YOUNG DRO & KILLER MIKE ANNOUNCE THEIR ‘GRIND N’ HUSTLE TOUR’
KICKING OFF APRIL 1, 2011
TOUR TO ALSO FEATURE PAC DIV & DEE-1
Atlanta, GA ~ Atlanta natives and Grand Hustle artists Young Dro and Killer Mike kick off their “Grind N’ Hustle” tour April 1st with openers Pac Div and Dee-1, presented by Lessons Learned. The tour begins in Vancouver, Canada on April 1st with current routing taking them through Corvallis, OR, Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA, Albuquerque, NM, Cleveland, OH, Boston, MA and Carrborro, NC – more dates are being added daily.
Young Dro, who recently released his “The Equestrian” mixtape, is gearing up for a June release of his album, “P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once).” He is also set to drop a mixtape entitled “DJ Dro featuring Young Dro ~ I Co-Sign Myself” on March 17th via Livemixtapes.com. The set will have the benefit of a string of recently-shot videos pushing awareness, including “Polo Down” and “Cool.”
Killer Mike’s magnum opus, “PL3DGE”, set to drop April 19th (Grind Time Official/Grand Hustle/Tree Leaf/SMC Recordings), assisted by his “Ready, Set, Go ft. T.I.” single, a recent episode of MTV’s “Made” and several showcases at this year’s SXSW, including The Fader Fort and headlining AllHipHop.com’s “Breeding Ground” event.
Pac Div are pushing their recent Don Cannon-hosted mixtape, “Mania”, which has enjoyed almost 11,000 streams since it’s March 7th debut on DatPiff.com. The Southern Cali natives are looking forward to spending the next few months on the road touring, leading up to the release of their album, “Grown Kidz Syndrome.” Videos from this effort should start popping up as early as next week.
Dee-1’s “I Hope They Hear Me: Vol. 2″, mixtape debuted on DJBooth.net on March 1st, with support from two videos on MTV2/MTV Jams. His first, “Jay, 50 & Weezy” also made it onto the Sucker Free Countdown, going as high as #16. The all-original, 18 song street album features cameos with Murs, Mickey Factz and N.O. legends Mac and Mannie Fresh. Dee-1 will take a brief break from the tour to perform on Murs’ Paid Dues Festival, April 2nd in San Bernadino, CA.
Keep up with the artists on Twitter via @DroPolo @Mike_Bigga @ItsPacDiv & @Dee1music
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