Welcome back for another edition of Hip Hop Live. Getting right into it, Saturday (August 2) kicks it
off with the Power 98 Summerfest in
the Cricket Arena in Charlotte, NC
at 7:00 PM. The show features performances from Plies, Mario, Yung Berg, Pretty Ricky, Jazmine Sullivan, Lloyd and Three 6 Mafia. Layzie Bones of Bone Thugs N’
Harmony will be perfoming the same night at 8:00 PM at Cardos in Chillicothe,
OH.
The talk of Sunday (August 3) is Rock The Bells, which makes its way to Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY.
The show, which starts at 12:00 PM and runs all day, will once again feature
artists such as A Tribe Called Quest,
Nas, Ghostface Killa, Raekwon, Method Man, Redman, Mos Def, The Pharcyde, Jay
Electronica, De La Soul, Rakim, MF Doom, Immortal Technique, Murs, The Cool
Kids, Wale and more. Also on playing on Sunday is Tech N9ne [click
to read] and the Kottonmouth Kings,
who will be making their appearance at the Medford
Armory in Medford, OR at 8:00 PM. On the following day, Monday
(August 4), People Under The Stairs visit
the people of Baltimore, MD to show at Sonar. The show starts at 8:00 PM.
Mos Def will be
performing at the House of Blues New
Orleans in New Orleans, LA on Tuesday (August 5) at 7:00 PM. Kanye West brings his Glow In The Dark
Tour to Madison Square Garden in New
York, NY the same day at 7:30 PM. The next day, Wednesday (August 6), Kanye will perform again at the same
venue and at the same time.
Devin the Dude performs
with Cool Nutz, Jmar and Unexpected Arrival in Berbati’s Pan in Portland, OR
at 9:00 PM on Thursday (August 7). The
Roots also perform on Thursday at Crocodile
Rock in Allentown,
PA at 7:00 PM. Ghostface Killah fans
will be disappointed as Toney Starks cancels
his show on Friday in Scottsdale, AZ. Rounding out Friday is Nas [click to read], who will be
showing up at House of Blues Las Vegas
in Las Vegas, NV at 7:30 PM.
Finally, HipHopDX’s
Most Anticipated Show Of The Week…
I Love The 90s Legends of Hip Hop Series featuring Naughty By Nature! The Hip Hop legends
will be performing classics such as “Hip Hop Hooray” and “O.P.P.” On Thursday,
August 7 at 9:00 PM at Avalon Nightclub
in Sacramento, CA.
That concludes this week’s edition of Hip Hop Live. Check back with us next week on shows from Little Brother, Clipse, Bilal and many more!
