Welcome back to Hip Hop Live, everyone! Setting things off this week, unexpectedly, is MC Hammer at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkson, MI tonight (Aug. 14) at 7:30 PM. Mos Def will be joined by Jay Electronica at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA at 8:00 PM tonight as well. Jim Jones and the Ying Yang Twins will team up at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, NY at 9:00 PM tonight, while Rick Ross hits up Love Nightclub in Washington, DC at 9:00 PM. Closing out Friday is Lil Wayne at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA at 7:00 PM.
On Saturday (Aug. 15), Method Man and Redman will be bringing their famous show to the House of Blues Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA at 6:30 PM. Cam’ron and Nicki Manaj will headline at The Bogie in Utica, NY at 11:55 on Saturday, while Clipse and the Cool Kids hit the House of Blues Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA on Monday (Aug. 17) at 8:00 PM. De La Soul will be at the Surf Club in Ortley Beach, NJ on Tuesday (Aug. 18) at 7:00 PM.
On Wednesday (Aug. 19), D12 is at the Glass House in Pomona, CA at 7:00 PM. En Vogue hits up Phoenix Center in Pontiac, MI on Thursday (Aug. 20) at 8:00 PM. Closing out the week is E-40. The Hyphy emcee takes the tage at Key Club in Los Angeles, CA at 8:30 PM.
Here are tour dates for Poison Pen and Immortal Technique:
Aug 14 2009. 8:00 PM, Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, California
Aug 15 2009, 8:00 PM, Ventura Theater, Ventura, California
Sep 18 2009, 8:00 PM, Trocadero, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 19 2009, 8:00 PM, Recher Theater, Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 20 2009, 8:00 PM, Is Venue, Charlottesville, Virginia
Sep 22 2009, 8:00 PM, Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, North Carolina
Sep 23 2009, 8:00 PM, Orange Peel, Asheville, North Carolina
Sep 24 2009, 8:00 PM, The Dame, Louisville, Kentucky
Sep 26 2009, 8:00 PM, Abbey Pub, Chicago, Illinois
Sep 27 2009, 8:00 PM, Bluebird Theater, Bloomington, Indiana
Sep 28 2009, 8:00 PM, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sep 29 2009, 8:00 PM, Grog Shop, Cleveland, Ohio
Sep 30 2009, 8:00 PM, Altar Bar, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Finally, Hip Hop Live’s Livest Show of the Week…
…is Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Murs, Eyedea and Abilities and Attracted to Gods at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO tonight (Aug. 14) at 8:00 PM!
Make sure to check us out next week for more on your favorite artists!