Doja Cat, Offset and Sexyy Red are set to headline Hot 97 Summer Jam 2024, which is scheduled to take place this summer.
The famed radio station made the announcement via Instagram on Tuesday (March 19), unveiling the full roster that will take the stage at the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, Elmont, New York.
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Scheduled to take place on Sunday (June 2), the event will also feature performances by Method Man & Redman, Sleepy Hallow, Davido, 41 and Tee Grizzley.
Tickets for the festival will go on sale on Friday (March 22) at 10 A.M. EST via Ticketmaster.
Despite the abundance of rap royalty, a lot of fans were left generally unimpressed by Doja Cat’s inclusion on the bill, with one user commenting: “Doja Cat? This the same summer jam that said Nicki Minaj was too pop years ago [eight crying laughter emojis].”
“Doja Cat? I wanna see more nyc artists this makes no sense guys,” another person wrote, while a third took a more empathetic tone with: “Love Doja but I’m curious how the Summer Jam crowd is going to embrace her.”
Earlier this month, the California rapper announced that she was leaving social media before deleting her Instagram profile.
“hey i’m gonna deactivate because i’m not really feeling this anymore,” she began. “you guys take care of yourselves. i like coming here to find inspo and see people being creative but i just feel like this is getting to be too much.
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“the way i’m spoken to on here and treated makes me have fucked up thoughts. Please watch how you talk to and about people on the internet. Bye.”
She also posted a photo of a crab claw holding a cigarette, captioning it: “peeeeace.”
Sexyy Red, who will also be headlining the event, has also been at the receiving end of a criticism due to her performance at Rolling Loud in Inglewood, CA earlier this month. earlier this month.
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Taking to X/Twitter, she poked fun at herself while addressing the haters.
“Dis how it be when somebody hear you singing in da shower [laughing face emojis],” she wrote, quote-tweeting a fan who shared a clip of her performance from the venerated festival.
In the clip, she could be seen singing SZA’s section of “Rich Baby Daddy” in a notably out-of-tune voice a la Biz Markie. About it, the fan wrote: “What is this[?]” followed by a series of crying emojis.
