When Hip-Hop Tours Go Wrong
With all the hoopla surrounding Future's removal from Drake's "Would You Like A Tour", memory sparked of all the other mishaps that have come about while rappers were on tour. With major tours cancelled due to lack of ticket sales, tour bus fires, and even concert shootings; embarking on a tour in hip-hop is always extremely unpredictable.
Check out a list of tours that went wrong in the blink of an eye.
DJ Khaled's Tour Bus Blows Up
In April 2012, DJ Khaled lost $500,000 worth of the valuables as his tour bus succumbed to flames. While promoting his Kiss The Ring album, the unexpected occurrence happened luckily while no passengers were aboard. Although stating "this sh*t is stressful," he continued his tour, dropping Kiss The Ring as planned.
The bus was not rented!
Tyga's Bus Gets Shot Up
In March 2012, Tyga's tour bus was targeted, leaving Tyga's artist, Honey Cocaine shot. Stemming from an argument at his show due to items being thrown onstage, the rapper got into a verbal argument on stage after which a fistfight broke out causing concertgoers to abruptly exit the building.
Gun shots were fired from a car as Tyga and his entourage boarded the tour bus. Continuing to hit the bus for a few blocks, two people were shot including Honey Cocaine,both fully recovery.
Check out the concert footage below.
Rock The Bells, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, pulling off two successful shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco but ultimately forced to cancel the last two shows in Washington, D.C. and New York.
Cancelled due to poor ticket sales, the festival took a $3 million loss over the shows but would have suffered a greater debt if the shows would have went on. Wu-Tang Clan, J. Cole, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Black Hippy, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and a host of others were set to perform.
Eminem Tour Bus Turns Over
In July 2005, while on his "Anger Management Tour," one of Eminem's buses crashed into two trucks and overturned outside of Kansas City.
Although Eminem was not abroad the vehicle, Alchemist serving as the rapper's DJ at the time, and his former protege Stat Quo were taken to the hospital for treatment of the injuries they endured.
In July 2007, after performing at his first major concert in New York City, Wayne's tour bus was pulled over and the rapper was arrested on gun charges.
As cops founded an unlicensed gun that belonged to Wayne, he was arrested and in 2010 had to serve a one-year prison sentence as a result of that day's events.