This was the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the premier music festival in the United States. More than 125,000 people descended on the California town to hear a surprisingly diverse cross section of popular music. On Friday night, alongside the epic headliner set from Lady Gaga, the return of Missy Elliott (who will be in Memphis for RiverBeat Music Festival in a couple of weeks) and The Prodigy, and a scorcher from Seun Kuti & Africa 80 (another RiverBeat booking), two of Memphis’ hip-hop top guns wowed in the 100-degree heat.
Unfortunately, there are no good videos on YouTube (yet) of GloRilla’s stomping set, which whipped the audience into a frenzy. Luckily, we’ve got Three 6 Mafia’s volcanic opener, “Hit a Muthafucka,” to bring you up to speed if you couldn’t afford to spend the weekend in the desert. Get ready to get buck! (And do I have to tell you this clip is NSFW? ’Cause it ain’t.)
