Stampede Picks for Friday, July 7: DJ Diesel, Pitbull

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Shaquille O’Neal as DJ Diesel performs after the NASCAR Cup Collection Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 11, 2023. Photograph by Logan Riely /Getty Photographs

Who: DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’Neal)

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When: Friday, July 7, 10:30 p.m.

The place: The Huge 4

Basketball nice Shaquille O’Neal has typically dabbled in music, and he might be bringing his DJ persona, Diesel, to the Calgary Stampede’s Huge 4. Influenced by DJs reminiscent of Steve Aoiki and Skrillex, the seven foot one inch entertainer and athlete made his debut at TomorrowWorld 2015, an digital music pageant held in Chattahoochee Hills, Ga. O’Neal has been working the turntables, nevertheless, since he was 14. His 1993 rap album, Shaq Diesel, bought 1,000,000 copies. Bored with the twang already? This must be a pleasant antidote.

Pitbull.
Rapper Pitbull takes half within the opening ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on the Corinthians Enviornment in Sao Paulo earlier than the opening Group A soccer match between Brazil and Croatia. Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Photographs Photograph by PEDRO UGARTE /AFP/Getty Photographs

Who: Pitbull

When: Friday, July 7, 7:30 p.m.

The place: Scotiabank Saddledome

American rapper Pitbull, a.okay.a. Armando Perez, brings his high-spectacle present to the ‘Dome to assist kick-start the festivities on what’s formally Day 1 of the Best Out of doors Present on Earth. Pitbull has embraced a number of genres — hip-hop, pop, reggaeton — however nation music isn’t considered one of them. His Saddledome present is the one Canadian date scheduled up to now this summer time earlier than embarking on The Trilogy Tour within the fall with Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin. Pitbull has been within the music biz for twenty years and has amassed a big physique of labor, and fortune, as a savvy businessman. He additionally owns a NASCAR racing crew. His newest album, Trackhouse, is due out on Friday, the identical day he’s scheduled to rock the ‘Dome.