is reading, shopping, or planning a vacation.

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