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Watch J. Cole Bring Out Drake to Perform at Dreamville Festival 2023 With Special Guests Lil Wayne, 21 Savage, More

Drake and J. Cole hit the stage on the closing night of Dreamville’s 2023 Festival in Raleigh, NC with special guests GloRilla and Lil Wayne.

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Drake and J. Cole hit the stage on the closing night of Dreamville’s 2023 Festival at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.

After Cole performed a career-spanning set, he brought out Drake. Drizzy kicked things off with “Sicko Mode” and went on to perform “Started From the Bottom,” “Know Yourself,” “Nonstop,” “God’s Plan,” and more.

Drake then surprised the crowd by bringing out GloRilla, who performed “F.N.F. (Let’s Go).” But that wasn’t all. Drake then brought out Lil Uzi Vert to perform “XO Tour Llif3” and “Just Wanna Rock.”

A few minutes later, Drake brought out Lil Wayne.

The surprise guests kept coming with Drake introducing 21 Savage to the stage.

The stacked festival also saw Lil Durk, Sean Paul, Summer Walker, GloRilla, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Wacka Flocka Flame, Mario, Usher, Burna Boy, and many others hit the stage earlier on Sunday and Saturday.

At the end of Drake’s set, the Her Loss artist shared his appreciation for Cole.

Usher’s Saturday night headlining set featured the singer performing tracks like “Caught Up, “Superstar,” “My Boo,” “Lovers and Friends,” “Nice & Slow,” “Burn,” and more.

Usher, who performed on April 1, played a hilarious April Fools’ Day joke on the crowd by saying he was bringing Beyoncé out as a special guest.

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