GODS OF RAP II UK ARENA TOUR: NAS / DMX / THE LOX / GANG STARR / JUST BLAZE

By Rishma Dhaliwal • On Events

FOL­LOW­ING ITS HUGE SUC­CESS LAST YEAR 

GODS OF RAP RETURNS TO THE UK IN APRIL 2020 WITH A HUGE LINE UP

 HEAD­LINED BY

NAS

FEA­TUR­ING

DMX

First UK shows in over 15 years

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THE LOX

Jadakiss, Sheek Louch & Styles P

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GANG STARR

Leg­acy

HOS­TED AND PRESEN­TED BY JUST BLAZE

 Fol­low­ing the sold-out UK and European dates last year, Gods of Rap returns this April for three very spe­cial UK arena dates.

Head­liner Nas heads up a stacked bill that includes full sets from DMX, The Lox and Gang Starr who are all set to per­form a huge, once in a life­time show at Manchester Arena on Thursday 23rd April fol­lowed by a return to Lon­don at The O2 on Fri­day 24th April and a final date at Birm­ing­ham Arena on Sat­urday 25th April. All shows will be hos­ted and presen­ted by the legendary Just Blaze.

A hip-hop icon since the early 1990s, Nas emerged from the Queens­bridge neigh­bour­hood of Long Island City to become one of the greatest MC’s of all time. Nas has since gone on to sell over 20 mil­lion albums world­wide over the span of his legendary career and received 13 Grammy awards in the pro­cess. His recent album The Lost Tapes 2 sees a com­pil­a­tion of selec­ted unre­leased tracks from Nas’ last four albums that he has released – Hip-Hop is Dead (2006), Untitled (2008), Life is Good (2012), and his most recent Nas­ir (2018).

A well-known vet­er­an in the world of rap DMX began his career in the ‘90s with his debut stu­dio album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, released in 1998. Through­out his epic music­al career, he has released sev­en stu­dio albums the most recent, Undis­puted, in 2012. Album’s Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood, (1998) & …And Then There Was X (1999) con­tin­ue to be two of his most icon­ic. Both albums peaked at No. 1 on the US Bill­board 200 and cer­ti­fied plat­in­um numer­ous times. DMX makes a much-anti­cip­ated return to the UK after a 15 year + absence.

The Lox are headed up by Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P. The New York-based rap trio have writ­ten and rapped on hits by the likes of Puff Daddy, the Notori­ous B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Mari­ah Carey. Their debut album, Money, Power & Respect, went plat­in­um in 1998, peak­ing at #3 on the Bill­board 200 chart and was ranked #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-hop Albums. Their fol­low-up records We Are The Streets, The Trin­ity EP and Filthy Amer­ica… It’s Beau­ti­ful all reached crit­ic­al acclaim.

Undoubtedly one of the most revered, beloved and influ­en­tial groups in hip hop, Gang Starr will be per­form­ing a very spe­cial Leg­acy set with a live band and a visu­al exper­i­ence, which pays trib­ute to ori­gin­al found­ing mem­ber Guru. Hav­ing just released their first album in six­teen years, One of the Best Yet, the record was pro­duced entirely by DJ Premi­er with vocals from the one and only Guru.

In 2019 Gods of Rap saw some of the biggest and most influ­en­tial rap groups in the world come togeth­er, and this year Gods of Rap II is set to build on this leg­acy by once again unit­ing a host of legends, each per­form­ing icon­ic sets across three monu­ment­al UK live dates.

UK LIVE DATES 2020

THURSDAY               23        APRIL             MANCHESTER ARENA

FRI­DAY                      24        APRIL             LON­DON THE O2

SAT­URDAY                25        APRIL             BIRM­ING­HAM ARENA

Tick­ets go on gen­er­al sale Fri­day 31st Janu­ary at 10am and will be avail­able from www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.godsofrap.com

 

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Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voice­less. Cur­rently work­ing in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media know­ledge to I am Hip Hop and oth­er pro­jects by No Bounds.

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Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless. Currently working in TV, Rishma brings her PR and media knowledge to I am Hip Hop and other projects by No Bounds.