Surprises, Mishaps at Rolling Loud ’23 with Bieber, Nicki, Travis Scott

Rolling Loud left to a rather choppy start this weekend with stop-and-go efficiencies by some big-time skill … consisting of Travis Scott, who had his set end early.

The rap artist was the headlining artist Saturday for the L.A. music fest, and while whatever appeared to be going efficiently through his efficiency … the guy’s background tunes began to fade as he remained in the middle of going through his hit tune “Goosebumps.”

Then, whatever simply stopped … and Travis began the mic quickly later to state that “they” were making him cut things off early. No even more description was provided.

There’s rumblings that Travis was late for his gig, which might describe the stringent time frame — however, on its face, it seems like the Rolling Loud promoters may’ve not desired things to get too insane … a la, Astroworld. It’s tough to state … the RL crowd didn’t seem in risk.

Anyway, that’s far from the only technical problem that decreased … another big star, Nicki Minaj, likewise needed to deal with missing out on support tracks and audio — which she really attended to in the minute also. Frankly, she was pissed about it … calling out the DJ.

It was pretty harsh … she kept saying “kill the DJ” and was firing off death stares as the guy continued to struggle playing the right song behind her. Also awkward … Lil Wayne — her former mentor — was standing right next to her, as he’d brought her out as a special guest.

Nicki was none too pleased with the screw-up … and she seemed to take it personally.

In lighter news (maybe) … Justin Bieber popped up at Rolling Loud too, which took a lot of people by surprise. Obviously, the crowd was super pumped when he rolled up next to Don Toliver (who was scheduled to perform) and helped sing their joint song “Private Landing.”

Thing is though … his cameo appearance here comes on the heels of the Biebs canceling the rest of his world tour, without a proper explanation. You’ll recall — JB pulled the plug on tour dates spanning all across the globe, including several counties in Europe.

Most assume it’s because of his health struggles — which have forced him to hit pause in the recent past — but this time … he didn’t speak on it at all … just kinda threw in the towel.

Now, here he is onstage looking just fine … which might raise an eyebrow with his fanbase. If he can do this … why not come on the road for us? It’s interesting for sure. Justin, meanwhile, didn’t seem to bat an eyelash over it at all … he was in the zone and chillin’.

Elsewhere at Rolling Loud … more artists hit the stage, and most everything else appeared to go quite well. Rappers like Kodak Black, Tyga, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, 2 Chainz and looootttts of others performed, and by the majority of accounts … it was all gravy in Los Angeles.