Rolling Loud Europe Day 1: Nicki Minaj, Gunna, Ken Carson And More
Rolling Loud Europe Day 1 brought highly anticipated performances this summer presenting all the best artists in global rap music. Thousands of fans across Europe were able to come to the festival to enjoy their favorite artists. Bringing them specifically to the Austrian countryside to celebrate the ten year anniversary of Rolling Loud. Ever since the very first festival in Miami, Rolling Loud has grown to be a major force in hip-hop. Not only providing a huge stage for rap’s biggest names but giving early exposure to future superstars in the music industry. To help further ignite the exciting celebration some of the most popular music artists today were able to showcase an unforgettable night of performances. Including Nicki Minaj, Gunna, Ken Carson, Ski Mask the Slump God, Anycia, and SadBoi. Even some European artists like Shirin David and Money Boy. It all began on Friday July 5, when the party started in Austria.
Nicki Minaj
The one and only queen of rap, Nicki Minaj has reigned the Rolling Loud Europe 2024 stage. Her highly anticipated performance left fans hoping she will come back to the festival again in the future. Nicki’s “Pink Friday” set drew a huge crowd of loyal fans which she refers to as the “Barbz”. Her setlist including her newest songs such as “FTCU”, “Feeling Myself”, “Red Ruby Da Sleaze” and “Barbie World”. But Minaj made sure she gave the crowd what they wanted, singing some throwbacks like “Starships”, “Moment 4 Life”, and “High School“. The famous rapper closed the night with a strikingly, fierce performance. Entertaining the audience with her career-defining classics with top tier production value and showmanship. No wonder why Nicki Minaj remains the “queen of rap”!
Gunna
The rapper, Gunna took over the stage at the music festival with a powerful set. This performance being one of the rapper’s first European festivals after a few years. So he made sure the to hype up the crowd for the rest of the day. His setlist included his music hits like “one of wun”, “prada dem”, “DOLLAZ ON MY HEAD”, “MET GALA”, and “YOSEMITE”. Gunna‘s career started when he released his debut mixtape with YSL Records. Titled “Drip Season 3” the mixtape featured his hit single “Drip Too Hard”. The song would eventually reach number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016. Causing his hip-hop, rap career to skyrocket. Giving Gunna huge opportunities to feature on songs with established artists such as Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Offset. Now in the present day Gunna continues to perform for thousands of fans at the Rolling Loud Music Festival, showing his raw talent with outstanding stage productions.
Ken Carson
Ken Carson also make his appearance at Rolling Loud Europe Day 1. With some outstanding stage presence Carson performed his songs “It’s Over”, “Freestyle 3”, “Go”, “overseas” and “Lose It”. After Carson started making music in the year of 2015 he was also a member of the record label 808 Mafia early on in his career. He then met rapper Playboi Carti around 2018, which led him to sign to Carti’s Opium label as the very first artist to be signed to the label. From then on Ken Carson has been a trailblazer in the rap community.
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