Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash has become Chicago’s biggest hip-hop-oriented music festival. With this year’s fest headlined by Travis Scott (billed as Cactus Jack, suggesting a few friends joining ...

For the sixth year, Lyrical Lemonade’s signature festival is gearing up to deliver rap fans in the Midwest’s annual fix. Between June 14 and 16, Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois will serve as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cole Bennett, acclaimed video director and founder of Lyrical Lemonade, has spent the past two years working on the most ambitious project he’s ever taken on. His first full-length compilation album, ...

Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash will be three days at SeatGeek Stadium. Left to right, up to down: Lil Skies, Lil Tecca, Lil Yachty, That Mexican OT, Famous Dex, Kodak Black, Lazer Dim, Mick Jenkins, ...

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The arc of Chicago’s Lyrical Lemonade is honestly the evolution of the hip-hop industry writ small. The media empire’s first kernel was a somewhat low-budget, experimental music video, and as the ...

Summer Smash, the largest independent hip-hop festival in the US, returned to Chicago on June 23 for their fifth annual festival. This year’s lineup boasted a star-studded roster including Kid Cudi, ...