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With last week’s festival announcement including names like Nas, Slick Rick, Immortal Technique, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and a heap of others, Guerrilla Union and Rock the Bells have loaded this year’s roster by adding DMX, Eve, Jadakiss, Future, and Pusha T to the 2012 lineup.

According to a press release, “Four-time Platinum selling artist DMX will play a headlining role at Rock the Bells this summer, performing songs from his six Billboard chart-topping albums. Joining him will be label-mates Eve and Jadakiss, slated to perform their own sets.”

In addition to the festival’s just-added performers, Rock the Bells has rounded up Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Sheek Louch, Styles P., and Jadakiss as mentioned before, to perform their brand new collaborative album, Wu-Block, for the first time in it’s entirety.”

Following performances at yesterday’s Hot 97 Summer Jam concert event in New Jersey, Guerrilla Union as also announced the inclusion of both Future and Pusha T to this year’s lineup, both of which will be making their first appearance at the festival as solo artists.

In other Rock the Bells news, J. Cole and 2 Chainz will join the lineup for the New Jersey festival stop while Common will be at the San Bernardino stop. Guerrilla Union founder Chang Weisberg said, “I am thrilled to announced all the great artist additions to Rock the Bells. The Variety of talent makes this lineup the most dynamic yet. There’s a nice combination of legendary and up-and-coming acts, and a majority of them are releasing new material as well. Plus, believe it or not, there is still more to be announced.”

In other Rock the Bells news, Beastie Boys’ DJ Mix Master Mike will be releasing the official Rock the Bells mixtape later this summer.

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Last night (June 13) at the Press Conference and Fan Appreciation Party in New York City, it was announced that several performers would be added to this year’s already enormous lineup.

Big Sean, Curren$y, M.O.P., Sean Price, and Action Bronson have been added to a festival bill that already features the likes of Nas, Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalida, Atmosphere, A$AP Rocky, Method Man and Redman, Immortal Technique, J. Cole, and over 30 other acts.


DMX and Jadakiss had been added to the bill, both of whom were present at last night’s press conference. Eve was also added, as was the announcement that members of D-Block and Wu-Tang would be coming together to perform their new collaborative album, Wu-Block, in its entirety.


This year, as they have done in the past, Rock the Bells will hit three cities for two days each – this time in San Bernardino and Mountain View in California, and Holmdel, NJ, with specific lineups created for each city.


Of the new performers, only Curren$y and Sean Price will be added to the August 18-19 San Bernardino event, while Big Sean, Curren$y, M.O.P., Action Bronson, and Sean Price will all touch down in New Jersey during Labor Day weekend.


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With just five days until 2012′s first Rock the Bells event kicks off in California, the festival has added some special guests in the form of Travis Barker, Ras Kass, Saafir, and Biz Markie to its lineup of over 40 performers.

This weekend in San Bernardino, Alabama native Yelawolf will be joined by drummer and producer Travis Barker during his 30-minute set. The duo, who are prepping the release of their Pyscho White EP will also perform together at the next Rock The Bells stop the following weekend in Mountain View, California.

Biz Markie, who most recently appeared on MTV2′s “Hip-Hop Squares,” has been announced as one of the many “friends” that be joining DJ Lance Rock for his set at all three festival stops.

Rock the Bells has also revealed that during Xzibit’s headlining performance on DatPiff’s Guerrilla Union Stage, he will reunite with Ras Kass and Saafir for a performance by the Golden State Warriors only in San Bernardino.

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