Everyone we talked to (and saw) at Rolling Loud California 2025
Rap Column clocking in.
This past weekend was huge for rap music. On Friday, March 15, Playboi Carti finally dropped his long-awaited album MUSIC and Rolling Loud California took over Los Angeles, during which Carti performed songs from the album live for the first time as the Sunday night headliner.
The FADER's Rap Column correspondant Vivian Medithi was our boots on the ground to catch (almost) everything that went down, as well as speak with some of our favorites rappers from the lineup. We caught up with everyone from Lazer Dim 700 to Cash Cobain and asked them about tips for going to the strip club to their YouTube history. Check out a full recap of our coverage below.
Cash Cobain told us about who he'd add to the "Problem" remix (and his dream Sabrina Carpenter collab)
BabyChiefDoit broke down the first rap song he ever made
We got strip club advice from Chow Lee
We watched A$AP Rocky debut a new song with Bossman Dlow
The rapper said the unreleased track is called "STOP SNITCHING / AWGE JIM JONES."
We asked LazerDim 700 if he influenced Playboi Carti to say "FINE SHIT"
TiaCorine told us about how she made her song "ATE"
AzChike shared his favorite bars he's written
"Never got his ass whooped until we open up that can" hits different now.
skaiwater ranked their top 5 pop songs of all time
Che showed us his YouTube history
Loe Shimmy broke down the artists he had on his iPod
And he still knows the words to Future's "Tony Montana."
We witnessed a wild Nettspend set
The teen rapper told the crowd that this would be his "last Rolling Loud," whatever that means.
We caught Playboi Carti performing his unreleased track "PLAY THIS"
After first debuting the song on his finsta in 2024, Playboi Carti brought out "PLAY THIS" again with a strobing light show.