Vince Staples in Raleigh

Vince Staples is an American rapper born in 1993 and raised in Long Beach, California. Early recordings with Earl Sweatshirt and the mixtape Stolen Youth introduced his clipped, observant delivery before the EP Hell Can Wait and the album Summertime ’06. “Norf Norf” became a signature track, while Big Fish Theory, FM! and Ramona Park Broke My Heart expanded his catalog. In 2013, he joined Mac Miller’s The Space Migration Tour, followed by dates supporting ScHoolboy Q on the Oxymoron World Tour. He later led The Life Aquatic Tour in 2017 and the Smile, You’re on Camera Tour in 2019. In 2024, he took Dark Times on the Black in America Tour, where Baby Rose opened the shows.

Ecca Vandal is an Australian singer, rapper and songwriter who plays punk-charged alternative rock with hip-hop and electronic elements. Born in South Africa to Sri Lankan Tamil parents and raised in Melbourne, she established her sound on songs including “End of Time,” “Future Heroine” and “Broke Days, Party Nights,” all featured on her self-titled debut album. Ecca Vandal has taken her full-band set into larger concert halls and arenas while touring in support of The Prodigy, Incubus and Queens of the Stone Age. She has also performed at Reading and Leeds Festivals and Download Festival.