Cardi B to Headline Hot 97’s Summer Jam in June

Cardi B is preparing for a steamy summer

This year, renowned New York radio station Hot 97 is looking to shake things up with its annual performance staple, Summer Jam, by selecting the 30-year-old half-Dominican American Grammy-winning rap superstar to headline the event on June 4 at UBS Arena.

Cardi BCardi B will bring her laundry bag of hits, including Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers “Bodak Yellow,” “WAP,” “Up” and more.

The Bronx dynamo will have a practice round when she headlines Rolling Loud Thailand on April 13-15 along with Travis Scott and Chris Brown.

In June 2022, Cardi B headlined Wireless Festival, and in December, she reportedly netted $1 million for a 35-minute set at Art Basel.

“I got payed 1 million dollars to perform at this elite bankers private event for 400 people and only for 35 minutes,” she tweeted in response to a mocking her “backyard set.”

In addition to Cardi B, Hot 97 has enlisted several female upstarts to perform along with the touted superstar, including Ice Spice, GloRilla, Coi Leray and Lola Brooke.

More New York representatives will also hit the stage at UBS Arena, notably French Montana, Lil Tjay and Fivio Foreign. To commemorate 50 years of hip-hop, The LOX will lead the way.

Younger artists such as NLE Choppa, Kenzo B, 2Rare, Sha EK, McVert and TQ will perform at a pre-festival show hosted by Montana. According to the radio station, more acts will be announced later.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 8 at 10:00 am.

“HOT 97’s Summer Jam is a hip-hop staple, and we are excited to bring the most electric show of the summer back to New York for hip-hop’s 50th anniversary,” said Bradford Tobin, president, chief operating officer and general counsel in a press release.

“The show is all about bringing hip-hop’s biggest stars to the stage, and we are honored to have New York’s own Cardi B as our headliner this year,” added TT Torrez, multimedia personality and VP of artist and label Relations. “I am so proud of the strong female presence in our lineup, which represents women’s dominance over the airwaves this year.”

Cardi B Gets “Carried Away” at London’s Wireless Festival

Cardi B is wiggin’ out…

The 26-year-old half-Dominican American rap superstar admittedly “got carried away” during her headlining set at London’s Wireless Festival on Friday, July 5.

Cardi B

Midway through her performance, the “I Like It” rapper got so fired up that she tore off her long black wig and tossed it into the crowd, leaving her only with a wig cap on her head. 

Later on social media, Cardi B admitted that she went a little too far and jokingly asked for fans to return the hairpiece.

“I GOT CARRIED AWAY …….I want my wig back:/ Dm me,” she wrote on Twitter, along with sharing a fan-caught video of the incident.

It didn’t take long for fans to joke about the wig-tossing fiasco on social media. “CARDIIII THAT WIG IS PROLLY ON EBAY RN SELLIN FOR MILLIONSSSSSS,” one fan wrote.

Cardi B also made headlines for bringing out Lil Nas X to perform his hit single “Old Town Road” during her Wireless set. 

Mars to Headline London’s and Birmingham’s Wireless Festival This Summer

Bruno Mars is going wireless in the U.K.

The 28-year-old part-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, who logged record numbers during his critically acclaimed Super Bowl Halftime Show last month, will take the stage at London’s and Birmingham’s Wireless Festival this summer.

Bruno Mars

Live Nation has confirmed that Mars, Kanye West and Drake will serve as headliners, with OutKast, Pharrell Williams, Rudimental, Basement Jaxx and Ellie Goulding also performing.

Other musicians joining the lineup of the Live Nation-organized event include Robin Thicke, Tinie Tempah and Sean Paul, as well as Naughty Boy, Labrinth, Kid Ink, Wilkinson, Meridian Dan, Lizzo, Jon Bellion, Schoolboy Q, Javeon, Elli Ingram, Blonde, Rixton, Alec Benjamin, Say Lou Lou, Sinead Harnett, Indiana, All About She, Tori Kelly and Sasha Keable.

The 10th annual Wireless Festival will take place for the first time at London’s Finsbury Park and Birmingham’s Perry Park July 4-July 6.

West will headline Friday’s London lineup and Sunday’s Birmingham roster, while Mars will be the headline act in Birmingham Saturday and London Sunday. Drake headlines the two remaining gigs.

Last year’s Wireless Festival was headlined by Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake at London’s Olympic Park.