Killer Mike announces solo tour starting in June

On May 1, Killer Mike announced that he is hitting the road for his “The High and Holy Tour.” The first show in the 19-day lineup is on July 10 in Birmingham. The rapper will go to cities from Nashville, Chicago and Minneapolis, before ending the tour in New Orleans on August 5.

Revolt reports that the upcoming stint is Killer Mike’s first solo tour since his tour in support of his 2012 album, “R.A.P Music.” The album featured 12 tracks, some of which welcomed artists including Bun B, Trouble Scar, Emily Panic, and more. The rapper will be following up his 2012 effort this June with the highly-anticipated release of his sixth album, “Michael.” The project is slated to feature 6LACK, Lil Wayne, André 3000, and Dave Chappelle. To tide fans over, Killer Mike released the first single off the project, “Don’t Let THe Devil,” featuring El-P, Thank You Good Sir, No I.D., and Little Shalimar.

“The High and Holy Tour” marks the second tour Killer Mike will be embarking on in 2023. Detour reported that the rapper is reuniting with rapper EI-P for their upcoming tour, “RTJX – Celebrating 10 Years of Run the Jewels.” The run, which starts in September, will consist of mini residencies in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. The pair will be performing in each city for four nights.

“We’re doing four cities, four nights each, and four full albums worth of jams, many we have only performed a small handful of times during our whole existence,” the pair said in a video posted to Twitter. “So on night one it’s RTJ1 in full plus many more songs from the other records, night two it’s RTJ2… etc. etc. We can’t wait to get out there and see you.”

The full list of dates for Killer Mike’s “The High and Holy Tour” are below. Presale for tickets started Wednesday, May 3. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5.

Roshae Hemmings is an arts and culture magazine journalist from St. Louis, MO. A graduate from the Missouri School of Journalism, Roshae has bylines in the Columbia Missourian, Vox Magazine and 5280 Magazine discussing topics ranging from pop culture, social justice and eat and drink. She is a foodie at heart and enjoys eating food as much as learning about the story behind it. When she’s not working on a story, Roshae enjoys cooking, watching and analyzing reality TV, and spending time with family and friends.

This story was originally published May 4, 2023 at 4:47 PM.