Dreamville Festival 2023 wrapped up epically on Sunday (April 2), surpassing the wildest dreams of most of the fans in attendance on the first day of the weekend-long celebration alone. On the final night, Dreamville honcho J. Cole took alongside a certain Canadian superstar, who then brought out a bevy of unannounced surprise guests much to the delight of fans.
Hip-Hop Wired attended Dreamville Fest 2023, adding to the event’s well-established legacy and one of the premier annual music events on the east coast and beyond.
Since the big reveal of the star-studded lineup, most fans in attendance that we overheard were most excited about the prospect of seeing Drake rock the Dreamville stages alongside Fayettville’s native son, and they were not left disappointed.
Cole came out to raucous applause and ran through several fan favorites before pausing his set to give praise to Drake. The two were in top performance mode with Drake truly delighting the masses by bringing out GloRilla, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Wayne to perform some of their biggest hits.
Forgive us for the lack of a set list because we were too busy screaming our lungs out taking in the show to take notes. Put it this way. Each of the aforementioned stars has huge songs in their catalog and in that short amount of time, we heard most of the best.
We also have to add that while it is still VERY EARLY in festival season, it will be hard to top what we had the privilege of witnessing in Raleigh, N.C. Kudos to the whole Dreamville staff, label, and crew.
On Twitter, the reaction to J. Cole and Drake closing out the Dreamville Festival with a few of their famous pals is still going strong. Check out those tweets below.
THEY ACT LIKE 2 LEGENDS CANNOT COEXIST…
@JColeNC x @Drake x #dreamvillefest
: @izzynuzzo / theparallelagency pic.twitter.com/R0CRzVdt1D
— Dreamville Fest (@Dreamvillefest) April 3, 2023
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Photo: @ITCHYEYEPHOTOS/Dreamville Festival/The Parallel Agency
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Drake got everyone to sing “I’ll Always Love You” to show appreciation for J.Cole
The mutual admiration btwn these two is amazing to see. No egos; just love & respect for one another & what each brings to the culture.
LOVE TO SEE IT. We need MORE of this
#DreamvilleFest pic.twitter.com/rsiATtTPr6
— Jęnnifēr Lë
(@jenfrombk) April 3, 2023
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marvin’s room by drake live @ dreamville fest pic.twitter.com/PfzQZAerUQ
— SK
(@raptalksk) April 3, 2023
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Kai Cenat reaction to Drake coming out at the Dreamville Festival with J. Cole
pic.twitter.com/TD1GyG1hO1
— Domain ➐ (@domainsdomain) April 3, 2023
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Dreamville was worth every penny and every lay over I had. JCole, Drake, Glorilla, Lil Wayne, and 21 in the span of a hour was crazy to experience.
— Joy
(@Joy_D6) April 3, 2023
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Drake and LeBron really the last of that breed. When they both sit down from they respective sports, that void never going be filled.
Nigga Drake performing hits from 2009 and Dreamville crowd going bar for bar lol. They not going respect this run until he done.
— ︎ (@DIDYOUSEEBRAN) April 3, 2023
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J. Cole & Drake showed just why they’re are the top guys in hip hop
pic.twitter.com/RKlaosfCSj
— Team DREAMVILLE (@TeamDreamville) April 3, 2023
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Drake and Cole's fan after the dreamville festival. pic.twitter.com/2FMjAoOKu9
— 1999
(@Ihatetobetheguy) April 3, 2023
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dreamville festival 2023! loved running into so many familiar faces.. thanks for all the inspo.. also still can believe drake performed at dorothea dix.. like what?!? pic.twitter.com/82LBd6Pm0G
— NANCE (@NANCEraps) April 3, 2023
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lol drake really came out on dreamville and played smash hit after smash hit. dudes built different
— MFDOOMSTAN1 (fan account) IS BACK! (@mfdoomstan1) April 3, 2023
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