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MIKE is throwing a free rap festival in a Bed-Stuy park on July 11, and he says you shouldn’t have to pay mad bread for a good one

Brooklyn rapper MIKE brings his free Young World festival to Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy on July 11, featuring Max B and underground acts in a community-focused alternative to commercial rap festivals.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

June 18, 2026 · 2 min read

Two portraits side by side: a smiling man in a green beanie, sunglasses and a green puffer jacket, and a smiling man with long locs in black denim against a white wall
City Parks Foundation's promotional image for MIKE's Young World, the free festival at Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy on July 11, 2026. Courtesy of City Parks Foundation / SummerStage
News Bed-Stuy

MIKE is throwing a free rap festival in a Bed-Stuy park on July 11, and he says you shouldn’t have to pay mad bread for a good one

Brooklyn rapper MIKE brings his free Young World festival to Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy on July 11, featuring Max B and underground acts in a community-focused alternative to commercial rap festivals.

Bed-Stuy · · 2 min read
MIKE is throwing a free rap festival in a Bed-Stuy park on July 11, and he says you shouldn’t have to pay mad bread for a good one

Most summer rap festivals cost hundreds of dollars, happen in a field in New Jersey, and get booked by an algorithm. MIKE’s Young World is the opposite, and on Saturday, July 11, it takes over Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy for free.

If you are not deep in underground hip-hop: MIKE is Michael Jordan Bonema, a Brooklyn rapper and producer and a co-founder of the collective , one of the…

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