J. Cole's first Dreamville Festival is scheduled to take place today. The festival was originally scheduled to take place in September 2018 but, due to Hurricane Florence, Cole and Dreamville camp have delayed it for several months. While artists like Cole, Big Sean, Nelly, Savage 21 and many others are about to go on stage, a local Raleigh activist explains why he is not late for that.

Joshua Bishop spoke at ABC11 about the Dreamville Fest at Dorothea Dix Park. Bishop is president and activist of Justice Served, NC. He explained that he would not support the festival and suggested that locals do not prepare either.

"No, I will not go to Dreamville and I do not suggest my people to go to Dreamville," Bishop said.

Bishop explained that tickets for the festival are expensive and out of reach of marginalized residents of the city. In addition, he said that the region where the festival is held is a symbol of gentrification that drives low-income residents out of their own neighborhoods.

"The southeast of Raleigh is important, so do not give the impression that the southeast of Raleigh is only Dorothea Dix Park," Bishop said. I think if you play at Dorothea Dix Park, some of the money should come back south east of Raleigh. "

After Hurricane Florence, J. Cole and Dreamville donated some of the profits from ticket sales to the hurricane efforts and Dix Park Conservancy.