Who Killed It At Rolling Loud 2018? Top 5 Performances

After attending 2016's edition of Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif's passion project Rolling Loud in Wynwood, Miami, I was excited to see how the organizers could outdo themselves in a much larger venue. Taking place at the Hard Rock Stadium, Rolling Loud 2018 was everything we expected it to be and more, giving the fans surprise guests during nearly every set with performers going their absolute hardest to wow the audience. While headliners J. Cole, Future, and Travis Scott were expected to put on insane shows, many of the lower-tier acts showed out to make a name for themselves as well.

Earning the title as the biggest hip-hop festival in the world, a short tenure in Miami has helped build Zingler and Cherif's baby to an astronomical level. This year was no exception. With expansions in Southern California and the Bay Area, the Rolling Loud co-founders have their eyes set on the rest of the world. While they may soon be expanding their project to the U.K. and Asia, Rolling Loud will always call Miami its first home. After Cardi B and Kevin Gates, unfortunately, could not make it to the festival, several spots were open for surprises and, trust me, the organizers made the most of their connections in a short amount of time.

The list below details our ranking of the five best sets from this past weekend, including moments that had us hyped, some that made us fear for the lives of the performers (we're looking at you, Uzi) and several points that will surely go down in the history books.

While he was not expected to make it to this year's edition, would the Miami date of Rolling Loud really be complete without Florida's XXXTentacion? Performing at last year's affair, the controversial rapper was unfortunately not on this year's bill. However, his former buddy Ski Mask the Slump God was and if X was going to appear during any set, it was going to be this one. Our fifth best set of the weekend belongs to Ski Mask the Slump God. Fresh off the release of his long-awaited Beware The Book of Eli, Ski brought out a flurry of guests in Danny Towers, Chxpo and others but the most star-studded of them all was XXXTentacion who had many rushing over to the main stage once he was overheard on the microphone. Their relationship has been questionable as of late with the two speaking out on a disbanding of their friendship but they decided to make up for the sake of Rolling Loud Miami. Performing "Take A Step Back" together, the duo had the bass booming and the crowd jumping as they impressed in their on-stage reunion.

The inclusion of Lil Uzi Vert should be self-explanatory at this point. I mean... that jump. Directly before leading into "444+222," Lil Uzi Vert cemented his status as a modern-day rock star, one-upping himself from last year and diving into the crowd from an unbelievable height. At this point, seemingly insurmountable stage dives have become somewhat of a Rolling Loud tradition for the Philly native, performing high-flying antics every time he takes the Miami stage. All Uzi fans left the venue happy after the "Money Longer" rapper tossed himself off the top of a building, only to land on top of the crowd for a crowd-surfing session. If you thought it was scary watching Uzi jump from that height on the live-stream, it was even more terrifying to witness it live. Many concertgoers around me wondered aloud if the star was even still alive but as he broke out into the Luv Is Rage 2 cut, it became clear that he was fine, simply overdoing himself during his performance yet again.