Young Thug, Clipse, And Sexyy Red Are Your Headlining Rap Acts For Coachella 2026

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 2: Young Thug attends a Back-to-School Event at Hosea Helps on August 2, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams/WireImage) PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 01: Pusha T and No Malice of Clipse perform during Roots Picnic 2025 at The Mann at Fairmount Park on June 01, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images for Live Nation Urban) ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 07: Sexyy Red attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Leading up to this announcement, Kendrick Lamar was rumored to be one of the three headliners for Coachella 2026.

Coachella 2026 will be here before you know it and Goldenvoice knows that. That's why they have gone ahead and announced the lineup for the Indio, California festival. You can find the details on the Coachella Instagram page, but for the hip-hop fans, here are your attractions for the two-weekend event.

For the two Friday shows, Central Cee and Sexyy Red are the draws, and Sabrina Carpenter is the headlining act. Other potential acts that may interest you include R&B acts Dijon and Blood Orange.

On Saturdays, which is going the spearheaded by Justin Bieber, Swae Lee, GIVĒON, and PinkPantheress are representing hip-hop and adjacent genres then.

But while the first two days have some strong talent, Sunday contain the heaviest hitters. Young Thug, Clipse, Little Simz, and FKA twigs will rock the stages. Reggaeton superstar KAROL G is the main attraction.

Overall, it's a fairly light year for hip-hop representation at Coachella 2026. However, there was a serious chance it could have been a bit more dominant. Per Soap Central and HITS Daily Double, major agencies were discussing the potential featured acts at the MTV VMAs earlier this month.

Sabrina Carpenter and KAROL G were correctly predicted; however, Kendrick Lamar's named was floated in conversations too.

When Does Coachella 2026 Start?

Obviously, it didn't pan out, and it's now the second year in row in which he was presumably close to returning to Coachella Valley. He reportedly turned down performing earlier this year because he had a tour being planned.

Sure enough, that wound up being the case as his GNX world tour got underway in April.

Speaking of which, as per usual, Coachella is kicking off that month next year. As for the exact dates, they are Fridays, April 10 and the 17th, Saturdays, April 11 and 18th, and Sundays, April 12 and 19th. Passes go on sale this Friday, September 19, at 11 a.m. PT. If you want to register before the sale begins, click here to give yourself the best chance to secure tickets.

About The Author
Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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