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Photos: Rock The Bells Invades San Francisco

by Billboard Staff  |   August 29, 2011 5:30 EDT
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Freddie Gibbs

Long-running hip-hop festival Rock The Bells rocked San Francisco's Shoreline Ampitheatre on Saturday (Aug. 27), with a diverse cast of artists providing a mix of old-school charm and new-school hunger. Upstarts like Big K.R.I.T. and Freddie Gibbs shared stages with veterans like Nas, Common and Lauryn Hill, who performed the still-classic "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" in its entirety.

Billboard caught up with many of the Rock The Bells backstage on Saturday -- check out candid photos of Mos Def, Big K.R.I.T., Common, Childish Gambino and many more below.   

 

PHOTOS: ROCK THE BELLS, SAN FRANCISCO

 

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