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Nas, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Wiz Khalifa Announced for Rock the Bells

Missy Elliott and Timbaland will also anchor hip-hop fest

Wiz Khalifa, Nas and Kid Cudi will be performing at Rock the Bells.
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May 16, 2012 10:45 AM ET

Traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells has announced its lineup. Performers include RZA (who will also curate the festival's 36 Chambers Stage), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, J. Cole, Kid Cudi, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Atmosphere, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Redman and Method Man, Nas, Yelawolf, Kendrick Lamar, Dipset, Salt-N-Pepa, Tyga and more. Bone Thugs will perform their 1995 album E. 1999 Eternal in full, while Redman and Method Man will perform their 1999 album Blackout! in its entirety. 

Presale will start this Friday, May 18th, at 10 a.m. PT. General sale will follow the next day, May 19th, at 10 a.m. PT. Rock the Bells will hit San Bernardino, California on August 19th and 20th and Mountain View, California on August 25th and 26th, before wrapping up September 1st and 2nd in Holmdel, N.J. For exact lineups for each city and more details, visit Rock the Bells' official website.

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