Photos: Kendrick Lamar and Solange Perform at SweetLife Festival

Thousands gather for this year's music and food party.

Welcome to the SweetLife! - This year's SweetLife Music & Food Festival was held in Columbia, MD, at the Merriweather Post Pavilion and featured artists Solange, Kendrick Lamar and Gary Clark Jr.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Welcome to the SweetLife! - This year's SweetLife Music & Food Festival was held in Columbia, MD, at the Merriweather Post Pavilion and featured artists Solange, Kendrick Lamar and Gary Clark Jr.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

Solange Sets the Mood - Solange got festival goers feeling right and opened up her set with "Some Things Never Seem to F---ing Work."(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Solange Sets the Mood - Solange got festival goers feeling right and opened up her set with "Some Things Never Seem to F---ing Work."(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Spring Fabulous - Solange's pyschedelic print dress vibed with the Woodstock feel of the festival.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Spring Fabulous - Solange's pyschedelic print dress vibed with the Woodstock feel of the festival.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Texas, Stand Up! - Midway through her set, Solange gave a shout out to her fellow Texas natives in the crowd and performed her own version of "I Could Fall in Love" in honor of Selena.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Texas, Stand Up! - Midway through her set, Solange gave a shout out to her fellow Texas natives in the crowd and performed her own version of "I Could Fall in Love" in honor of Selena.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

Dance Party! - Solange encouraged the crowd to groove along with her.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Dance Party! - Solange encouraged the crowd to groove along with her.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Groove On - "I want to turn this into a high school house party!" And that she did.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Groove On - "I want to turn this into a high school house party!" And that she did.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

Looks Good With Trouble - Earlier this week Solange released a remix of her single "Looks Good With Trouble" featuring fellow SweetLife festival artist Kendrick Lamar.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Looks Good With Trouble - Earlier this week Solange released a remix of her single "Looks Good With Trouble" featuring fellow SweetLife festival artist Kendrick Lamar.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Festival Diva - Sweetgreen's SweetLife Festival is just one of several that Solange will be performing at this year. On June 1 she's starring in a lineup with Sweetlife performer Gary Clark Jr. and Robert Glasper, whom she collaborated with on his remix EP of Black Radio.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

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Festival Diva - Sweetgreen's SweetLife Festival is just one of several that Solange will be performing at this year. On June 1 she's starring in a lineup with Sweetlife performer Gary Clark Jr. and Robert Glasper, whom she collaborated with on his remix EP of Black Radio.(Photo: Latice Washington/BET)

Turnt Up - Music fans from all over the East Coast traveled to the festival to see their favorite artists.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Turnt Up - Music fans from all over the East Coast traveled to the festival to see their favorite artists.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Eye See You - Thousands of eager music lovers attended the eco-friendly SweetLife Music & Food Festival.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Eye See You - Thousands of eager music lovers attended the eco-friendly SweetLife Music & Food Festival.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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Tune Up - Gary is by no means new to the festival scene. Last year he was awarded SPIN Magazine's Golden Corndog award for performing in more major North American Music Festivals in 2012 than any other musician!(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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Tune Up - Gary is by no means new to the festival scene. Last year he was awarded SPIN Magazine's Golden Corndog award for performing in more major North American Music Festivals in 2012 than any other musician!(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

Blak and Blu - 2012 proved to be a successful year for Gary, who performed at the Red, White and Blues event at the White House in February and released his debut solo album, Blak and Blu, in October.(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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Blak and Blu - 2012 proved to be a successful year for Gary, who performed at the Red, White and Blues event at the White House in February and released his debut solo album, Blak and Blu, in October.(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

Numb - A few days before the festival, the music video for his single "Numb" premiered. This track along with several others off his debut LP, including "Please Come Home" and "Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say," were on his festival set list.(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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Numb - A few days before the festival, the music video for his single "Numb" premiered. This track along with several others off his debut LP, including "Please Come Home" and "Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say," were on his festival set list.(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

The (Sweet) Life - Gary opened his set with his hot Blak and Blu electric Epiphone Casino guitar!(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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The (Sweet) Life - Gary opened his set with his hot Blak and Blu electric Epiphone Casino guitar!(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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Hol' Up! - Kendrick opened up his set with a few throwbacks for the diehard fans and cued the audience — right, left and center — to sing along to the chorus while performing "Hol' Up."(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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Hol' Up! - Kendrick opened up his set with a few throwbacks for the diehard fans and cued the audience — right, left and center — to sing along to the chorus while performing "Hol' Up."(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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good kid, m.A.A.d. city - A huge congratulations is in order. It was announced earlier this week that Kendrick was nominated for six BET Awards, including Best New Artist, Video of the Year and Best Male Hip Hop Artist! He'll also be performing at this year's first annual BET Experience the weekend leading up to the awards show.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

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good kid, m.A.A.d. city - A huge congratulations is in order. It was announced earlier this week that Kendrick was nominated for six BET Awards, including Best New Artist, Video of the Year and Best Male Hip Hop Artist! He'll also be performing at this year's first annual BET Experience the weekend leading up to the awards show.(Photo: Davon Reginald Bryant-Mason/BET)

#DeathToMolly - Kendrick recently dropped his music video for "Trick Don't Kill My Vibe," which cleverly depicted his stance against the popular molly drug trend. It comes as no surprise since his earlier two videos, "Swimming Pools" and "Poetic Justice," touched on topics of alcoholism and street violence.(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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#DeathToMolly - Kendrick recently dropped his music video for "Trick Don't Kill My Vibe," which cleverly depicted his stance against the popular molly drug trend. It comes as no surprise since his earlier two videos, "Swimming Pools" and "Poetic Justice," touched on topics of alcoholism and street violence.(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

The Recipe - It's takes more than a good performance to put on a great show, and Kendrick definitely has the right ingredients. His energetic stage presence and connection to the crowd made his show an unforgettable part of the SweetLife Festival!(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)

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The Recipe - It's takes more than a good performance to put on a great show, and Kendrick definitely has the right ingredients. His energetic stage presence and connection to the crowd made his show an unforgettable part of the SweetLife Festival!(Photo: Shanis Navas/BET)