Drake surpasses Kendrick Lamar for highest-grossing rap tour ever
nme.comDrake has surpassed Kendrick Lamar with his recent ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour becoming the highest-grossing rap tour ever.Last year, Lamar toured the world in support of his Grammy Award-winning fifth album ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’.
The ‘Big Steppers tour’ ended in September 2022 and earned $110.9million (£89,248,704.66) from 929,000 tickets sold across 73 shows – making it the highest-grossing rap tour at the time.This summer, Drake team up with fellow rapper 21 Savage to tour North America in support of their Grammy Award-nominated collaborative album ‘Her Loss’.
According to Touring Data, the ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour grossed $129.7million in 30 out of the 72 shows Drake did this year. It is believed that the official figure will double once all money made on the remaining 42 shows is accounted for..@Drake's "It's All a Blur" becomes the highest-grossing tour by a rapper in history with $129.7 million in 30/72 shows, surpassing @kendricklamar's "The Big Steppers" (2022).— Touring Data (@touringdata) November 16, 2023This news comes shortly after Drake and J.
Cole announced their own joint arena tour, ‘It’s All A Blur Tour – Big As What?’.The rap juggernauts will tour North America in January 2024, starting in Denver, Colorado on January 18.
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