Busta Rhymes to light up new festival
Tear da roof off! Rapper Busta Rhymes will be the headliner at Deerfield Beach’s new city-sponsored music festival.
Free tickets to The Big Buck fest on Aug. 18 are available at Eventbrite. It will be from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Oveta McKeithen Recreational Center, 445 SW Second St.
Before the 11-time Grammy Award nominee warms up his hip-hop act that evening, there’s going to be a back-toschool giveaway of 250 backpacks stuffed with school supplies.
Vice Mayor Gloria Battle said the city was looking for a way to replace the discontinued Mango Festival and happened to come across big sponsors the city’s community events superintendent had worked with before — the Miami-based Irie Foundation and Irie Weekend Management. Coca Cola is also helping to sponsor the event.
Rebecca Medina Stewart estimated that the sponsors are paying about $175,000 — more than the city’s contribution — to put on the event.
“I’m so excited … this is a way to put Deerfield Beach on the map,” Battle said.
Although she hadn’t heard of Busta Rhymes, who’s currently part of the soundtrack for the hit Broadway play “Hamilton,” Battle’s daughter is a fan, she said.
“She texted me one of his songs, so I’m going to listen to it,” Battle said. She also heard that Rhymes is the rapper who sings really fast.
“Still not ringing a joked. bell,” she Busta Rhymes will be the headliner at Deerfield Beach’s new city-sponsored music festival on Aug. 18. Student athletes from Calvary Christian Middle and High School football teams got to spend the day at Miami Dolphins training camp on Thursday. The team was given a tour of the Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University and heard from Miami Dolphins Youth Programs Ambassador and Dolphins alum Twan Russell about unique individuals coming together to form a strong team. The Calvary Christian football teams also had the opportunity to watch the Dolphins practice and meet with current players on the field. After practice, the athletes had lunch provided by Publix.