TT Torrez On How Black Female Rappers Have Consistently 'Contributed To The Culture'

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Hot 97’s Summer Jam is bringing all the heat to the Greater New York Area with a sick lineup of artists and producers. Summer Jam 2022’s lineup includes Fivio Foreign, Dreamdoll, Shenseea, Yung Bleu, Lil Baby, and even a special tribute for the late DJ Kay Slay from New York’s own Papoose.

Just looking at the lineup for the Festival Stage and Main Stage, this isn’t an event that you’ll want to miss.“We have so many amazing moments happening at Summer Jam this year.

This is probably the first one from top to bottom that I am thoroughly excited about – and when I say top to bottom, I mean from the festival on down,” Hot 97’s SVP of Artist and Talent Relations TT Torrez disclosed during our ZOOM interview. “It’s just going to be an amazing show.”Torrez says this year’s Hot 97 Summer Jam will be “a cultural moment for hip-hop” that’ll be chock full of surprises and each year has a more dynamic moment than the one before. “You’re just never going to know what’s going to happen at Summer Jam.

With the lineup this year, you have such a mixture of both Gen Z artists and millennial artists, and something for the OG’s.