Jermaine Dupri spotlights 'Rap Game' stars on 'SoSoSummer 17' tour coming to Atlanta
Jermaine Dupri is renowned for his development skills – Kris Kross, Xscape, Usher, Da Brat, TLX and Bow Wow all emerged from his tutelage.
Now the Atlanta-based producer-songwriter-TV star is taking his latest crop of hopefuls on the road for a 20-city summer tour.
The "SoSoSummer 17 Tour will spotlight Miss Mulatto and Mani, the winners of the first two seasons of Dupri's Lifetime series, "The Rap Game." The season three winner will be announced on April 7. Dupri will introduce the "stars of tomorrow" each night on the tour, which will play Atlanta's Wolf Creek Amphitheater at 7 p.m. June 22.
A Citi cardmember pre-sale is underway through 10 p.m. March 23 (visit www.citiprivatepass.com for details) and the general public onsale begins at 10 a.m. March 24. Tickets are $25-$165 and can be purchased at www.livenation.com.
Here is the full itinerary for the tour:
Jermaine Dupri Presents SoSoSUMMER 17 Tour
| Thu May 25 | Louisville, KY | Louisville Palace |
| Fri May 26 | Detroit, MI | Fox Theatre |
| Sun May 28 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Theater |
| Thu Jun 01 | Norfolk, VA | Chrysler Hall |
| Fri Jun 02 | Columbia, SC | Township Auditorium |
| Sat Jun 03 | Baltimore, MD | Pier Six |
| Sun Jun 04 | Cleveland, OH | State Theatre |
| Wed Jun 07 | St Louis, MO | Peabody Opera House |
| Fri Jun 09 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre |
| Sat Jun 10 | Charlotte, NC | Ovens Auditorium |
| Sun Jun 11 | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh Memorial (Duke Energy Center) |
| Thu Jun 15 | Richmond, VA | Altria Theater |
| Fri Jun 16 | New York, NY | Beacon Theatre |
| Sat Jun 17 | Washington DC | DAR Constitution |
| Thu Jun 22 | Atlanta, GA | Wolf Creek Amphitheater |
| Sat Jun 24 | Houston, TX | Revention Music Center |
| Sun Jun 25 | Dallas, TX | Music Hall Fair Park |
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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
