Jack Harlow has announced a new music festival in his hometown Louisville, Kentucky, featuring SZA, Vince Staples and more.
GAZEBO Festival is set for May 25 and 26 at the Waterfront Park in the MC’s birth city. The “Lovin On Me” rapper will join as a headliner, and the lineup will also include James Blake (DJ Set), Omar Apollo and PinkPantheress on top billing.
Hip Hop fans will be delighted to see the inclusion of artists like Channel Tres, Slum Village, Veeze, Rich Homie Quan and more.
The two-day event will feature 26 acts on two stages and highlight some of Louisville’s local food and culture.
Tickets for the festival will go on sale Friday, March 8, 2024 at 10 a.m. EST. Special fan presales will take place beginning March 6, 2024 at 10 a.m. EST. General admission weekend tickets are available starting at $255.
A portion of proceeds from every ticket, plus a number of other on-site revenue streams, will benefit various community organizations in Louisville through the Jack Harlow Foundation.
Earlier this month, the “WHATS POPPIN” rapper declared that he wouldn’t be offering a remix of his massive hit single “Lovin on Me.”
“No,” he said pretty straightforwardly when TMZ confronted him about the matter, before scurrying away and half-heartedly saying: “I gotta go.”
On February 12, Billboard reported that the track jumped from the second spot to No.1. on the Hot 100. It first topped the tally in December, followed by two weeks in January. The single from the Kentucky rapper, which was released late last year to critical acclaim, has already made history.
Earlier this month, he became the only rapper other than Drake to bag a top spot on the aforementioned list for four consecutive years. He previously secured the top spot for his feature on Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby” in 2021, “First Class” in 2022, and “Lovin On Me” in 2023.
The rapper acknowledged the song as the beginning of a “new era” for his career as he wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Thank u for allowing me to reset this year. I moved back to Kentucky and gave u an album I could not have made on the road.
“Surrounded by family & childhood friends this has been one of the happiest years of my life. But now… a new era begins.”
Built on a sample of R&B singer Delbert “Dale” Greer’s 1995 track “Whatever,” the blockbuster joint features him spitting playful, confident rhymes — including shoutouts to Rico Suave, Enrique Iglesias and Detroit rapper Skilla Baby — over a bouncy, club-friendly beat.
