Rolling Loud Miami

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Lore & Background

The first Rolling Loud took place in Miami in July 2015 and featured artists such as Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky in a one-day event at Soho Studios in the Wynwood district. The venue was temporarily flooded during the event due to rain. In 2016, the festival was held at the larger Mana Wynwood convention center and featured Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, and Future as headliners. In 2017, Rolling Loud moved to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami. Since 2018, it has been hosted at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. In 2021, Rolling Loud hosted a post-pandemic festival in Miami with an estimated 200,000 attendees, including a collaboration with WWE that featured a ring and promotional segments, though SmackDown was not broadcast live from the main stage.

In Their Own Story

The 2017 Miami festival saw Lil Uzi Vert stage-dive into the crowd from a two-story scaffolding. In 2018, Meek Mill made his second live performance after being released from prison with a surprise set. XXXTentacion had his last ever live performance at Rolling Loud Miami just a month before his death. Also in 2018, Young Dolph flew out Duke University Baristas who were fired for playing his music and gifted them $20,000 on stage. NPR described Rolling Loud as a "hotbed for arrests," and according to The New York Times, "Rolling Loud events have been connected to arrests and violence in the past." The 2019 edition of the Miami festival has been described as "plagued by chaos." In 2022, Travis Scott came out for Future’s headliner set at Rolling Loud Miami, and was also sued for allegedly causing a stampede during his performance at Rolling Loud in Miami three years prior, in 2019. In July 2022, during the first day of Rolling Loud in Miami, multiple objects were thrown at Kid Cudi from the crowd during his set, including a water bottle thrown at his face; Cudi cut off his performance and left the stage. Shortly after, Lil Durk brought out Kanye West to perform their single "Hot Shit."

Reader's Guide

Rolling Loud Miami is the flagship edition of the festival, held annually since 2015. The event typically takes place over a weekend, with the 2020 edition originally scheduled for May 8-10 but rescheduled to July 23-25, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival features multiple stages and a lineup heavily focused on hip-hop. Notable headliners have included Future, Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, and others. The 2021 edition drew more than 200,000 attendees. In 2023, Rolling Loud teamed up with the City of Miami Gardens and Rick Ross to gift eight scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Miami Norland and Miami Carol City Senior High Schools. Also in 2023, Rolling Loud hosted a panel discussion with the Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) in support of their Restoring Artistic Protections (RAP) Act initiative on the first day of Rolling Loud Miami, featuring co-founder Tariq Cherif, BMAC co-founder Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, Congressman Hank Johnson, and Congressman Jamaal Bowman.

Did You Know?

• The first Rolling Loud in 2015 was a one-day event at Soho Studios in Wynwood that was temporarily flooded due to rain.
• In 2017, Lil Uzi Vert stage-dived into the crowd from a two-story scaffolding at Rolling Loud Miami.
• XXXTentacion's last ever live performance was at 'The Joint' in Las Vegas on June 10, 2018, not at Rolling Loud Miami.
• In 2021, Rolling Loud Miami hosted a collaboration with WWE, which featured a ring and promotional segments, though SmackDown was not broadcast live from the main stage.
• In 2023, Rolling Loud Miami partnered with Rick Ross and the City of Miami Gardens to gift eight scholarships to local high school seniors.