This past weekend, Rolling Loud had its debut in New York City. The festival has been around for five years, and their New York lineup had artists such as A$AP Rocky, Meek Mill, and Travis Scott headlining. The Los Angeles one is coming in December, with some repeat artist and others such as Chance the Rapper on the bill.
A random raver on Twitter, @lyubra, used the app to send out his thoughts about EDM festivals versus any other type of festival:
Regular People: Rolling Loud and Coachella are the best festivals in the world.
Ravers: Hold my beer pic.twitter.com/vPDkjpjv43
— 🌴Tropix🌴🔜JOYRYDE (@Lyubra) October 12, 2019
EDM festivals and other kinds of festivals -whether rock, country, or mixed genres – are very different beasts, and to each their own. But Twitter did its thing, and the tweet went viral, catching the attention of Tariq Cheriff, the co-founder and owner of Rolling Loud. In true Twitter fashion, he decided to respond to the tweet instead of ignoring it, and his response ignited some feelings.
Lol. They need all that production because the DJ’s just push play and fake a “performance”
Also, Rolling Loud is 5 years old. Find pictures of EDC, Tomorrowland, or Ultra in their 5th year and put those up against Rolling Loud. And then, hold my joint. https://t.co/84oKFQ7GYF
— Tariq (@TariqCherif) October 14, 2019
The “pressing play” comment is really where he went awry, and the EDM community let him have it. If you have been following this at all, it has probably kept you entertained this Tuesday. Even a few lovers of both chimed in, pointing out that there were just differences between the two. Cherif sent out a few more tweets, joking around that no one was trying to take away any plur beads and both defending his statement and saying that it wasn’t really a serious dig.
Agreed. https://t.co/UDmp45nAG3
— Tariq (@TariqCherif) October 15, 2019
At the end, he apologized for what blew up all over Twitter and said “rave on.”
Did you chime in with the rest? Were you entertained? Let us know your favorite tweet clapbacks.
I will one hundred percent drop money at a rave festival where the acts typically aren’t late or getting arrested and I actually have value for my buck and I’m not even an EDM fan like that but come on.
— Issiah Silva (@IssiahSilva) October 14, 2019
Lost lands has only been around for a few years too tho lol
— boo wop👻 ♡ (@boo_wop) October 15, 2019
I love edm and rap music but I’d rather watch a show with amazing production than a rapper yell over their vocal track which is just as bad as “pushing play”
— Logan M. (@941Logan) October 14, 2019
well, technology and the internet wasnt so up there during the early rave days more than a decade ago lol, and lost lands sold out in their first 3 years. we’ll wait for the 5th i guess to prove your point.
— spooky flavor (@LoudFlavor) October 15, 2019
But hella rappers just show up and spit adlibs over a backing track…
— KVM (@kaiju_kam) October 15, 2019
This was from Tomorrowland in 2010. It started in 2005. pic.twitter.com/4K1RddkuYw
— Aj (@Alcx_) October 15, 2019
As a lover of both genres, this tweet is just dumb af. I could easily say the same about rappers rapping a few words from there songs and nothing else bar jumping around. Stop hating. Both different and both can be amazing 🤘🏼
— Sam Baker (@SamBakerDJ) October 14, 2019
Ok EDM twitter, which part of my tweet pissed you off more? The part about DJ’s pushing play or the part where I point out that we’re in our 5th year and EDC/ultra have been in the game longer?
— Tariq (@TariqCherif) October 15, 2019
We’re trying to build bridges over here man, not burn them. Remember! Both Hip Hop and dance music come from disco/funk, 808s, turntables, and the oppressed coming together as one collective to create something new outside of the norm. https://t.co/bvanivm3Gl
— GDE (@GlobalDanceGDE) October 15, 2019
LMAOO! Uhh a lot of rappers these days need the full track playing in the background in order to “perform” live
Also, why talk shit on a scene that made the festival circuit what it is today? Without EDM, Hip Hop wouldn’t have the massive 60K festivals and of course, Soundcloud https://t.co/gqDohYBmDq
— GDE (@GlobalDanceGDE) October 15, 2019
Music is supposed to bring people together, not tear them apart. I apologize for seeing a divisive tweet and stooping down to its level with an even more divisive tweet, even tho I meant to be light hearted about it. Now please, carry on. My opinion is not that important. Peace.
— Tariq (@TariqCherif) October 15, 2019
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