Lyrical Lemonade has announced this year's Summer Smash Festival lineup, and it is sure to bring down the house — and potentially revive the career of rapper Young Thug. It'll be the first time the ...

Young Thug performing in Austin, Tx., in 2022 (photo: Amy E. Price / Getty Images for SXSW). Atlanta rapper Young Thug’s first show since being released from prison last year will take place at the ...

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash has become a premier hip-hop festival, and it has a standout lineup ready for 2025. That was revealed today (March 27), and headlining at SeatGeek Stadium near Chicago, ...

Atlanta rapper Young Thug is one of three artists who will headline the Summer Smash Festival, his first appearance on the stage since he was released from jail, according to Billboard. The Summer ...

With temperatures slowly warming across the Chicago area, music fans yearning for summer got a major update Thursday on one of the region’s biggest music festivals. Known for showcasing hip-hop, the ...

The three-day hip-hop festival, Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash, opened Friday night at Bridgeview’s SeatGeek Stadium on June 20, 2025. Summer Smash 2025: Best artists and everything you need to know ...

Young Thug has announced his first USA show since his release from prison: June 22 at Summer Smash festival in Chicago. It follows the unexpected conclusion of his RICO trial last October, when the ...

Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash, the three-day hip hop festival that’s become a staple of the Chicago-area summer music scene, returns to Bridgeview June 20-22 with one of its most ambitious lineups ...

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The Summer Smash Festival roared back to life for its seventh year, transforming SeatGeek Stadium near Chicago into a Hip-Hop haven from June 20–22, 2025. Drawing over 100,000 fans for a high-octane, ...

Summer Smash Festival, presented by Lyrical Lemonade and SPKRBX, will return to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois, for its seventh anniversary from June 20–22, 2025. Known as the largest ...