Roddy Ricch — Wireless Festival, London, 2022

Filmed live concert of Roddy Ricch at the Wireless Festival, in Finsbury Park (London), on 8 July 2022. An American rapper from Compton who broke through with the worldwide hit “The Box”, Roddy Ricch is among the major figures of the new generation of hip-hop and trap. This live capture shows him before the fired-up crowd of one of Europe’s biggest urban festivals, where “The Box” prompted a moment of communion that went viral. The full show strings together the artist’s hits — auto-tuned melodies, unifying hooks and stage energy — carried by a crowd singing every word. The filmed concert conveys the scale of the London event and the power of a modern rap built for big stages. A document representative of the vitality of 2020s hip-hop. For years the Wireless Festival has been Britain’s leading event devoted to urban music, gathering the headliners of global rap. This capture illustrates Roddy Ricch’s ability to turn his streaming hits into moments of live communion. A filmed concert representative of the central place American trap has taken on the big European stages.