Kanye West Exits Rolling Loud Miami; Kid Cudi Set To Headline

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Kanye West will not be headling at Rolling Loud Miami on July 22 due to “circumstances outside the control” of festival organizers, who have already secured Kid Cudi to take over headliner duties.“Due to circumstances outside of our control, Ye will no longer be performing at Rolling Loud Miami 2022.

Please welcome @KiDCuDi!” they shared via Twitter on Sunday along with the updated schedule for the 3-day celebration.Co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler shared additional insight with Deadline regarding West’s departure.“We were looking forward to Ye headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022.

We spent months working with him and his team on the performance. Unfortunately, Ye has decided that he will no longer be performing,” they said in the joint statement. :”This is the first time a headliner has ever pulled off our show and though we don’t take it lightly, we wish him the best.

We look forward to welcoming Kid Cudi as a headliner in Miami and we can’t wait to see what he has in store.”The swap is interesting because West and Cudi have extensive history together both professionally and personally.West helped launch Cudi’s career as a producer signing him to his Good Music label in 2008.