Summer Smash

How Much Are Tickets For Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2024 Lineup?

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For the sixth year, Lyrical Lemonade’s signature festival is gearing up to deliver rap fans in the Midwest’s annual fix. Between June 14 and 16, Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois will serve as the official home for Summer Smash 2024https://uproxx.com/music/summer-smash-2024-lineup-travis-scott-playboi-carti/.

With Illinois native Chief Keef named as one of the multi-day festival’s headliner, crowds ares sure to swarm the venue. Continue below for ticketing details, lineup information, and more.

How Much Are Tickets For Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2024 Lineup?

There are three ticketing tiers (general admission, VIP, and Diamond VIP) for Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2024. General admission passes for the weekend will run you $385. VIP passes, on the other hand, are $655. While Diamond VIP passes are quoted at $1,575. Each group’s listed price includes all taxes and fees. For $125, you can secure a 3-day parking pass for Seat Geek Stadium’s designed lot.

It is important to note that the festival doesn’t appear to offer single day passes at this time. So, weekend passes for each ticket group (general admission, VIP, Diamond VIP) as well as parking passes are on sale now. Find more information here.

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2024 lineup

Outside of the festival’s headliners Cactus Jack (Travis Scott with Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, Sofaygo, and Chase B) on June 14, Playboi Carti on June 15, and Chief Keef on June 16 there are several notable acts. Ticket holders can look forward to performances by Big Sean, JID, Denzel Curry, Kodak Black, Destroy Lonely, Flo Milli, Lil Tecca, Mick Jenkins (performing The Waters), Ski Mask The Slump God, Cash Cobain, TiaCorine, Ken Carson, Waka Flocka Flame, YG Marley, and Lil B to name a few.

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2024 poster

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Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash 2024 poster

Chief Keef to Return to Chicago for 2024 Summer Smash Festival

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Lyrical Lemonade and SPKRBX have announced the highly anticipated lineup for this year’s Summer Smash festival, which will be held at SeatGeek Stadium near Chicago, Illinois, from June 14 to June 16, 2024.

As one of the largest independently-owned hip-hop festivals globally, Summer Smash attracts thousands of attendees. Headliners include Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, and a special appearance from Chief Keef, marking his return to Illinois after a decade-long hiatus.

Travis Scott will headline Friday’s lineup with a Cactus Jack performance featuring artists from his label. Playboi Carti, fresh off a series of collaborations, will take the stage on Saturday. Chief Keef, a famed Chicago rapper, will close out the festival on Sunday, promising a monumental homecoming.

The festival boasts a diverse lineup, including Lil Yachty, Kodak Black, and Lil Skies, alongside newcomers like Big Sean and YG Marley. In total, over 50 acts are confirmed for the three-day event.

For fans of hip-hop, Summer Smash promises an unforgettable experience with some of the genre’s biggest names and exciting newcomers. More information and the full lineup are available on TheSummerSmash.com.

Summer Smash 2024 Music Lineup
Summer Smash 2024 Music Lineup

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How To Buy Tickets For Summer Smash 2024

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Lyrical Lemonade announced their 2024 Summer Smash lineup last night (April 25) and it’s a good one, featuring Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, Chief Keef, Lil Yachty, Big Sean, JID, Denzel Curry, Destroy Lonely, Flo Milli, and others. Tickets go on sale soon, so here’s how to get some if you’re interested.

How To Buy Tickets For Summer Smash 2024

Three-day general admission tickets go on sale today, April 26, at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT) through the Summer Smash website. Aside from GA tickets, VIP, Diamond VIP, and Parking passes will also be available.

Per a press release, “Thanks to a new ticketing partnership with Dice, ticket-buying has been made faster and clearer because the price fans see is the price they pay with no bunk surprise fees. To learn more, download the Dice mobile app today and search ‘The Summer Smash’ where fans can access the event page before tickets get released. Interested ticket-buyers can quickly check out in just three clicks while avoiding a waiting room.”

The festival is set to take place from June 14 to 16 at Bridgeview, Illinois’ SeatGeek Stadium, which is a few miles outside of downtown Chicago, roughly 30 minutes away. The fest will feature three stages: As a press release notes, “one of them outdoors within a world-class sports stadium, while the other is custom-built and constructed on outdoor turf nearby including a smaller third performance stage placed underneath a massive open-air tent.”

Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, And Chief Keef Headline The Summer Smash 2024 Lineup

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Lyrical Lemonade is an influential force in the hip-hop community and their Summer Smash festival has become a must-attend event in its own right. Organizers just unveiled the 2024 lineup last night (April 25) and it’s another winner. The festival goes down from June 14 to 16 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, just outside of downtown Chicago.

The headliners set to lead the fest are Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, and Chief Keef. Re: Scott, though, it’s not actually just him, as the performance slot is credited to Cactus Jack and will also feature Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, Chase B, Luxury Tax, SoFaygo, and WondaGurl.

Beyond that, the lineup also includes Lil Yachty (as his performance at the 2021 edition of the festival is having a meme moment), Big Sean, JID, Denzel Curry, Kodak Black, Destroy Lonely, Flo Milli, Lil Tecca, Ski Mask The Slump God, Cash Cobain, TiaCorine, Ken Carson, Waka Flocka Flame, YG Marley, Lil B, and more.

Three-day general admission tickets go on sale starting today, April 26, at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET, 8 a.m. PT) via the Summer Smash website. VIP, Diamond VIP, and Parking passes will also be available. Ticket prices will include “no bunk surprise fees,” per a press release.

Everybody From The Joker To Nikola Jokic Is Now Lil Yachty Thanks To A New AI-Fueled Meme

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In recent days, a new meme has started to surface, and it turns out that Lil Yachty is at the root of it.

As Know Your Meme notes, Yachty performed at the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash concert in 2021, and a clip of his energetic walk out to the stage has racked up over 4.5 million views on YouTube since it was uploaded on June 2022. Here’s that video:

The unmodified video started to be used as a reaction meme here and there, but it has found new life this April, after a post from X (formerly Twitter) account @AIWarper generated some attention. The tweet includes the video, but modified, using a tool called Viggle AI, to replace Yachty with Joaquin Phoenix’s portrayal of the Joker.

From there, other examples have been shared online, including some featuring disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, NBA star Nikola Jokic, and King Of The Hill character Hank Hill.

A version featuring New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau has gone viral in the sports world, so much so that Thibodeau was asked about it in a recent press conference. He revealed that he was originally showed the clip by one of his players, Mitchell Robinson, and that he thought Robinson himself made the video.

Lil Durk Recorded First Hits “In A Closet” In Indiana

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In a hilarious interview with Canadian journalist Narduwar the Human Serviette, Lil Durk revealed some shocking details about his humble origins. Of course, Durk is one of the biggest artists of 2023. His eighth studio album, Almost Healed, peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, his collab with J. Cole, “All My Life”, peaked at #2. Additionally, “All My Life” has been streamed nearly 80 million more times than NBA YoungBoy’s Richest Opp mixtape, which was released at the same time.

Meanwhile, John “Narduwar” Ruskin is one of the most visible music journalists around. Known for his vivid outfits and frenetic style, his also seen as a gold standard for interview prep. “This is one of the most impressive interviews I’ve ever experienced in my life. Seriously, Pharrell said of Ruskin pulling out a vinyl of the first-ever single Pharrell produced. Meanwhile, Drake called a 2010 interview “best that I’ve ever done in my entire life.”

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“In the beginning, you sent your music to Rude Boy Entertainment?” Narduwar asked a surprised Lil Durk at Summer Smash in Chicago. “Yeah,” Lil Durk said with a laugh, “Yeah. I told her that,” Durk continued, pointing to someone behind the camera. “In Iowa?” Narduwar confirmed as Durk kept laughing before correcting him that it was in fact in Indiana. “What was that like?”

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“It was cr*zy. Recording in like a closet. They didn’t believe, everyone didn’t believe in us. We were making our type of music. Shout out rude boys.” It’s exactly the sort of question that has made Ruskin’s journalism legendary, and indispensable. Furthermore, Ruskin opened the interview quoting Durk’s verse from “Maserati”. Durk has released all his music through Only The Family, the legendary Illinois rap group and recording label. However, it appeared that he appreciated Ruskin shouting out his very humble origins. What did you think of the interview? Let us know in the comments. Follow all the latest music news here at HotNewHipHop.

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Lil Uzi Vert Met Their ‘Best Friend’ Nardwuar Again, And This Time, They Didn’t Run Away

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As much of the internet turns into an unbearable hellscape of political flag-waving and incorrigible trolling, Nardwuar interviews remain a wholesome source of comfort. And no Nardwuar interviews have been more memorable or endearing than his encounters with genre (and gender)-bending Philadelphia rapper Lil Uzi Vert. The two online favorites recently reunited at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash in Chicago, and this time, not only did Uzi not run away, they called Nardwuar their “best friend.”

This time around, they discussed Uzi’s fondness for Call Of Duty, which they offered to teach Nardwuar to play after a dinner invite to their house, and the movie Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World — which Uzi has based past album art on. After Nardwuar gifts Uzi with a vinyl copy of the film’s soundtrack, Uzi gushes that it’s, “One of the best movies I ever saw in my life. I’ve been watching movies a very long time and I haven’t found a movie that tops this movie. The story behind this movie, the cinematography, the action. Everything about this movie is just so perfect for the time that it came out and it’s classic and timeless and a gem to Canada and America and the whole world.” (Nardwuar is from Canada, where the film takes place.)

You can check out the full interview above.

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Playboi Carti Was Chased By Fans On A Highway After Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival

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Playboi Carti collaborated with Madonna and The Weeknd on “Popular” for The Idol, and the events after Carti’s headlining Lyrical Lemonade’s 2023 Summer Smash sounds like a plot line extracted from the controversial HBO series.

Summer Smash was held over the weekend at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. Kid Cudi headlined on Friday night, June 23, while Future handled headliner duties on Saturday, June 24, and Carti brought the Cole Bennett-led event home on Sunday night, June 25. The final night was actually punctuated by Chicago’s very own Lil Durk, but some fans wanted more Playboi Carti.

Videos aggregated on Instagram and Twitter by Our Generation Music show an SUV carrying Carti speeding off from the venue, only to be chased by people on foot as it approached the highway. (Maybe they wanted to demand answers in person as to when his follow-up to Whole Lotta Red is coming.) Carti appeared to love the overflowing love, appearing with a smile from the sunroof.

According to setlist.fm, Carti’s 12-song Summer Smash set included a cover of Lil Yachty’s “Flex Up” and of Kanye West’s “Off The Grid” — Carti was a featured artist on both — before a three-song encore of “Teen X,” “New N3on,” and “Vamp Anthem.”

See clips from Summer Smash below.

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Lil Durk Announced as Surprise Guest as Summer Smash Festival Expands

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Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival is gearing up for its highly anticipated return on June 23-25, and today they have revealed an expanded lineup that will make the festival’s fifth anniversary even more special. Regarded as the largest independent hip-hop festival in the country, Summer Smash has become a must-attend event for music lovers.

To add to the excitement, the festival organizers are thrilled to announce that Grammy Award-nominated artist and Chicago native Lil Durk will be the surprise special guest for Sunday’s lineup. After delighting fans with a surprise pop-up performance at the 2021 festival, Durk’s return to his hometown promises to be an unforgettable experience for both the artist and the audience.

In addition to Lil Durk, the festival will feature a range of rising rap acts that are sure to leave a lasting impression. Artists like 03 Greedo, Young Nudy, Homixide Gang, Duwap Kaine, and Matt OX are set to join the already incredible lineup, which includes headliners Kid Cudi, Future, and Playboi Carti.

Fans can expect an extraordinary array of talent at this year’s event. Renowned rap phenomenons such as Ice Spice, Trippie Redd, Ski Mask The Slump God, Lucki, Central Cee, Rico Nasty, and Lil Skies will grace the stage and deliver unforgettable performances.

For those eager to attend the festival, tickets are currently on sale through the official website, www.TheSummerSmash.com. It is advised that fans act quickly, as the cutoff for ticket shipping is tonight, June 9, at 11:59 pm. This allows attendees to secure their spot at the festival and ensure their tickets arrive in time for the event.

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash Festival promises to be an unparalleled celebration of hip-hop music, showcasing both established and emerging artists. With the expanded lineup, surprise guest Lil Durk, and headliners that are set to ignite the stage, this year’s Summer Smash is bound to be an unforgettable experience for all attendees.

Summer Smash 2023 Expanded Lineup
Summer Smash 2023 Expanded Lineup

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Future, Kid Cudi, And Playboi Carti Headline Lyrical Lemonade’s 2023 Summer Smash

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While a lot of attention has been lavished on Rolling Loud as the premiere hip-hop-oriented festival (and rightly so), Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash, which takes place annually in the Chicago area, is quickly carving out a chunk of that regard for itself. It probably helps that Lyrical Lemonade is the brainchild of Cole Bennett and has produced music videos for just about every notable name in rap right now (as well as Jack Black, whose “Peaches” song from The Super Mario Bros. Movie is an inescapable earworm).

So it makes sense that the 2023 lineup for Summer Smash includes a great many of those notable names, including headliners Future, Kid Cudi, and Playboi Cart, along with “a very special Chicago guest” which probably means Chance The Rapper (or a hologram of Juice WRLD, you never know. As long as it ain’t Kanye). Meanwhile, the three-day festival — which takes place at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, IL on June 23-25 — also includes heavy hitters like Vince Staples, Ice Spice, GloRilla, Freddie Gibbs, Ski Mask The Slump God, G Herbo, Cordae, Juicy J, Trippie Redd, Lucki, Central Cee, Lil Skies, and Rico Nasty, and that’s just the top line of each of the three days.

Tickets are already on sale at TheSummerSmash.com