{"id":2446239,"date":"2019-07-11T13:09:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=857957"},"modified":"2019-07-11T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T19:09:15","slug":"pretty-ricky-is-performing-at-ovo-fest-drake-will-also-be-there-i-guess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/pretty-ricky-is-performing-at-ovo-fest-drake-will-also-be-there-i-guess\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Ricky is Performing at OVO Fest (Drake Will Also Be There, I Guess)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pretty-ricky-ovo.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The greatest R&amp;B group of the 2000s is heading to Toronto this August. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/drake\/\" id=\"auto-tag_drake\" data-tag=\"drake\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s 9th annual OVO Fest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pretty-ricky\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pretty-ricky\" data-tag=\"pretty-ricky\">Pretty Ricky<\/a>, the men that gave the world classics like \u201cGrind With Me\u201d and \u201cJuicy,\u201d will headline <em>[<\/em><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Pretty Ricky is not headlining]<\/em>. The two-day event will also feature some of the brightest talents the early 2000s have to offer: B2K, Mario, Lloyd, Ying Yang Twins, Chingy, and Bobby V on August 4th; Drake will perform on August 5th. Now, let\u2019s get back to Pretty Ricky.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AdJtw7vS1E8?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>14 years after its release, their hit single \u201cGrind With Me\u201d is still ahead of its time; the outlandish ad-libs sound as crisp as ever. Their steps for sexual stimulation \u2014 Step 1. Ya kissing on me; Step 2. Girl, I\u2019m caressing your body; Step 3. Now I\u2019m licking off the whip cream; Step 4. And ooh you\u2019re grinding on me. \u2014 are not only helpful, but easily remembered. The iconic video was a peak of the music video era, between the matching red jumpsuits and revolutionary choreography. One could argue that without the group\u2019s effortless melodies, seductive harmonies, and superb rapping skills, a rapper like Drake wouldn\u2019t even be here.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available for the Pretty Ricky show at OVO Fest now. They\u2019ll play \u201cGrind With Me.\u201d It\u2019ll be great.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pretty-ricky-ovo-fest-drake-857957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The greatest R&amp;B group of the 2000s is heading to Toronto this August. At Drake\u2019s 9th annual OVO Fest, Pretty Ricky, the men that gave the world classics like \u201cGrind With Me\u201d and \u201cJuicy,\u201d will headline [Editor\u2019s Note: Pretty Ricky is not headlining]. The two-day event will also feature some of the brightest talents the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2446239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-24 10:00:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}