It's the final day of the Something In The Water Festival in Virginia Beach. The lineup this year has been pure bangers. Performances have included Arcade Fire, Coi Leray, Grace Jones, Kehlani, and The Jonas Brothers. The festival, which began in 2019, was a solution to abating the violence that came with the popular "College Beach Weekend". To many, Virginia Beach is the northern equivalent of Daytona Beach, the popular Florida spring break destination. Pharrell wanted to create a "positive weekend" that didn't take away from the college break experience.
Legendary rap artist Diddy was not among the artists listed to perform at the festival. Diddy and festival organizer Pharrell are long-time friends. Diddy even appeared on The Voice in 2016 as part of "Team Pharrell". However, not being on the set list wasn't going to stop the hip hop mogul. He and his son made a surprise appearance at the proceedings yesterday. It was a surprising ray of sunshine on what has been a very wet weekend for festival attendees.
Diddy And Son Dance At Something In The Water
Despite rain bad enough to trigger a weather advisory in Virginia Beach, festivalgoers were treated to a number of guest stars during Pharrell's Saturday set. First up was Diddy and one of his sons. The pair danced around stage, performing a number of iconic hits from Diddy's Bad Boy Record days. He reworked his classic song “Pass the Courvoisier” into a new version, “Pass the Cîroc” alongside Busta Rhymes, “Finna Get Loose” with Pharrell, and “All About the Benjamins.” Diddy and Busta Rhymes previously appeared as part of the 2019 Pharrell's Phriends set.
However, they were far from the last guests during the "Pharrell's Phriends" set. Controversial rapper Chris Brown also made an appearance. While the weather abated somewhat on Saturday, the festival really is in the water again on Sunday. Organizers have delayed a number of morning and early afternoon events due to wind and rain. It is unlcear when the final day of music will begin because of the conditions. Previously, the start of the festival on Friday night was delayed five hours due to the poor conditions.
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