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Nas & Lauryn Hill Announce Life Is Good/Black Rage Tour! | The Hype Magazine Blog.

Hip-Hop and music superpowers Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill announce the Life Is Good/Black Rage tour, dates this fall. Both musicians, who are responsible for influencing a generation of music lovers, will share the stage for an experience that fans have long been waiting for. Tickets can be purchased beginning this Friday, with a pre-sale in select markets beginning Thursday.

The tour takes its name from Nas’s groundbreaking #1 album, Life Is Good and “Black Rage,” a new song by Ms. Lauryn Hill about the derivative effects of racial inequity and abuse. The track, which will be released this fall, is described by Ms. Hill as a juxtaposition to the statement “life is good,” which she believes can only be so when these long standing issues are addressed and resolved.

“I use the performance platform as an opportunity to express the energy of that moment, and the intention behind it,” said Ms. Hill. “I’ve been a long standing rebel against the stale, over commoditization. As artists we have opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.”

“This is history,” Nas said. “Better late than never. Life is good!”

Dates for the ‘Life Is Good/Black Rage  Tour’ are as follows (plus additional Nas solo shows):

October 13th Columbia, MDMerriweather Post Pavilion (NAS ONLY)

October 20th Phoenix, AZArizona State Fairgrounds (NAS ONLY)

October 26th Asheville, NCMOOG Festival (NAS ONLY)

October 27th Nashville, TNRiverfront Park (NAS ONLY)

October 28th New Orleans, LAVoodoo Festival (NAS ONLY)

October 29th Dallas, TX        Palladium Ballroom

October 31st Houston, TXBayou Music Center

November 2nd Atlanta, GA       Tabernacle

November 3rd Norfolk, VA       NorVa Theatre (NAS ONLY)

November 4th Washington, DCDAR Constitution Hall

November 7th Philadelphia, PAElectric Factory

November 9th Rochester, NYMain Street Armory

November 11th         Boston, MA       House of Blues

November 14th         Chicago, IL       Congress Theatre

November 16th         Denver, CO        Fillmore Auditorium

November 17th         Magna, UTSalt Air

November 19th         Oakland, CAFox Oakland Theater

December 31stNew York, NYRadio City Music Hall (NAS ONLY)

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