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Jan. 8, 2017: On today, Drake and Future shattered a brand new document with their Summer Sixteen Tour. After totaling up the ticket gross sales from 2016, Drizzy and Hendrix’s trek was proclaimed the highest-grossing hip-hop tour of all time.
According to Pollstar Pro, Drake and Future’s trek grossed over $84.3 million throughout 56 dates between July and October of 2016. The dynamic rappers dethroned earlier record-holders Jay-Z and Kanye West for his or her 2012 Watch the Throne Tour, which netted $75.6 million by way of 63 dates from October of 2011 to June of 2012.
The Summer Sixteen tour was produced by Apple Music in help of Drake’s fourth album, Views, in addition to Future’s fourth venture, Evol. Both artists additionally carried out tracks from their collaborative 2015 mixtape, What a Time to Be Alive.
The tour included a number of shock visitor appearances from big-name superstars together with Kanye West hitting the stage with the WATTBA collaborators at their Chicago cease on July 28, 2016. In August of that yr, Drake and Future carried out a four-night residency at Madison Square Garden, which introduced out a slew of celebrities to their live shows. Rappers Fat Joe, Remy Ma, A$AP Ferg, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, T.I., Dipset (sans Jim Jones) and J. Cole all graced the stage throughout their run within the Big Apple. Meanwhile, Future introduced out Young Thug to point out the world their reconciliation for the primary time.
Elsewhere, Lil Wayne joined the 6 God in Philadelphia, then once more in Houston with Bun B. In Los Angeles, Rihanna and DJ Khaled carried out with Drizzy and Hendrix on the Staples Center.
The Summer Sixteen tour was a star-studded affair from coast to coast. What a time to be alive.
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