Kendrick Lamar, featuring Travis Scott, DRAM and YG Kendrick Lamar performs during the Festival dвЂ™ete de Quebec on Friday, July 7, 2017, in Quebec City, Canada.ДЄmy Harris/Invision/AP 19. One moment Minaj was in a black lace dress covering her eyes while mourning the loss of a turbulent union during вЂњThe Crying Game.вЂќ The next, she was backing up her memorable appearance on Kanye WestвЂ™s вЂњMonsterвЂќ as the most wig-snatching guest verse of that decade. What made The Pinkprint Tour such a gloriously over-the-top affair was its seamless balance of dramatic Broadway-like theater, silly high jinks and a flex of artistic ferocity. The most lucrative hip-hop trek headlined by a woman also served as the coronation of Nicki Minaj as hip-hopвЂ™s newest queen. Nicki Minaj, featuring Meek Mill, Rae Sremmurd, Tinashe and Dej Loaf ColeвЂ™s Dollar & A Dream Tour (2013) and DrakeвЂ™s Aubrey & The Three Migos LIVE! tour (2018). There are other honorable mentions: Def Jam Survival of the Illest Tour (1998), which featured DMX, the Def Squad, Foxy Brown, Onyx and Cormeg a the Ruff Ryders/Cash Money Tour (2000) Anger Management 3 Tour with Eminem and 50 Cent (2005) J. Dirty South royalty OutkastвЂ™s strongest live outing, when Big Boi and Andre 3000 reunited in 2014, was not included because it was less of a tour and more of a savvy festival run. вЂ™PacвЂ™s and BiggieвЂ™s brief runs took place when rap shows were beginning to become a rarity, leaving most of their memorable stage moments to one-off shows. But this was no momentary lapse of sanity. You may notice that Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. The 12-date Lyricist Lounge Tour, a 1998 showcase that featured Big Punisher, The Roots, De La Soul, Black Star, Common, Black MoonвЂ™s Buckshot and Fat Joe, also just missed the cut. Many were casualties of overlap, such as Run-DMC and the Beastie BoysвЂ™ memorable 1987 Together Forever Tour and the Sizzling Summer Tour вЂ™90, which featured Public Enemy, Heavy D & the Boyz, Kid вЂ™n Play, Digital Underground and Queen Latifah. With only 20 spots, some of rapвЂ™s most storied live gigs had to be left off the list. For years, hip-hop has battled the perception that it doesnвЂ™t translate well to live performance. Several artists, ranging from Run-DMC and Salt-N-Pepa to MC Hammer and Nicki Minaj, were included because they broke new ground, beyond how much their tours grossed. We also took into account the cultural and historical impact of each tour.

That means huge record-breaking, co-headlining live runs such as BeyoncГ© and Jay-ZвЂ™s On the Run II Tour were not included, given Queen BeyвЂ™s rhythm and blues/pop leanings. Our list was compiled using several rules: First and foremost, the headliners for every tour must be from the hip-hop/rap genre. With all this rap talent on the road, The Undefeated decided to take a crack at ranking the 20 greatest hip-hop tours of all time. The reunited Wu-Tang Clan continue their well-received 36 Chambers 25th Anniversary Celebration Tour, and Cardi B will be barnstorming through the beginning of August. Stoner rap fave Wiz Khalifa will headline a 29-city trek on July 9. Lil Wayne is doing a string of solo gigs and will launch a 38-city tour with pop punk heroes blink-182 starting June 27. West Coast giant Snoop Dogg is headlining the Masters of Ceremony tour with such heavyweights as 50 Cent, DMX, Ludacris and The Lox. And the summer concert season is set to feature even more high-profile hip-hop shows. Rhyme greats De La Soul recently finished a European tour billed The Gods of Rap with the legendary Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan and Gang StarrвЂ™s DJ Premier. Look around and it might feel like weвЂ™re in a golden age of rap tours.

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