Let me transport you back to a simpler time, a time when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, a Top Gun sequel had just come out and ChatGpt was just creeping its way into schools. The year is 2022 and right now a little me is going to go attend his first and so far last music festival. Let’s look back at the disaster that was the Breakout fest. 
Breakout fest was making its long awaited return from the pandemic and they had a STACKED lineup from top 2 bottom. 15 year old me was excited to say the least some of my favorite rappers in a 2 day festival surrounded by all my friends seems like an unbelievable time. Day 1 comes and everything is so far so good this festival seemed like it was off to a cool and calm start. All the artists performed and everything went well. Sheck Wes even performed and when he played “Mo Bamba”, it felt like the crowd at the PNE forum was causing a mini earthquake. For day 1 the headliner was Lil Uzi Vert who at the time was my favorite rapper and man was i excited, but sadly he pulled out of the event last minute he was replaced by Trippe Red which was ok, but the cracks were starting to show in this event.
Day 2 starts and it seems like everything again is off to a decent start, but early on we get news that Polo G has pulled out as the 2nd last performance of the night. This was a huge blow it sucked, but hey at least Lil Baby was gonna perform right?
The time has come for the final performance. The crowd is anxiously waiting for Lil Baby to come out. It has been almost 45 minutes and the DJ keeps assuring us that Lil Baby wants us to be louder and he will be out very soon. The pressure is building another 15 minutes after no Lil Baby yet and then the DJ comes back and says “ Lil Baby has fallen ill and he did not make it off the plane he will not be performing tonight”. The crowd is disappointed and everyone is leaving the festival but then it starts, fighting people looting its chaos and as a 15 year old kid you would think I would be scared, but I WAS LOVING IT. It was INSANE the riot made up for the concert in my opinion. Event organisers should have known people from Vancouver have a history with this kinda stuff. It’s a shame Breakout doesn’t happen anymore, man that was a fun time.