Lil Jon Shares His High 3 Jet Lag Hacks That Maintain Him Energized on Tour—Plus His Go-to Journey Playlist (Unique)

If you happen to want a playlist to your subsequent journey, whether or not you might be flying to Las Vegas or street tripping up the coast, Lil Jon has obtained you. In accordance with the Grammy winner, all of it comes all the way down to the vibes you wish to set to your journey.

“If you happen to’re touring, the soundtrack is all the pieces. It depends upon the place you are going. If you are going to Vegas, you wish to play some social gathering tunes. You play ‘Get Low,’ play some EDM songs, play no matter you wish to hear that is going to show you up! However let’s say you are sightseeing, you are occurring a cross-country journey, you won’t wish to be as hyped. It is one thing extra R&B, 90s R&B, 2000s R&B, you understand, chill. Or, I get right into a vibe the place I hearken to some Jon Batiste. I just like the album he put out lately referred to as ‘Beethoven Blues.’ A whole lot of that sort of recent age piano music, that is good things. It simply depends upon the place you’re going, and the way hyped or how not hyped you wish to be.”

Lil Jon, born Jonathan Smith, actually has expertise with all sorts of journey, contemplating he has been touring constantly since 2000, everywhere in the world with the likes of Usher, Eminem, Ludacris, Ciara, and Akon (to call a couple of). He additionally carried out on the Tremendous Bowl in 2024 when Usher headlined, and for his subsequent tour, beginning this month in Australia, he’ll carry out with Mariah Carey. 

Because of his many years of touring expertise, Lil Jon undoubtedly has a couple of methods up his sleeve with regards to touring to a special time zone and nonetheless having the vitality to carry out for 1000’s. His high journey hack for jet lag—which he will certainly use in Australia—is an LED gentle to assist reset his circadian rhythm. “Set it to the time zone you’re in. I carry that with me after I’m doing lengthy flights for 5 hours or extra, and I wish to recover from the jet lag faster,” he instructed Journey + Leisure in a latest interview. 

His different two jet lag hacks are to all the time push by the jet lag once you arrive someplace and to remain up as late as doable, as painful as it might be. He compares the exhaustion of jet lag to getting a punch within the face, however says it’s price staying up and getting on the brand new time zone. 

Although he has conquered jet lag, even famous person rappers nonetheless should take care of canceled flights and misplaced baggage. Only recently, after acting at a Cardinals half-time present in Arizona, he tried to make a flight to Vegas for one more gig. A flood alert shut down the airport, and his flight was delayed 3 times—which he says is the magic quantity for it will definitely being canceled. His baggage was misplaced amidst all of the planes being diverted, and so they ended up having to drive to Vegas in the midst of the night time. 

When he does truly get on the airplane, Lil Jon listens to binaural beats—with two tones at barely totally different frequencies which can be performed concurrently in every ear—to assist him loosen up and be calm on the flight. He additionally listens to the sounds of rain and the ocean. Lil Jon, who has a meditation album popping out this month, mentioned, “The binaural beats truly make it easier to to get a deeper sleep than you usually would on a airplane, since you do not actually relaxation on the airplane. However you get some relaxation once you pay attention, when you’ll be able to go into that REM sleep”.

After Australia, Lil Jon could also be focusing extra on street journeys as an alternative of long-haul flights. The Atlanta native simply partnered with Hyundai for his or her “I See You” advertising and marketing marketing campaign for the 2026 Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. He had by no means skilled a Hyundai earlier than, however he spent a variety of time within the smooth new automotive to shoot the business for the advert. “I used to be extremely impressed with the luxurious of the automotive, the look of the automotive. I like the way in which the grill is on the automotive, the colour of the automotive, the inside of the automotive, the sprint has a pleasant huge display screen inside, not too huge, not too little, proper?” Throw in an awesome sound system for that excellent journey playlist, and Lil Jon is about.