Destroy Lonely surprised fans with multiple unreleased tracks at his iconic Rolling Loud set.
Ken Carson closed out Rolling Loud Weekend with surprise guests and unreleased music.
Last week Ken Carson celebrated the release of his latest album A Great Chaos with a private concert in Brooklyn. Held at Silo music venue, the evening was a rager to say the least. Sponsored by Spotify, the album release gave fans the opportunity to experience A Great Chaos, live, hours before it went live on all platforms. Not only that, Ken surprised fans by bringing out Destroy Lonely to perform his features off of Ken’s new project. Fans were moshing, jumping ecstatically and turning up, but the excitement didn’t end there. The night was nothing short of legendary when Ken brought out Playboi Carti himself. Fans, myself included lost it when Carti graced the stage and joined his Opium artists. It was truly an unforgettable moment to witness Carti, Ken and Destroy come together to celebrate A Great Chaos.
After only a week of release, each track on A Great Chaos has individually amassed over 1 million streams each, on Spotify alone, with “I need u” sitting at over 26 million streams. A Great Chaos is a solid body of work and showcases Ken’s versatility. Standout tracks include “Rockstar Lifestyle,” “Fighting My Demons,””Singapore” ft. Destroy Lonely & “Like This” ft. Destroy Lonely & Lil Uzi.
In what is undoubtedly the largest Hip-Hop festival in the world, the ground shivers for miles, roads are blocked and barricaded, and the nearby air brushes you to the stroke of seemingly familiar beats. Rolling Loud returned this year to Miami with none other than the loudest industry-leading names that require no introduction.
Day 1 (Highlights)
Day 1 hosted artists such as Kid Cudi, Playboi Carti, Don Toliver, and Lil Durk with surprise guest Kanye West. While Kanye was set to headline the Ciroc stage on Day 1, he announced he would not make an appearance and Kid Cudi would take his place on the Ciroc stage. This unquestionably ensued a very unhealthy dose of hydration during Cudi’s performance, as some attendees were not pleased with Kanye being replaced, and resorted to throwing numerous water bottles to express their unamusement. While Cudi decided to cut his performance short, Kanye made a very unexpectedly expected Kanye-like appearance with Lil Durk on the GoPuff stage. Many speculated he would certainly show while others feared their most anticipated artist would not walk the stage. While the controversy of spectacular performances and notably undeserved crowd’s judgment left many wondering what is to come of Day 2 and 3, Rolling Loud brought the heat without hesitation.
Day 2
In the midst of misused vodka-filled hydration packs and insta-worthy outfits ready to lose their glow in a spontaneous mosh pit, Day 2 applied pressure with the heaviest line-up of the weekend.
Admirably so, with all the adored chaos that was showcased, Rolling Loud actionably expressed hydration as a priority for their guests with strategically located water stations, concession stands, and water packs thrown (lightly) from the stages to the crowd. Seemingly quite the opposite that occurred the previous night with our ill-fated headliner.
Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Dababy, Polo G, Kevin Gates, and many others appeared on the festival stages on this day with undoubtedly the most attendees of the weekend. Becoming an absolute rager as Future brought out both Travis Scott and Lil Durk as surprise guests. Durk who had previously headlined on the GoPuff stage the day before, entertained no sleep. The festival was a cinematically electric wildfire with fireworks piercing as far as the stratosphere. If all this wasn’t enough, the infamous Rolling Loud Ferris wheel also made its return if the view from the front row didn’t suffice. Travis, who many believed would not continue to perform after previous concert fatalities, stole the show with Future and delivered a truly elevated experience to remember.
Playboi Carti has shared the official new music video for “Magnolia,” the third single from his debut mixtape Playboi Carti.
Playboy Carti’s debut mixtape is out and available on iTunes and Spotify.
With a jam-packed schedule and the ever changing – newly restricting industry protocol it’s become increasingly hard for a young member of the press, such as myself, to find the excitement I once had during this time of year. However, VFILES has managed to reignite that dwindling light of New York Fashion Week enthusiasm.