Wiz Khalifa will head back to the Athens area to headline 12Fest this spring.
The Pittsburgh-based rapper will be joined by trap artists Carnage and GRiZ, as well as Chicago rapper Vic Mensa, for the April 12 festival.
Other artists announced include Stalley, The Runners, Captain Kidd, Jola The Trunk Boi, Yacht Club, Entel and DJ Loco.
12Fest tickets are on sale now for $30, but the price will likely go up as the date draws nearer.
Khalifa last visited Ohio University in the spring of 2012 when he played for The Convo Concert with opener Sean Kingston, but this time around Dominic Petrozzi, founder of the Number Fest, said it will be more of a party.
“It was a completely different environment coming from a Convo show … where there was heavily scrutinized security scenarios,” Petrozzi said. “The new black hippie movement that he has … just played into the outdoor good vibes — it’s not too ratchet and it’s not too slow. Wiz will have a set that will be very in tune with what the kids will be doing out there.”
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