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Drake is closing out 2023 with one more drop. The 6 God announced on Wednesday night (Nov. 15) that he will issue the threequel Scary Hours 3 EP on Friday (Nov. 17) via a moody video filmed at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. “I’ll say this to you I’m not… I feel no need to appease […]
Travis Scott has not really shared the personal impact of the Nov. 5, 2021 crowd crush at his Astroworld Festival in Houston that resulted in the deaths of 10 fans and injuries to hundreds more. But in a new interview with GQ for its annual Men of the Year issue, the “Skitzo” MC spoke out for the first time about how the tragedy influenced his Utopia album, as well as his ongoing struggle to come to grips with the losses on that dark day.
“I mean I was just overly devastated, you know. Yeah,” he told writer Chris Heath. “I always think about it. Those fans were like my family.” Scott also described how those feelings are reflected on Utopia, telling the magazine, “Making music, you think about things that go on in life and things that happen in your life, and you dial in on things. That moment for families, for the city, you know, it was devastating. And when it came to making, like even finishing the album…I got back into it probably like, I don’t know, months and months and months after. And the idea of just even getting back into music, working on music and just even getting into that, was therapeutic of being able to channel some of the energy into production and sounds and finishing it.”
Eager for fans to realize, “I have pain too,” Scott said the Utopia song “My Eyes” references the Astroworld deaths and that it represents “the things I deal with on a day-to-day basis and the fact of how it could be misunderstood and the struggles of life and all aspects of life. The constant weight that’s put on. That you carry, you know. And just a vision through my eyes.”
In the song, Scott raps, ” I replay them nights, and right by my side, all I see is a sea of people that ride wit’ me/ If they just knew what Scotty would do to jump off the stage and save him a child.” The MC said those emotional lyrics “just came out” when he was writing “My Eyes,” describing it as a “real moment. The song is emotional to me. It’s one of my favorite songs on the album. And that verse means a lot to me.”
As for what he wants his fans to get from it, Scott said he hopes it acknowledges his pain and concerns, as well as the “things I see on a day-to-day basis I think about them. And every day I want to find change in the things, to make things better, make myself better. It’s just like: I go through things like everyone else. And even recently through something like I never could imagine.”
After a 19-month investigation, a Houston grand jury determined in June that Scott and the other Astroworld organizers would not face criminal charges. The rapper, however, faced hours of questioning in September in a civil deposition in connection with the hundreds of lawsuits that were filed against him and others; to date there are more than 1,500 active cases tied to the festival tragedy, with the first trial scheduled for May 6, 2024.
Scott also talks to GQ about his relationship with his daughter Stormi, his eldest of the two children he shares with his ex, Kylie Jenner, as well as how he originally conceived of Utopia as a Broadway play. He reveals that he even met with acclaimed playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play) to see if they could figure out a way to bring a Broadway-style production — incorporating some “Sin City s–t. Like Frank Miller style. Like comic, but try to bring it to 3D, incorporate some high-level Fantasia-style s–t” — to stadiums and arenas around the world.
Scott, who became obsessed with studying to become a nephrologist (a kidney doctor) as a child, also said he plans to go back to college soon and study architecture at Harvard. He’s already made a few visits to the storied Boston university and looked into the admissions process. “I got to work hard to get in. They’re not letting me take any shortcuts,” he said, suggesting that the hard right turn might come after he wraps his Circus Maximum world tour. And, don’t worry, even though he plans to do the full four-year course, he promised, “I’m still going to make music, of course.”
Check out the GQ cover below.
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A 2023 List Of Hip-Hop’s Leading Ladies
As we celebrate the 50th year of Hip-Hop, it’s the perfect time to recognize women in music who are ruling the charts and beating the odds.
Hip-Hop has historically been a male-dominated genre, largely built on the stories of strife of growing up as a young Black man in America. However, women have always been an important part of the culture, and we’re grateful to the legendary rap queens who came in to unify artists breaking into the industry. Today, women from all over the country are making a name for themselves, breaking records and looking good doing it! Read on for the stories behind the leading females currently taking charge in Hip-Hop!
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Alyssa Michelle Stephens, also known as Latto, is a southern rapper from Clayton County, Georgia. The 24-year-old first appeared on the scene on Jermaine Dupri’s reality show The Rap Game where her spunky energy and advanced wordplay wowed judges and viewers alike. While she ultimately rose to fame after her 2019 hit single “B*tch From Da Souf,” Latto started her journey in music years earlier at the tender age of 10.
After “B*tch From Da Souf” garnered huge label recognition, Latto signed to RCA Records where she went on to release chart-toppers like “Big Energy” and “Put It On Da Floor.”
Latto is of mixed race, which inspired her original rap name, Mulatto. Over time she received severe criticism about over choosing to use a name with a charged racialized history. However, Latto overcame the public castigation and rebranded, changing her social media handles to Latto777.
Her 2021 single “Big Energy” reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and was re-released with the legendary Mariah Carey on the remix! Now, that’s killing the game!
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Ice Cube has earned plenty of plaudits during his nearly four-decade career, from a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with N.W.A. and BET Hip-Hop Awards hardware. But on Tuesday (Nov. 14) the rap legend was humbled when the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the inaugural Ice Cube Impact Award.
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“Basketball has had a positive impact on my life in so many ways. Thank you to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for establishing the ‘Ice Cube Impact Award,’ which will honor those who work to improve their community by using basketball as a tool to help kids,” tweeted Cube, the founder of the BIG3 basketball league, which pits former NBA and international ballers against each other in fast-paced 3-on-3 competitions. “I’m honored,” added Cube.
In another tweet, Cube wrote that the league — which he launched in 2017 with music manager and business partner Jeff Kwatinetz — was created for basketball fans like him who were tired of the long, hot summers after the end of the NBA finals. “Never in a million years did I think my efforts would land me in the BHOF. Honored & humbled. Thank you,” wrote the lifelong Lakers fan who grew up playing ball at the Inglewood YMCA.
The Hall of Fame said in a statement that the unique collaboration with Cube is aimed at honoring the rapper’s “extraordinary contributions to the world of basketball, his unparalleled passion for the game, and his unwavering commitment to encouraging crucial dialogues surrounding inclusivity, equal opportunity, and racial and social justice while contributing to initiatives focused on education and community development.”
The Cube Impact Award will be permanently housed at the HOF museum in a dedicated exhibit of each year’s winner featuring “in-depth storytelling about honorees who use basketball as a platform for good works in their own communities.”
“Ice Cube’s unquestionable passion for the game and his desire to see it utilized as a catalyst for positive impact on communities are unwavering,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the basketball HOF in a statement. “His sphere of influence in both the entertainment industry and in the professional sports arena brings remarkable authenticity and value to this award. We are delighted to join hands with Ice Cube as he leverages his love of the game to inspire others. The Ice Cube Impact Award will stand as a testament to the power of basketball and the profound impact it can have on communities worldwide.”
Cube also got major props from his son, actor O’Shea Jackson Jr., who tweeted about his dad’s legendary grind. “You can not stop him! You can only hope to contain him! I’m so shook right now dude this is amazing news,” Jackson Jr. wrote. “Y’all don’t understand what he goes through man. The grind this dude has is just unreal. Dad I can’t wait to hug you man. Yo this is so incredible. What you do, not only for us as a family, but for others as well is so admirable. I really do have the greatest dad in the world. This man scores one triple double with his friends. And now he landed in the BHOF lol.”
Junior thanked the Naismith HOF for honoring his dad’s contributions to the game we all love. “I cant wait to see the future winners of this award,” he said. “As his son, i am overwhelmed with joy. As a fan of basketball, I am relieved that positive growth for the game is acknowledged.”
The Ice Cube Impact Award will be presented to Cube at the Naismith HOF on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 15) in Springfield, Massachusetts.
See Cube’s tweet and the props from his son and fellow hip-hop icons below.
Basketball has had a positive impact on my life in so many ways. Thank you to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for establishing the “Ice Cube Impact Award,” which will honor those who work to improve their community by using basketball as a tool to help kids. I’m honored. pic.twitter.com/qlIpRBN39B— Ice Cube (@icecube) November 15, 2023
I started the BIG3 for the fans of basketball like myself who were tried of suffering through the summer after the NBA Finals were over. Never in a million years did I think my efforts would land me in the BHOF. Honored & humbled. Thank you. https://t.co/0cAzjUPtXQ— Ice Cube (@icecube) November 14, 2023
You can not stop him! You can only hope to contain him! I’m so shook right now dude this is amazing news. Y’all don’t understand what he goes through man. The grind this dude has is just unreal. Dad I can’t wait to hug you man. Yo this is so incredible. What you do, not only for… https://t.co/dYgqSavSu7— O’Shea Jackson Jr (@OsheaJacksonJr) November 14, 2023
Cardi B has been teasing the follow-up to her 2018 major label debut, Invasion of Privacy, for almost a year now. So far, though, there has been no news about a release date or track list. But during a Twitter Space live event on Monday she teased that some fresh looks might be coming before the calendar flips over.
“But I was thinking about, you know, being really quiet, being really private,” she said in audio of the event re-posted by HipHopDX. “But I don’t know. Maybe I should just put a lil’ something something out before the year ends.” Then, thinking about it, she added, “Would y’all mind if I just do, like, a video? If I do a music video that’s just probably in my kitchen because I don’t really have nothing planned for, like, right now. I don’t know. I’ll think about it by the end of the day. I don’t know. I just feel like I gotta talk my s–t a little bit. You know what I’m saying?”
And while the comment seemed off-the-cuff in that classic Cardi free-associative way, it once again opened the door to the possibility of new music sooner rather than later.
Back in August, Cardi promised that she was not going to release any more collaborations until she dropped her next solo single. Of course, her hit collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, “Bongos,” dropped a month later, but at the time Cardi said she was firmly focused on her sophomore set.
“I’m going to put out my next solo single. Right now, I’m working on the cover art and ideas for the next record because it’s definitely coming up,” she said at the time. “Everyone always tells me I should put the record out now. They did when I released ‘WAP’ [with Megan Thee Stallion] and when I released ‘Up,’ but I always let them know I’m not going to wait long after all these singles. So stay tuned because it’s coming out very soon.”
In the meantime, Cardi has posed for a SKIMS campaign, signed up to perform alongside Niall Horan, Anitta and Charlie Puth at the Dec. 10 TikTok in the Mix event in Arizona and partnered with Patti LaBelle’s Viral Pies for a holiday campaign for her Whipshots brand.
Listen to Cardi contemplating a new video before 2024 below.
Good news first: after decades in the musical wilderness, OutKast‘s André 3000 is releasing his first solo album, New Blue Sun, this Friday (Nov. 17). The eagerly anticipated collection from the reclusive rapper — whose last full album was the 2003 OutKast double LP, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below — however, features “no bars” according to the 48-year-old MC who, aside from the occasional feature, has been mostly off the rap radar for nearly 20 years.
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In an interview with NPR’s Rodney Carmichael, André confessed that his obsession with the main instrument on the instrumental jazz album, the flute, has long caused some concern among his friends in Atlanta. “I laugh at it because my homies in Atlanta, we’ll talk and they’ll be like, ‘Man, you know n—as think you crazy to f–k around with this flute,” he said, confessing to being “in on the joke” about his curious musical tendencies.
The album, described as a “stunning 87-minute mind-bender, minimalist and experimental, tribal and transcendent,” will likely confuse many fans of such iconic hits as André’s “Hey Ya!” and Grammy-winning OutKast’s “Ms. Jackson,” “Roses,” So Fresh, So Clean” and “Player’s Ball,” which were cooked up with 3000’s former rap partner, Big Boi.
In a statement about the album, André assured frustrated fans wishing to hear his one-of-a-kind vocals that, sorry, there is no Prince-like vault of unheard music waiting to be released. “There’s this misconception that I just won’t do it,” André said of releasing a rap record. “I think people feel like I’m sitting around on rap albums, or sitting around and I’m just not putting them out in that way. And no it’s not like that… In my mind, I really would like to make a rap album. So maybe that happens one day, but I got to find a way to say what I want to say in an interesting way that’s appealing to me at this age.”
New Blue Sun, then, features none of André’s intricate, river-flowing rhymes, or as NPR put it, “no bars, no beats, no sub-bass.” In fact, 3000 doesn’t sing on the record at all, but he does tear it up on his trusty flutes. In fact, he plays a number of flutes as well as digital wind instruments, and instead of his signature motor-mouthed poetry the album’s first track kind of apologizes for the lack of language with the me culpa title, “I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time.”
The origin story of the album begins with André bumping into experimental jazz great Carlos Niño at the hip L.A. grocery store Erewhon, followed by the rapper showing up at Niño’s place with is flute and jamming in the basement. The jam sessions introduced 3000 to the group of performers who appear on the album, including keyboardist Surya Botofasina and guitarist Nate Mercereau, as well as musicians Deantoni Parks, Diego Gaeta, Matthewdavid, V.C.R, Diego Gaeta, Jesse Peterson, and Mia Doi Todd.
Not planning to make an album, they started the sessions a year ago, with all the songs improvised in real time, and though it is not what fans expected after all this time, the project is described as an album that “exposes his unrefined soul — and the delicate nature of his creative process — in ways the Gemini wordsmith’s fine-tuned verses tend to conceal.”
“Even in our height of what people know of what I’ve done before, I was always like a slow writer. I’m not a freestyler. I don’t be freestyling. I just wasn’t blessed with that,” André said. “Even during the earlier times, Big Boi, he just kind of got down, like, he’s so fast and efficient with what he does. And it’ll take me a minute to throw them down. So I’ve always kind of been analyzing it or figuring out how I wanted to approach it.”
For some reason at this time writing those kind of verses are just harder for André and there’s just nothing he’s written that he feels comfortable sharing. “That’s why New Blue Sun was something that I realized, whoa, I really want people to hear it,” said 3000, who estimates that he owns 30-40 flutes. “I really want to share it. That’s my only gauge. I have to like it as a person, as an artist myself, because if I don’t like it I can’t expect nobody else to like it.”
If you’ve been paying attention over the past decade, you probably spotted André in random Instagram videos wandering through the world with his trusty flue, which turned into a kind of Where’s Waldo? game for his fans. “I didn’t like that because they just kept getting little nicks of me, just kind of messing around, you know,” he said of the surreptitious videos. “So I just felt like I’d really like to play but it was really for me. I would just walk for hours and I’m a walker. I love to walk. So I would just walk and play for hours. I did that for years and it got to a point where, okay, I want to share. And so going into New Blue Sun, it was kind of like trying to figure out, well, how do I share it?”
He did, however, run the new tracks by some of his younger contemporaries, with Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean getting an early listen to the album, with Tyler opining about one song, “It sounds like you’re chasing a butterfly through a garden and I figured it out. It helped me to figure out how to do this,” in reference to the Odd Future founder’s collection of travel suitcases he could not figure out how to properly display on a wall in his home until hearing André’s new music.
And to be clear, André didn’t know this was where his life would take him, either. So if his fans look sideways at the album — whose song titles include references to everything from the Dalai Lama, John Wayne Gace, Beyoncé and that time 3000 turned into a panther in Hawaii while on an ayahusaca trip — he gets it.
“If I was on the outside, I would feel the same way. So, for me, I don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said of the album that will have a “no bars” warning on the packaging, which inspired the former MC to go long on the song titles in order to give “as much information” as possible to the instrumentals. “But that’s the cool and scary thing about it. And I think as an artist, you kind of got to put yourself out there to be prepared to respond. I’m a responding person. That’s what I am. I’m responding to what’s given to me. It’s responding to my contemporaries. It’s responding to what I love. It’s responding to what I don’t like. It’s responding to all of that.”
Check out the New Blue Sun tracklist below:
“I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time”
“The Slang Word P(*)ssy Rolls Off The Tongue With Far Better Ease Than The Proper Word Vagina . Do You Agree?”
“That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn’t Control … Sh¥t Was Wild”
“BuyPoloDisorder’s Daughter Wears A 3000™ Button Down Embroidered”
“Ninety Three ‘Til Infinity And Beyoncé”
“Ghandi, Dalai Lama, Your Lord & Savior J.C. / Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, And John Wayne Gacy”
“Ants To You, Gods To Who ?”
“Dreams Once Buried Beneath The Dungeon Floor Slowly Sprout Into Undying Gardens”
One of the most useful tools in a young artist’s toolbox is the ability to know when they’ve missed the mark. And though she’s only a few years into the game, British singer PinkPantheress (born Victoria Beverley Walker), 22, told The Guardian in a new interview that she, frankly, thinks the remix of her high-energy […]
Nothing stops New Music Friday — not even Grammy nominations.
Although 2023 MVPs like Ice Spice, 21 Savage, Drake and Nicki Minaj racked up the rap field nominations for the upcoming 66th annual Grammy Awards, last Friday (Nov. 10) offered a litany of music beyond those four 2023 Billboard Music Awards finalists. Last week saw new albums from the likes of Brandy, YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Kodak Black, but those weren’t the only notable releases to update your weekly playlists with.
With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from BADBADNOTGOOD’s gorgeous rework of an Elmiene standout to BJ the Chicago Kid and Chloe Bailey’s sultry, synthy link-up.
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Be sure to check out this week’s Fresh Picks in our Spotify playlist below.
Freshest Find: Sinkane feat. Tru Osborne, “Everything is Everything”
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For his first new song since 2019’s Dépaysé album, Sudanese-American singer Sinkane chose to ground his lyrics in the harsh realities of the Black living experience. Written and composed by bandleader Ahmed Gallab with vocal contributions from Harlem-bred artist Tru Osborne, “Everything Is Everything” is an amalgam of free jazz, Sudanese pop, gospel, funk and rock. A hearty choir provides a strong anchor for the arrangement, while Sinkane and Tru’s harmonies add splotches of color throughout the track. “The tides of change / Serve great purpose in our every day / My people, we will find our way,” Sinkane sings, with a hopefulness that consistently permeates the darker truths that the song explores.
Elmiene, “Marking My Time (BABDBADNOTGOOD Edit)”
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Elmiene dropped off his debut major label EP, Marking My Time, last month, and to continue his promotion of the project, he’s released a reworked version of the title track, helmed by Canadian experimental jazz collective BADBADNOTGOOD. Here, the group reimagines Elmiene’s original with heavy splashes of R&B and psychedelic, specifically of the ’70s persuasion. Elmiene’s vocal is predicated on allegiance to subtle dynamism, and it’s that steady build that grounds the winning remix.
Rick Ross, Meek Mill & Cool & Dre feat. BEAM, “Go To Hell”
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Hip-hop heavyweights Rick Ross and Meek Mill unleashed their highly anticipated Too Good To Be True joint album last week (Nov. 10), and this collaboration with BEAM and Cool & Dre is an immediate standout. Heavily nodding to Tears for Fear’s “Shout,” “Go To Hell” finds the two rappers deep in their braggadocio as they trade bars about their wealth, their escapes from the feds, and how much status and clout they have in whatever room they choose to walk into. “Bitch boys run to social media / Rich n—a, name in Wikipedia / If I f–k her once, she wanna f–k me twice / All the real n—as clique up, let’s get rich tonight,” Rozay raps.
Kevin Gates feat. B.G. & Sexyy Red, “Yonce Freestyle”
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In a way, Kevin Gates and Sexyy Red are perfect foils: two devil-may-care rappers who are unafraid to embody and celebrate the grimiest parts of sex and sexuality, with a healthy dash of humor to add some levity to the whole affair. On “Yonce Freestyle,” the pair’s new collaboration which also features NOLA rapper B.G., the two maximize their similarities — even if the end result is a bit tamer than what some may expect. “Yonce Freestyle” is a well-crafted club banger, with a murky Southern hip-hop beat courtesy of ProdByJM, EJ Grimes and Juko, and a perfect laid-back ratchet tone from Sexyy.
BJ the Chicago Kid feat. Chlöe, “Honey”
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BJ the Chicago Kid also released an album last week (Gravy), and that project featured loads of collaborations for R&B lovers. Among those impressive duets is the Chloe Bailey-assisted “Honey.” Landing squarely in the disco-tinged pop that has dominated mainstream top 40 for most of the young decade, BJ and Chlöe deliver a sexy, synth-laden collaboration that balances come-hither euphemisms with some outstanding harmonic choices. Between a surprisingly smooth vocal blend and a bright, clean mix, this just might be Chlöe’s best release of the year.
Ben Hughes, “What Was It For?”
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For the opening track of his forthcoming Manha EP, UK musician Ben Hughes opts for a breezy guitar and drum-forward groove. “What Was It For” fits nicely in the landscape of contemporary British R&B, and Hughes’ careful vocal approach works alongside the instrumentation instead of towering over it. It’s a very soft and lush number — an air that offers a smart counterbalance to the melodrama of the lyrics. “Bring me peace / And heal my wounds / I’m bleeding out / Just for you,” he croons.
Being a teenager is hard enough. But being a teenager and trying to figure out how you feel about your body while the whole world is watching (and commenting) sounds like a nightmare. That, though, is basically the gauntlet Billie Eilish said she had to run early in her career, when any rando with a […]
Drake is headed back out on the road next year. On Monday morning (Nov. 13), the 6 God revealed the dates for his upcoming 2024 U.S. run titled It’s All A Blur Tour – Big As the What?, which will feature support from J. Cole on most dates.
The 22-date run of show presented by Cash App and Visa and produced by Live Nation will feature a number of back-to-back arena dates, kicking off with two gigs at Ball Arena in Denver, CO on Jan. 18 and 19. The run will then double-up in New Orleans, Nashville and Columbus before winding down with a show at The Legacy Arena at BJCC in Birmingham, AL.
The 2024 dates will follow on the heels of Drake’s recently completed It’s All A Blur tour, which found the rapper playing 50 sold-out arena dates across North American in the summer and fall in support of his eighth studio album, For All the Dogs. Tickets for the tour will be available starting with the Cash App card presale beginning on Wednesday (Nov. 15), followed by a general onsale beginning Friday (Nov. 17) starting at 11 a.m. local time here.
Check out the dates for Drake’s It’s All a blur Tour – Big As The What? below.
Jan. 18 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena +
Jan. 19 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Jan. 22 – San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center – San Antonio
Jan. 25 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
Jan. 29 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center +
Jan. 30 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
Feb. 2 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
Feb. 7 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena +
Feb. 8 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena +
Feb. 12 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Arena
Feb. 16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Feb. 20 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center +
Feb. 21 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
Feb. 24 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
Feb. 27 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
March 2 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
March 5 – Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
March 10 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
March 14 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena ~
March 18 – State College, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center ~
March 23 – Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena ~
March 27 – Birmingham, AL @ The Legacy Arena at BJCC ~
+ Rescheduled dates
~ Without J. Cole
