Drake surpasses Kendrick Lamar for highest-grossing rap tour ever

Drake has surpassed Kendrick Lamar together with his current ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour turning into the highest-grossing rap tour ever.

Final yr, Lamar toured the world in help of his Grammy Award-winning fifth album ‘Mr Morale & The Massive Steppers’. The ‘Massive Steppers tour’ led to September 2022 and earned $110.9million (£89,248,704.66) from 929,000 tickets offered throughout 73 reveals – making it the highest-grossing rap tour on the time.

This summer season, Drake crew up with fellow rapper 21 Savage to tour North America in help of their Grammy Award-nominated collaborative album ‘Her Loss’. In line with Touring Information, the ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour grossed $129.7million in 30 out of the 72 reveals Drake did this yr. It’s believed that the official determine will double as soon as all cash made on the remaining 42 reveals is accounted for.

.@Drake‘s “It is All a Blur” turns into the highest-grossing tour by a rapper in historical past with $129.7 million in 30/72 reveals, surpassing @kendricklamar‘s “The Massive Steppers” (2022).

— Touring Information (@touringdata) November 16, 2023

This information comes shortly after Drake and J. Cole introduced their very own joint enviornment tour, ‘It’s All A Blur Tour – Massive As What?’.

The rap juggernauts will tour North America in January 2024, beginning in Denver, Colorado on January 18. They are going to cease in Nashville, Tampa, Buffalo and extra earlier than ending the tour in Birmingham, Alabama on March 27. Followers can discover the tour dates beneath and visit here to purchase tickets.

Drake’s ‘It’s All A Blur Tour – Massive As The What?’ 2024 US tour dates are:

JANUARY
18 – Denver, CO – Ball Area +
19 – Denver, CO – Ball Area
22 – San Antonio, TX – Frost Financial institution Middle
25 – Oklahoma Metropolis, OK – Paycom Middle
29 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Middle +
30 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Middle

FEBRUARY
02 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Area
07 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Area +
08 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Area +
12 – St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Middle
16 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Area
20 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Middle +
21 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Middle
24 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
27 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Middle

MARCH
02 – Kansas Metropolis, MO – T-Cellular Middle
05 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
10 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Area
14 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Area ~
18 – State Faculty, PA – Bryce Jordan Middle ~
23 – Dawn, FL – Amerant Financial institution Area ~
27 – Birmingham, AL – The Legacy Area at BJCC ~

+ Rescheduled dates
~ With out J. Cole

In October, Drake dropped his long-awaited eighth studio album, ‘For All The Canine’, which NME gave two stars, calling the report “banger-less, bitter and deeply mid.”

Alternatively, Kendrick Lamar and Child Keem headlined Tyler, the Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw pageant this yr. They carried out their collaboration ‘The Hillbillies’ for the primary time collectively.