In April, rap giants Wu-Tang Clan and Nas announced that they will be going on tour together starting on August 30 at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri. Produced by Live Nation, the 25-city tour – dubbed “NY State of Mind” – will make stops across North America in major cities like Atlanta, Toronto, Austin and more, before wrapping up in Los Angeles in October.

NY STATE OF MIND TOUR DATES & LOCATIONS:
Tue Aug 30 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Thu Sep 01 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Fri Sep 02 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sat Sep 03 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sun Sep 04 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Wed Sep 07 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
Thu Sep 08 – Camden, NJ – Waterfront Music Pavilion
Fri Sep 09 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
Sat Sep 10 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Tue Sep 13 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Wed Sep 14 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
Fri Sep 16 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Sat Sep 17 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Sun Sep 18 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Tue Sep 20 – West Palm Beach, FL – iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Wed Sep 21 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
Thu Sep 22 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sat Sep 24 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Sun Sep 25 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Mon Sep 26 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
Thu Sep 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
Fri Sep 30 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
Sat Oct 01 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena
Sun Oct 02 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
Tue Oct 04 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl

The day-long celebration of hip-hop music, lifestyle and culture, Rock The Bells Festival, will go down this weekend – Saturday, August 6th – at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York. It will feature some of the most lyrical MCs in the rap game, each carefully selected because of their contribution to the genre.

In addition to the man behind the movement – LL Cool J – artists booked for Rock The Bells Fest 2022 includes Z-Trip, Ice Cube, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Lil Kim, The Diplomats ft. Cam’ron, Jim Jones & Juelz Santana, Fat Joe & Remy Ma, Jadakiss, Scarface performing 20th anniversary of The Fix, Trina, Digable Planets and Queen’s native artists N.O.R.E, Onyx, Havoc of Mobb Deep & Large Professor.

Starting time is 12noon. Click here for tickets.

The man regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time – Rakim – will commence his 2022 European tour on August 13. He will start with a couple of dates in the UK (Leicester and Brighton) before going over to Germany, Switzerland, France, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.

The tour will eventually end where it begun, in the UK; this time around with three stops: London, Manchester and Bristol. It is being presented by Mind Blowing Productions.

In March 2020 while the world collectively paused, legendary artist, DJ, and photographer D-Nice launched Club Quarantine on Instagram Live. This revolutionary virtual club safely brought millions together to experience community amid global isolation. Now D-Nice is bringing the party to Carnegie Hall (in New York) on August 4th.

Following a sold-out performance at the Hollywood Bowl in August 2021, Club Quarantine Live continues with a very special guest lineup which includes Ashanti, Jadakiss, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Hezekiah Walker, DJ Clark Kent, CL Smooth, Igmar Thomas and the Revive Big Band. It will be hosted by Chris Spencer.

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