Summer Jam is the annual hip-hop fest held in the tri-state area and sponsored by New York-based radio station Hot 97FM.

[3] Similarly, Los Angeles station KKBT held an annual Summer Jam hip-hop concert during the 1990s after hiring KMEL's Program Director in 1993.

[4][5] The original lineup included Black Moon, Gang Starr, Nas, Queen Latifah, A Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, SWV, and the Wu-Tang Clan.

[6] Famously, that year, Jay-Z debuted his infamous "Takeover" diss track directed at Nas and Mobb Deep, and brought out Michael Jackson, Missy Elliott, and EPMD on stage, establishing the tradition of surprise guests at the festival.

The disturbance began when crowds of people without tickets attempted to enter the stadium anyway by climbing over the fence and were stopped by New Jersey State Police.