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Lil Baby, Playboy Carti, Young Thug to headline Metro Metro festival in Montreal

by Lorraine Carpenter

The 2022 edition of the local hip hop festival is happening at the Parc Olympique Esplanade from May 20–22.

After two years off due to the pandemic, Montreal hip hop festival Metro Metro will return in 2022 with headliners Lil Baby, Playboy Carti and Young Thug. The festival is taking place at the Parc Olympique Esplanade from May 20–22.

Also on the bill are Da Baby and Lil Pump, as well as locals Loud, Nate Husser, Naya Ali, Tyleen and Emma Beko, among others.

In 2019, Metro Metro welcomed headliners Cardi B, Future and Snoop Dogg (read our report here), and the announced headliners for the 2020 edition that never happened were Travis Scott, 50 Cent and Young Thug.

Lil Baby, Playboy Carti, Young Thug to headline Metro Metro in Montreal

For more information and updates, please visit the Metro Metro festival website.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

Editor in chief
Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.