Raekwon and Havoc of Mobb Deep are headed on tour. Weeks after RZA teased the two hitting the road at Wu-Tang Clan’s Madison Square Garden farewell show, they announced a 19-city national tour starting in November in Portland, Oregon, and ending a month later in Miami Beach. The tour marks the 30th anniversary of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and Mobb Deep’s The Infamous.
Raekwon, who recently celebrated the landmark anniversary of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx with a free show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, said in a statement, “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, who’s prepping a new Mobb Deep album with Alchemist, added, “The 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 albums Only Built 4 Cuban Linx and The Infamous were both released by Loud Records three decades ago. “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 and CEO of Loud Live 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.”
Raekwon and Mobb Deep 30th Anniversary Tour Dates
Nov. 13 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Nov. 15 – Berkeley, CA @ The UC Theatre
Nov. 17 – San Diego, CA @ SOMA
Nov. 18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
Nov. 21 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Nov. 24 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
Nov. 25 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
Nov. 28 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
Nov. 29 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
Dec. 1 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Dec. 2 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
Dec. 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
Dec. 6 – Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
Dec. 7 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
Dec. 8 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
Dec. 10 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
Dec. 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
Dec. 14 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live (Co-Pro)
Dec. 15 – Miami Beach, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theatre