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Hip Hop Live: Week Ending 7/11

July 4th, 2008 | Author: Slava Kuperstein

Happy 4th of July to all our readers out there, and welcome to this week’s installment of Hip Hop Live!

This weekend kicks it off on Saturday (July 5) with RZA [click to read] at Webster Hall in New York, NY at 6:00 PM, starting at $25. The Wu-Tang head honcho will be performing again on Monday (July 7) at 9:00 PM at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA, where tickets will go for $22.50. The legendary Sugar Hill Gang and Lisa Lisa cancelled their performance on Saturday at the Wildwood Convention Center in Wildwood, NJ. It is not clear whether they will be rescheduling.

Crooked I will be performing on Saturday (July 4) at Chop Suey in Seattle, WA at 9:00 PM. Tickets are $10. David Banner [click to read] will be hitting the famous House of Blues Sunset Strip in Hollywood, CA on Monday at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $22.50. Banner will also be performing on Wednesday (July 9) at 7:30 PM at the House of Blues Dallas in Dallas, TX.

Funk legend George Clinton will be performing twice this week; first, on Tuesday (July 8) at the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York, NY at 8:00PM ($37.50), then again on Thursday (July 10) at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton Beach, NH at 8:00 PM ($24.50). Indie collective Hieroglyphics will be performing at the Glass House in Ponoma, CA on Friday (July 11) at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $18.

Other Hip Hop Shows July 5 – July 11

Strong Arm Steady, July 5/8:00 PM, Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA, $15.00. Twista, July 5/9:00 PM, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO, $32.00. Doug E. Fresh, July 6/10:00 PM, House of Blues NO, New Orleans, LA, $20.00. Lil Wayne, SHOW CANCELLED, Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Sherveport, LA, N/A. Nelly, SHOW CANCELLED, Love, Washington, D.C., N/A.

Finally, HipHopDX’s most anticipated show of the week…

…is Smif N Wessun, Bilal, Ladybug Mecca and Chip Fu performing with a live band as part of the BK Hip Hop Festival at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, NY! The show will be on Thursday (July 10), and will feature surprise guests. Tickets are $25, and are available at www.masonicboom.com.

That’s all for this week, folks. Tune in next time for info on shows by Freeway, The Roots, Wale and more!

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