April 23, 2025
The pageant will happen August 30 at Norfolk Scope Grounds.
The Cousinz Pageant has introduced it performers for this 12 months’s occasion.
The second annual occasion, scheduled for August 30 in Norfolk, Virginia, at Norfolk Scope Grounds, will characteristic headliners Jeezy, T-Ache, and Lil’ Kim and units by New York Metropolis DJs DJ Clue and DJ Envy.
“We had an thought for our hometown, and it actually got here to life,” Clipse group member and pageant co-founder Pusha T mentioned, in line with WAVY. “Final 12 months set the vibe, tone, and vitality for Cousinz, and realizing that every 12 months will carry one thing totally different, we wished a lineup that mirrored how we really feel when we hop in our vehicles in the Summertime. Having Jeezy do a particular efficiency of his
hit TM 101 album–one thing the followers have been asking for years–is loopy to be occurring in Norfolk. Lil’ Kim is a rap legend and T-Ache retains the vitality excessive all the time.”
Different acts performing embody: Yard Band, tour and daytime TV DJ, DJ Boof, DJs Izzy The DJ, DJ DC, and Been Blackin. The home DJ can be DJ Diamond Kuts. Comedian and actor Chico Bean and radio host and media personality Dominique Da Diva will function hosts.
Attendees also can take pleasure in culinary treats with the Stormy Blue Meals Truck Expertise.
On Friday, April 25, Cousinz, in partnership with The Waterside District, will host the Cousinz Neighborhood Engagement Kick-Off Dialog. The panelists would be the co-founder of the pageant, recording artist Fam-Lay; Antonio Dowe of Cousinz Pageant; Sean Washington of the Metropolis of Norfolk; and Suyapa Marquez of Dominion Vitality.
The occasion begins at 4 p.m. at The Market at Waterside. A mixer will happen from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
“Cousinz is greater than music: it’s about neighborhood engagement,” mentioned Fam-Lay. “What made Cousinz particular final 12 months was that we have been capable of accomplice with native companies to vary individuals’s lives. We awarded scholarships to 5 Norfolk State College college students by means of the Maintain The Door initiative, and we additionally partnered with Dominion Vitality to improve a Norfolk resident’s house. After we say Cousinz is a motion, we imply that. Household–whether or not by bloodline or by neighborhood ties–helps each other. We’ll be activating the neighborhood once more this 12 months by means of totally different pop-ups and experiences.”
Ticket gross sales for Cousinz will start with a locals solely on-site pre-slle on Friday, April 25 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Waterside District in Norfolk.
Basic on-line pre-sale for earlier Cousinz Pageant ticket purchasers begins Monday, April 28 at 10 a.m. by means of Wednesday, April 30 at 11:59 p.m. on www.cousinzfestival.com.
Basic public on-line gross sales start Thursday, Could 1 at 10 a.m.
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