Noname To Headline Bed-Stuy Music Festival

BED-STUY, NY — Rap superstar Noname is slated to headline a one-day festival in Bed Stuy over the summer, organizers announced Tuesday.

The third iteration of MIKE's Young World — a music and arts festival centered around hip-hop — will take over Herbert Von King Park starting at 4 p.m. to July 15.

Little remains known about the free, and likely star-studded, festival.

What we do know is Noname will headline alongside Georgia Anne Muldrow, founder of Noname Book Club. Florida-native hip-hip artist 454 and founder and Brooklyn-based rapper MIKE will also perform.

More acts will be announced later, according to the City Parks Foundation.

"The ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation of Black youth to see creative professions as a viable option and create their own creative communities," organizers wrote on the City Parks Foundation's website.

The first Young World event was in 2019 after MIKE was approached by the City Parks Foundaiton to perform in their SummerStage series, Rolling Stone reported.

Noticing a lack of rap-focused events in the festival and community event space, he proposed the first Young World in 2019 — a free daytime show in the park, Rolling Stone reported.

In 2021 Mike hosted the second, headlining rapper Slick Rick and featuring artists like TisaKorean and NY-based Junglepussy, according to Rolling Stone.

“I just want people to be allowed to enjoy good s---,” Mike told Rolling Stone. “You shouldn’t have to pay mad bread for a good experience.”