Havoc of Mobb Deep and Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon are heading out on a joint North American tour later this year.
The run of dates will mark the 30th anniversary of Raekwon’s album ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Link’ and the Mobb Deep record, ‘The Infamous’. They will play 19 shows in total.
The 19-date tour kicks off in November in Portland, Oregon on 13th November, and will run through until 15th December.
The tour will kick off in Portland, Oregon on 13th November, followed by stops in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Dallas, Birmingham, Chicago, Toronto, New York, Atlanta and more. The final show will take place at The Fillmore in Miami Beach on 15th December. Tickets are on sale here.
In a statement announcing the run, Raekwon said: “Me and Havoc from Mobb will be pure hip-hop at its finest. This is gonna take rap shows to the next level — guaranteed.”
Havoc added: “Fans can expect nothing less than pure, raw, unfiltered energy on stage. I'm excited to celebrate these two legendary albums — the world doesn’t exist to me without that purple tape in it. This will be a tour the fans will never forget.”
The two canonical records, ‘Only Built 4 Cuban Linx’ and ‘The Infamous’, were both released by Loud Records in 1995. “This tour defines what hip-hop means to the culture — 30 years of greatness, and two Top 10 hip-hop albums of all time,” Loud Records founder Steve Rifkind said in a statement.
“Raekwon and Mobb Deep have supported each other for over three decades. The Loud Wu-Tang family and Mobb Deep family have been through it all together. When this tour comes to your city, you’re definitely going to witness greatness at its best — with a ton of surprises.”
Check out the full 30th anniversary tour dates below.
Wu-Tang Clan recently completed the first leg of their final tour as a group, while Raekwon released his eighth solo album, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’, last month.