Montreal’s hip-hop festival Metro Metro, taking place this weekend at Olympic Park, has announced last-minute changes to its lineup: rap veteran 50 Cent will replace Playboi Carti as headliner of the latest show. event of Montreal, Sunday.
Metro Metro explains this situation by a cancellation of a young rapper from the Atlanta area for more reasons [son] control.
It will also be replaced by another rapper. Fivio Foreign, which was supposed to take the stage on Saturday, May 21 at exactly 4:50 pm, gave way to Sheck Wes, at the same time.
Rapper Young Thug, who was originally scheduled to headline on Friday, was removed from the lineup last week after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in criminal street gang activity.
Meanwhile, actors Trippie Redd and Tory Lanez took over as stars on the first day of the festival.
On Saturday, Lil Baby will be the last to dance with people at Olympic Park.
Metro Metro, a celebration created by Pointe-Calumet Beachclub co-owner Olivier Primeau, is back after being canceled for two consecutive years due to the pandemic.
Local programming stars include Loud, Koriass, FouKi, Naya Ali, Nate Husser and Calamine.
Source: Radio-Canada
