CITY SPLASH ANNOUNCE DANCEHALL SENSATION HEADLINER POPCAAN

By Rishma • On Events

CITY SPLASH ANNOUNCE DANCE­HALL SEN­SA­TION HEAD­LINER POPCAAN

ODU­MOD­UBLVCK, KYBBA, MS DYNAM­ITE, QING MADI, NIA SMITH, SASHA KEABLE, SAD­BOI AND MANY MORE ALSO CON­FIRMED FOR 2025 LINEUP.

City Splash, the world’s biggest inde­pend­ent one-day cel­eb­ra­tion of Carib­bean and Afric­an cul­ture, announce Inter­na­tion­al Jamaic­an Dance­hall star Pop­caan as head­liner for their 2025 festival.

Monday, May 26th, 2024

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City Splash cel­eb­rates the impact of Carib­bean and Afric­an cul­ture in the UK and bey­ond. The fest­iv­al, situ­ated in Brock­well Park, Lon­don cre­ates a space for the com­munity to pay homage to pion­eer­ing sounds that raised gen­er­a­tions and have become the largest one-day Carib­bean and Afric­an music fest­iv­al glob­ally. Today they announce an incred­ible second wave of artists for their 2025 lineup, includ­ing inter­na­tion­al dance­hall sen­sa­tion Popcaan.

Genre-bend­ing Jamaic­an dance­hall sing­er Pop­caan rose to inter­na­tion­al suc­cess in the early 2010s as a prom­in­ent mem­ber of Vybz Kar­tel’s posse and later through work with Dre Skull’s Mix­pak label as well as Drake’s OVO roster. The ver­sat­ile and pro­lif­ic artist, Pop­caan, has tran­scen­ded genres and has been fea­tured on tracks like Jam­ie xx’s 2015 “I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)” and Gor­illaz’s 2017 “Sat­urnz Barz.” This glob­al dance­hall sen­sa­tion will be tak­ing the stage at City Splash 2025.

Also new to the roster is founder of the Basshall Move­ment Kybba, pion­eer­ing force in UK music Ms Dynam­ite, rising afrobeats star Qing Madi, South Lon­don soul sing­er Nia Smith, soul­ful force Sasha Keable, genre-blend­ing Toronto rap­per Sad­Boi, bound­ary-push­ing DJ Jordss, lead­ing pro­du­cer Mad Pro­fess­or cel­eb­rat­ing 45 Years of Ariwa, Dance­hall DJ/Producer DJ Nate, One of the UK’s top select­ors DJ Larni, dance­hall and bash­ment DJ Eng­lish Fire, Jamaic­an-born artist Ghost Dan, co-founder of One Wurl Sound Josh Skints, Reg­gae vocal­ist Jus Blaze, Smirnoff Battle of the Beats win­ner DJ Kryptic, A pin­nacle of Lon­don’s dub his­tory King Tubby’s Sound Sys­tem, Geni­us Cru mem­ber MC Fizzy, act­iv­ist and lyr­i­cist Patrick Juni­or, reg­gae artist Ras Chosen, reg­gae and dance­hall artist Ricardo Raw­al, AMped! The Break­fast Show host Shep Beats, Shin­ing Stars Show­case, “The Music­al Ambas­sad­or” Tasha T, R&B fusion artist Tay­mah Hendi and tal­en­ted emer­ging artist Yesh­ie Renee.

City Splash have also announced the artist join­ing the line up from their ‘Rise Up’ ini­ti­at­ive which launched last year. ‘Rise Up’ is a pro­gramme cham­pi­on­ing out­stand­ing emer­ging artists from the Carib­bean which offers a one-week res­id­ency cul­min­at­ing in a slot at the fest­iv­al itself. This year’s tal­ent con­sists of Jaz Elise, Nesta, Raebel, Ras‑I, Elev­at­eToday and Savan­nah Dumetz.

BBC Radio 1Xtra are also part­ner­ing with City Splash again this year — they’ll be onsite record­ing live sets and chat­ting to artists.

Each year City Splash cel­eb­rates the impact of Carib­bean and Afric­an cul­ture in the UK and bey­ond; from the her­it­age of Roots, Dub and Dance­hall to the birth of Jungle and Gar­age, right up to show­cas­ing the most up-and-com­ing tal­ent for today. They are pur­vey­ors and advoc­ates for Black music, food, dance and style and have become the largest one day Black music fest­iv­al in the world.

Join City Splash, the home of cul­ture, as it trans­forms Brock­well Park into a cel­eb­ra­tion of Carib­bean and Afric­an music and cul­ture like no other.

FULL LINE UP

POP­CAAN

TAR­RUS RILEY | SPICE | VALI­ANT | ODU­MOD­UBLVCK | TEEJAY

THE COM­POZERS | KYBBA | MS DYNAM­ITE | QUING MADI | NIA SMITH | SASHA KEABLE | SADBOI

A‑Z

ABA SHANTI‑I | CHAN­NEL ONE | DANKIE SOUNDS | BIG ZEEKS | DJ AG | DUB­WISE JAMAICA | GEN­ER­AL LEVY | HEART­LESS CREW | IRA­TION STEP­PAS | IZZY BOSSY | JAZ ELI­AS | JORDSS | MAD PRO­FESS­OR (14 YEARS OF ARIWA) | NESTA | PION­EER, SUPA D, COLD­STEPS, TER­MIN­AL 4 | RAM­PAGE SOUND | RAEBEL | RAS KWAME | RAS‑I | REBEL CLASH & LIAM BAILEY | SAX­ON SOUND | SEANI B | SIR DJ COREY | SHAYNA MARIE

A‑Z

ALEIGH­CIA SCOTT | BOBO BLACK­STAR | BLACKA DREAD | D SLAY­ER | DJ NATE | DJ LARNI | ENG­LISH FIRE | ELEV­ATE TODAY | GHOST DAN | JADA PINK | JAHREV­EL­A­TION­MUSIK | JAH YOUTH INTER­NA­TION­AL | JAM­IE ROD­IGAN | JOSH SKINTS | JUS BLAZE | KRYPTIC | KING TUBBY’S SOUND | MC FIZZY | MIX­MAS­TER J | PATRICK JUNI­OR | RAS CHOSEN | RICARDO RAW­AL ONE | SAVAN­NAH DUMETZ | SHEP BEATS | SHIN­ING STARS | SIS­TERS IN DUB | TASHA T | TAY­MAH HENDI | THE FAN­ATIX | VYBEZ-SR | YESH­IE REN­EE | YUNG SABER

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Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.