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From Sept. 1–2 GRAMMY-winning hip-hop pioneer Jay-Z shut down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for the first annual Made In America music festival. The lineup featured a mashup of artists spanning rock, pop, dance/electronica, and hip-hop, and the crowd was a reflection of that diversity. I was one of thousands of festivalgoers who braved the extreme heat and rain to see artists such as Gary Clark Jr., Mayback Music Group (featuring Rick Ross, Wale and Meek Mill), Janelle Monáe, and Pearl Jam, among others, take the stage for one of music’s biggest Labor Day events yet.

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