The Musicians
Lil Yachty, Tierra Whack, Jon Batiste, and Gucci Mane
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Beaucoup Ideas
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane during their conversation, which went deep on their creative processses, Southern roots, experiences shooting films, and wanting to make music for decades to come. Throughout, the pair fed off each other’s energy and ideas: “I feel like since we’ve been talking, I got beaucoup ideas already,” Batiste said.
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Tierra Time
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Tierra Whack backstage
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Good Listeners
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone The crowd takes in the conversations
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Lemonade, Reformulated
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Batiste during his incredible solo-piano version of Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade”
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New Shit
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Yachty broke out his phone to cue up new songs — one featuring a horn sample and a J. Cole verse, and one more new song where he and Tierra trade verses, with his low-key vibe and her energetic one making perfect sense. “You got balls,” Tierra told him before sharing a trailer for her new Hulu documentary Cypher to close out their half of the night. “So many men are afraid to get on a track with me.”
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Style Icons
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Batiste and Gucci backstage
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Sunglasses at Night
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone The Musicians on Musicians event was sponsored by iHeart Radio. Tres Generaciones supplied tequila and speciality cocktails, while Ray Ban (see above) invited influencers and musicians like Blu DeTiger, Jerome Parker, and Harry Hill while giving hand-picked gift bags to talent
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Backstage Connection
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Rolling Stone CEO Gus Wenner with host J. Ivy
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SHE IS LOLA!
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone To cap off the night, Brooklyn rapper Lola Brooke took the stage to perform “You,” and “I AM LOLA,” a track from her latest album Dennis Daughter, which came out earlier in the day. Spitting for her home borough, Brooke closed out the night with fire.
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Camera Men
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Photographers Aijani Payne and Xavier Scott Marshall
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Lola Gets Ready
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Lola Brooke backstage
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Moderated!
Image Credit: Yè Fan for Rolling Stone Yachty and Tierra with Rolling Stone Supervising Producer Delisa Shannon, who moderated their conversation
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Cash on the Carpet
Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Rolling Stone Producer Cash Cobain on the red carpet
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External Affairs
Image Credit: Nina Westervelt for Rolling Stone New York rap legend Pharoahe Monch