"So much fun coming": Fans react excitedly as Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, and Erykah Badu set to headline Dreamville Festival 2025 with J. Cole

Dreamville Festival 2025 is set to make its final show in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 5 and 6, 2025. The lineup includes Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, Erykah Badu, and founder J. Cole himself.

The festival, founded by J. Cole and his Dreamville team, has gradually grown into one of the country's most popular hip-hop-led music events over the past five years. However, this year will mark the festival's farewell, Rolling Stone reports.

The lineup was officially revealed on March 17, 2025, through the festival's website and social media handles. Reports suggest that fans can expect a Cash Money reunion, which is J. Cole's signature closing performance.

Dreamvillefest and Dreamville collaborated on Instagram to announce:

"DREAMVILLE FEST 2025 🌻🎶 SEE YOU ONE LAST TIME IN APRIL! ☁️ TICKETS AT DREAMVILLEFEST.COM"

Fans soon gathered in the comment section of the post to note their thoughts. Below are what some of them had to comment:

"It’s giving 1999 & 2000s 🔥🔥🔥", declared a fan.

"Wale being at the fifth and final is a full circle moment !!!!! Wale brought Cole on stage during his first tour !!! How wonderful is this 🥹🥹🥹🥹", penned another.

"MOTHER ERYKAHHHH 😩😩 she’s carrying", hyped a third.

"Party, 21 and Wayne????? Drake better pop out for the one time!", stated a netizen.

"All I know is Lil Wayne needs to be on his way now so he can be on time 😩😩😩", wrote another fan.

Others also chimed in:

"I’m not underwhelmed, but I’m not overwhelmed either 🤔 which is okay? Lol", expressed an Instagram user.

"Who yall want to see? Michael Jackson cause yall complain every year!!!", opined another.

"If you were born after 2000, you just don’t get the significance of this line up and that’s okay 😂.", a netizen pointed out.

Moreover, some fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice their feelings regarding the lineup of Dreamville Festival 2025:

"So much fun coming", predicted a netizen.

"This is insane Lil Wayne 21 Savage & Erykah Badu is here", hyped another.

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Lineup for the final Dreamville Festival 2025 explored

Dreamville Festival was first launched in 2018. However, due to Hurricane Florence, the inaugural event was postponed to 2019. Since then, Dreamville has hosted beloved artists like Drake, Usher, SZA, 50 Cent, and Nicki Minaj, among others.

Revolt TV reports that in 2024, fest organizers announced that the 2025 edition would be the last, stating,

"What a ride it’s been… We can’t thank y’all enough for all the memories we’ve shared. From the very beginning, the idea behind the fest was creating a place where our fans, the Dreamville community, could spend time together, a place where they could see themselves reflected [and] a place to share in experiences."

April 5, 2025

The first night of this year's Dreamville Festival will be headlined by Lil Wayne. He will be joined by the Hot Boys and Big Tymers (Mannie Fresh and Birdman). Per reports, the lineup also includes:

• 21 Savage
• PARTYNEXTDOOR
• Ludacris
• Ari Lennox
• Chief Keef
• Keyshia Cole
• Bas
• Young Nudy
• Ab-Soul
• Lute
• Omen
• Kai Ca$h & Niko Brim

April 6, 2025

The grand finale will be led by J. Cole to close out the festival in his home state. Joining him is Erykah Badu, along with:

• Tems
• GloRilla
• J.I.D
• Wale
• Coco Jones
• BigXThaPlug
• Earthgang
• Anycia
• Cozz
• Akia

City Mayor Janet Cowell and other officials have reportedly hinted at discussions with Live Nation and other organizers to create a new festival at Dix Park. However, it would not be affiliated with J. Cole or Dreamville.

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