9.21.2022
Rolling Loud New York 2022 Reveals New Merch for This Weekend’s Festival
Rolling Loud New York Returns to Citi Field in Queens on September 23-25th
Headlined by Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky, and Future, the World’s Largest Rap Festival Returns to Hip-Hop’s Hometown For The Third Time
The Announcement:
Rolling Loud is known for unforgettable performances, expertly-curated lineups, and some of the finest festival fashion in the business. Today, Rolling Loud reveals its new collection of merch, created especially for this weekend’s Rolling Loud New York 2022. The New York 2022 collection of merch features dozens of unique items, each inspired by the festival’s star-studded lineup and the rich culture of hip-hop’s hometown.
Among the most interesting items is a hand painted denim jacket, created as an ode to the DIY roots of hip hop clothing and graffiti culture. Limited to 300 pieces only available during the NYC show, this piece is a stand out collectible. The Rolling Loud team continues to elevate its festival merch and push the boundaries of modern fashion with seasonal pieces like the classic letterman jacket, featuring heavy chenille embroideries, and a vintage baseball jersey, inspired by the Brooklyn Dodgers, with matching shorts. The NYC assortment also includes a snowmobile-inspired fall/winter jacket and a leather motorcycle piece, as the design team expands further into outerwear. Fans from New York and beyond will find the cities most iconic elements from Pizzerias to public transit incorporated into this year’s collection. Bunny’s Bae Bar will also offer exclusive merch, including a crop-top hoodie and a matching pair of shorts. Check out the full complement of merch at shoprollingloud.com, including “Throwee” resort wear, bomber and letterman jackets, a hockey jersey, and much, much more.
NYC merch is available to purchase on the festival grounds and at Rolling Loud’s online merch store.
In addition to the merch available online and at the festival, Rolling Loud announces a new collaboration with NYC-based brand For Every Living Thing. Rolling Loud and F.E.L.T. will host a pop-up shop this Thursday, September 22nd, at a pop-up shop at 97 Allen Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Headlined by Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky, and Future, Rolling Loud New York 2022 is the world’s biggest rap festival’s third trip to the birthplace of rap music. Rolling Loud New York returns to Citi Field in Queens on September 23-25th. GA and VIP tickets are available for sale at rollingloud.com/nytix.
Beyond the headliners lies an all-star lineup of notable names, including special performer Playboi Carti. Fans at Rolling Loud New York can see established superstars like Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, and Moneybagg Yo, Five Borough favorites like A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Lil Tecca and Fivio Foreign, leading ladies like BIA, Bktherula, DreamDoll, Kali, Lakeyah, and more, respected veterans like Pusha T, Busta Rhymes, and Fat Joe, and a host of rising rappers from NY and beyond.
Rolling Loud New York continues a banner year for the world’s largest rap festival, highlighted by July’s Rolling Loud Miami, which brought headliners Kid Cudi, Future, and Kendrick Lamar, plus hundreds of rap’s biggest names to Hard Rock Stadium. Beyond Miami, this has been a year of international expansion for Rolling Loud. In September, Rolling Loud hosts the first-ever Rolling Loud Toronto, featuring an international array of A-listers including headliners Future, WizKid, and Dave. Rolling Loud hosted its first two European festivals this summer, with Rolling Loud Portugal and Rolling Loud x WOO HAH! Fest in the Netherlands. Last week, Rolling Loud officially announced Rolling Loud Thailand at a star-studded press conference in Bangkok. The first Rolling Loud festival in Asia, Rolling Loud Thailand touches down in Pattaya, Thailand on April 14th-15th, 2023.
Led by founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud has become the most powerful live companies in hip-hop, and one of the world’s most recognizable brands. Stay tuned for many more announcements, as Rolling Loud continues to lead the vanguard of music experiences in hip-hop and beyond.
Buy Rolling Loud NYC 2022 merch: https://shoprollingloud.com/collections/new-york-2022
Buy tickets for Rolling Loud New York 2022: rollingloud.com/nytix
Critical Praise:
“Rolling Loud has become the biggest hip-hop festival in the country” – Variety
“Built from scratch by lifelong music fans Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud’s early strengths were its daring curation and booking, elevating a new generation of artists with exciting live shows and captivating energy. Today, the biggest performers headline the raucous Miami festival, coming from all over the world, often driven solely by their love and trust of Zingler and Cherif.” – Billboard
“From niche hip-hop festival to must-play event for some of the biggest stars in music.” – Pollstar
“Until Elon Musk involuntarily envelops society into a physical cloud universe, Rolling Loud will be the closest experience to actually living inside your streaming app.” – Complex
“Rolling Loud’s annual New York edition is always something special, but this year’s Halloween-weekend extravaganza (not to mention the first post-pandemic) brought seriously spectacular energy to Queens’ Citi Field.” – Highsnobiety
“Rolling Loud is a lifestyle brand. They are more than just the shows. They have built a community with their consumers and are building new channels to maintain continuity” – Forbes
“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times
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The Background:
Founded by 5-time Billboard Hip-Hop Power Players Matt Zingler & Tariq Cherif as a one-day Miami show, Rolling Loud has grown into a global festival phenomenon, putting on shows on both coasts and in multiple countries. Rolling Loud is the premier festival brand in hip-hop, known for its expert curation of wide-ranging lineups that reflect the state of the genre.
Rolling Loud recently wrapped Miami 2022, its biggest event to date, headlined by Kid Cudi, Kendrick Lamar, and Future, and the inaugural Rolling Loud Portugal, which brought an international array of all-stars to the beaches of Portimåo, Portugal. The festival’s busy 2022 continues in September, with the first ever Rolling Loud Toronto, headlined by Future, WizKid, and Dave, and Rolling Loud New York, headlined by Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky & Future.
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