Go, go, go, shawty! 50 Cent announces tour marking 20 years since ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin’’
The “P.I.M.P.†rapper’s career is rollin’ 20 years deep.
Curtis “50 Cent†Jackson is commemorating two decades of sippin’ bub’ in the club like it’s your birthday with his Final Lap Tour 2023, marking the 20th anniversary of his major-label debut album, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,†which The Times wrote was “the biggest sales sensation of the year,†selling 872,000 copies in just four days.
The album, which Interscope Records dropped Feb. 6, 2003, was a joint venture between Eminem’s Shady Records and Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Records. It included radio and club hits “Wanksta,†“P.I.M.P.†and “In Da Club.â€
The rapper 50 Cent became notorious in the music industry with an underground hit about robbing big-name stars of their jewelry.
“It’s exciting to reach the 20-year mark in anything when hip-hop is a youth culture, out with the old, in with the new,†the rapper told Rolling Stone this year. “So it means more that you’re able to stick around and be able to sustain relevance.â€
Busta Rhymes and Jeremih will open all the North American dates. The tour kicks off in July and includes stops in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom.
In “Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down a Drug Lord,†rapper and businessman Curtis “50 Cent†Jackson and journalist Charlie Webster help guide listeners through a conversation that they have with twin brothers Pedro (Peter) and Margarito (Jay) Flores, drug dealers and federal informants whose cooperation led to the indictment of Sinaloa cartel leader JoaquÃn “El Chapo†Guzmán and many others.
Tickets will be available to participants through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program beginning May 10. Concertgoers can register now through Sunday.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public May 12.
50 Cent tour dates:
July 21: Salt Lake City — Maverik Center
July 23: Denver — Ball Arena
July 25: St. Louis — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 27: Noblesville, Ind. — Ruoff Music Center
July 28: Nashville — Bridgestone Arena
July 29: Cincinnati — Riverbend Music Center
July 31: Toronto — Budweiser Stage
Aug. 2: Montreal — Bell Centre
Aug. 3: Mansfield, Mass. — Xfinity Center
Aug. 5: Darien Center, N.Y. — Darien Lake Amphitheater
Aug. 6: Cleveland — Blossom Music Center
Aug. 8: Bristow, Va. — Jiffy Lube Live
Aug. 9: Brooklyn, N.Y. — Barclays Center
Aug. 11: Hartford, Conn. — Xfinity Theatre
Aug. 12: Camden, N.J. — Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Aug. 13: Virginia Beach, Va. — Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
Aug. 15: Raleigh, N.C. — Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Aug. 16: Charlotte, N.C. — PNC Music Pavilion
Aug. 17: Atlanta — Lakewood Amphitheatre
Aug. 19: Tampa, Fla. — MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug. 20: West Palm Beach, Fla. — iThink Financial Amphitheatre
Aug. 22: Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
Aug. 24: Houston — Toyota Center
Aug. 25: Dallas — Dos Equis Pavilion
Aug. 27: Albuquerque — Isleta Amphitheater
Aug. 29: Phoenix — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Aug. 30: Los Angeles — Crypto.com Arena
Aug. 31: Chula Vista — North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Sept. 2: Mountain View — Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept. 4: Sacramento — Golden 1 Center
Sept. 6: Ridgefield, Wash. — RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Sept. 7: Seattle — Climate Pledge Arena
Sept. 8: Vancouver — Rogers Arena
Sept. 10: Calgary, Canada — Scotiabank Saddledome
Sept. 11: Edmonton, Canada — Rogers Place
Sept. 13: Winnipeg, Canada — Canada Life Centre
Sept. 15: St. Paul, Minn. — Xcel Energy Center
Sept. 16: Chicago — United Center
Sept. 17: Detroit — Pine Knob Music Theatre
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