Will Smith, Charlie Wilson, Miss Lauryn Hill, and More Make Surprise Coachella Cameos

Will Smith, Charlie Wilson, Miss Lauryn Hill, and More Make Surprise Coachella Cameos

INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 13: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Tyler, the Creator performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella)

Coachella 2024 is officially in the books. The festival captivated in-person audiences across 7 stages (and tens of thousands more across multiple YouTube Livestream channels) packed full of high-energy performances and surprise appearances from some of the top acts in Hip Hop, R&B, and soul.

Both weekends saw shock performances from collaborating artists, like Big Sean joining his partner Jhene Aiko on stage to perform some of their TWENTY88 hits nearly 8 years to the day after their joint project’s release.

Headliners Tyler The Creator and Doja Cat were each joined on stage by surprise guests during their closing sets. Tyler the Creator’s Saturday night set featured appearances from Donald Glover, A$AP Rocky, and Charlie Wilson, who joined the rapper/singer at a grand piano to sing acapella renditions of “911/Mr. Lonely” (which samples The Gap Band’s “Outstanding”) and “EARFQUAKE,” to raucous cheers and singalongs from the crowd.

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Will Smith, Charlie Wilson, Miss Lauryn Hill, and More Make Surprise Coachella Cameos
INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 13: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Tyler, the Creator performs at the Coachella Stage during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella)

Both weekends saw up-and-coming singer/songwriter YG Marley joined on stage by his mother, none other than the legendary Miss Lauryn Hill. She brought along with her another third of The Fugees, Wyclef Jean, and fellow rap legend Busta Rhymes for performances of classics like “Killing Me Softly,” “Fu-Gee-La,”…

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