Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records artist Bobby Ray, better known as B.o.B. [click to read] has announced plans to embark on his own US tour. Hailing from the ATL, the young rapper will join group Shawayze on their “Get You Home” tour which will run from Sept. 23 at the Chicago House of Blues to the middle of October. This will be the second jaunt B.o.B. will be a part of since touring aside Kid Cudi and Asher Roth in this past summer’s “Great Hangover” tour.
Appearing on XXL‘s “10 Freshmen of 2009” issue alongside Charles Hamilton, Wale, Ace Hood, and others, B.o.B’s appeal stems from his unique ATL style, different from what is commercially expected from southern music.
“I just want to show people that there are endless possibilities of what you can do,” he said in a statement. “You don’t have to be a rapper, you don’t just have to be a trapper; you can be anything you want to be and whatever you do, just love it and it will show.”
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The tour will begin in Chicago on Sept. 23, and will end in Buffalo on Oct. 9.
In additional news, Khari Mateen and Dice Raw will feature on a new single called “Brick By Brick,” which will be used in the Sundance Channel‘s upcoming docu-series Brick City. The show will take an in-depth look at the troubles the city of Newark, New Jersey faces, as well as its outspoken mayor, Cory Booker. The track will help to voice the unheard struggles endured by those in the city.
“The first time I had the opportunity to see any footage of this show,” said Khari, “I could not imagine how deeply invested I would be…Like most people watching, I did not know much about the inner workings of the community of Newark. But I do know that here is one more city within a list of many that needs attention.”
Brick City will make its debut on the Sundance Channel on Monday, Sept. 21, at 10 P.M. ET.
