RALEIGH, N.C. — J. Cole, Burna Boy, Usher and Drake will headline the 2023 Dreamville Festival in Raleigh.
The two-day hip-hop, rap and R&B music festival held at Dorothea Dix Park will include headliners such as Usher on Saturday and Burna Boy on Sunday.
J. Cole, the festival and record label founder, will perform Sunday night with Drake as his special guest.
“The two will perform a medley of hits from each of their chart-topping catalogs, which collectively have come to define the sound of a generation,” according to a news release. “Burna Boy will headline and close out the second stage on Sunday, prior to J. Cole + Drake ending the weekend activities on the festival main stage.”
Tickets are on sale now for the April 1-2 festival, which has become one of the biggest music festivals in the state. More than 80,000 people attended in 2022.
The lineup is a mix artists signed to Dreamville Records and some of Cole’s “favorite artists and collaborators.”
Day one artists include: Usher, Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Sean Paul, EARTHGANG, Jessie Reyez, Key Glock, Sir , Lute, Omen, Marqus Clae and Victony.
Day two artists include: J. Cole, Drake, Summer Walker, J.I.D., GloRilla, Bas, Waka Flaka Flame, Mario, Ayra Starr, Baby Tate, Cozz, Jordan Ward and Reuben Vincent.
Find more information about the music festival at dreamvillefest.com.
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