Summer Jam

Summer Jam
T-Pain performing at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2007 in the MetLife Stadium
Genre Hip hop
Location(s) East Rutherford, New Jersey
Years active 1994–present
Founded by Hot 97
Website www.hot97.com/summerjam/

Summer Jam is the annual hip-hop fest held in East Rutherford, New Jersey and sponsored by New York-based radio station Hot 97FM. Normally held in June, the concert features the most popular acts that hip-hop and R&B have to offer in a particular year.

The hip-hop summer festival format was originally pioneered and popularized by San Francisco radio station KMEL with their large-scale Summer Jam concerts[1] from 1987 through the 1990s and present day.[2] KMEL continues to host smaller versions of the event annually.[3] Similarly, Los Angeles station KKBT held an annual Summer Jam hip-hop concert during the 1990s after hiring KMEL's Program Director in 1993.[1] The concert was discontinued as the station switched formats.

The concert has increasingly become a scene of drug use and violence over the years. The most recent festival held on June 7, 2015 included a riot in the stadium parking lot. The disturbance began when crowds of people without tickets attempted to enter the stadium anyway by climbing over the fence and were stopped by New Jersey State Police. At this time, the decision to close all gates to the stadium was made and those in the parking lot were asked to leave. Instead of leaving, the crowd began throwing glass bottles and other objects at police. The police responded with riot gear, armored vehicles, and pepper spray. Multiple arrests were made.[4][5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "KMEL Summer Jam Part 1 - The Original "Summer Jam" concerts by Andrew Knyte of NJS4E". njs4ever.com. 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. ↑ "KMEL Summer Jam Part 2". njs4ever.com. 2003. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Summer Jam 2014". Kmel.com. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  4. ↑ http://www.northjersey.com/news/arrests-made-at-summer-jam-concert-after-some-fans-clash-with-state-police-1.1351014
  5. ↑ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONCERT_ROWDY_CROWD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-06-07-23-14-12
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