Stay Nation City and Scholar Freedom Initiative (SFI) have introduced the lineup for the inaugural HBCU AWAREFEST.
The HBCU fundraising occasion, targeted on the scholar mortgage debt disaster, is about for March 26, 2026, at State Farm Area.
Jill Scott, John Legend and Earth, Wind & Fireplace are on the prime of the invoice. The genre-spanning lineup additionally contains PJ Morton, Coco Jones, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Tems, Frequent, Jeezy, Mickey Guyton and extra.
There can even be a particular efficiency from the forged of Alicia Keys‘ award-winning Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen, plus appearances from Huge Boi, Mayor Andre Dickens, Angel Reese and others.
“At Scholar Freedom Initiative, we’re extremely excited in regards to the coalition and motion that we’re constructing to finish the scholar mortgage debt disaster for our nation’s HBCU college students,” says Keith Shoates, president and CEO of SFI.
Shoates continues, “Along with these superb performers, now we have enlisted AWAREFEST Ambassadors, exhibiting the breadth of our ecosystem of mission-aligned companions. These people will assist to unfold the phrase and share the urgency of our mission to sort out the racial wealth hole by the lens of schooling.”
In keeping with press supplies, “HBCU AWAREFEST is a nationwide name to motion with workshops, panel discussions, and dwell music, which is able to ignite conversations and spark motion to sort out scholar mortgage debt for HBCU college students.”
Tickets for the 2026 HBCU AWAREFEST are on sale at awarefest.org.
See the complete lineup under.
HBCU AWAREFEST 2026 Efficiency Lineup
Adam Blackstone
Coco Jones
Frequent
Earth, Wind, & Fireplace
GloRilla
Jeezy
Jill Scott
John Legend
Kirk Franklin
Metro Boomin
Mickey Guyton
PJ Morton
Tems
The Solid of Alicia Keys’ Hit Broadway Musical Hell’s Kitchen
Travis Greene
Yolanda Adams
HBCU AWAREFEST Speaker Lineup
Mayor Andre Dickens
Angel Reese
Huge Boi
Chris Paul
Larenz Tate
Robert F. Smith
Ryan Clark
2 Chainz
& extra
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