DAVE EAST SET TO OPEN SURVIVAL TOUR PART 2 ON MARCH 21st IN NEW JERSEY, IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT ALBUM SURVIVAL ON DEF JAM RECORDINGS/MASS APPEAL
BUY TICKETS TO SURVIVAL TOUR PART 2 HERE
LISTEN TO SURVIVAL HERE
“East delves deep into the pits of his newfound fame and unearths every crevice of fear that often once wore him down. Instead of being entangled by his demons, he’s embracing his paranoia head-on and is rattling off fiery bars in the process.” – Billboard
“After a meteoric rise over the last few years, Dave East is in for his biggest year yet. Not only is the Harlem rapper starring as Method Man in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, he’s just set a fall release for his full-length studio debut, SURVIVAL.” – Consequence of Sound
Harlem rapper, model and actor Dave East, who is amassing tens of millions of global streams and views for his SURVIVAL and five-part Survival documentary film series, will open his Survival Tour Part 2 on Saturday, March 21st at Lake Chateau (NJ) Banquets. The 19-city tour across the U.S. and Canada will wrap up on Saturday, May 8th during the 3-day Rolling Loud Festival in Miami. (Please see tour dates below.) The Dave East Survival Tour Part 1 comprised 15 cities across the U.S., UK and Europe in November-December. Buy tickets to Survival Tour Part 2 HERE.
LISTEN TO DAVE EAST’S SURVIVAL
WATCH THE SURVIVAL SERIES HERE
SURVIVAL, executive produced by Mass Appeal Records founder Nas, got off to a fast start with back-to-back advance tracks released in October, starting with “Alone” featuring Jacquees (over 5 million YouTube views). “Godfather 4” featuring Nas, and produced by Green Lantern, also features celebrated New Orleans brass band the Soul Rebels, and equally famed jazz trumpeter and Mass Appeal artist Keyon Harrold.
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SURVIVAL also features fellow Def Jam artists Teyana Taylor (“Need A Sign”), Rick Ross & The-Dream (“OG”), Fabolous (“What’s Goin On”), and others.
The Dave East D2C Store was also launched in October. Online purchases at the store, including hoodies, tees, shorts, cellphone cases, and so on, will include a digital download of SURVIVAL. Go to: shop.daveeastmusic.com
SURVIVAL follows up ‘Survival Pacc,’ Dave East’s two-song summer EP, which comprised “Wanna be a G” featuring Max B, and “Everyday” featuring Gunna (both tracks included on the SURVIVAL album). The menacing video for “Everyday,” directed by Andrew Sandler, features Dave East at a high stakes poker game, intercut with Gunna trading bars with East in a dimly lit room – watch it HERE.
Buy tickets to ‘SURVIVAL’ Tour Part 2 HERE
Mar.
21) Woodbridge, NJ – Lake Chateau Banquets
28) Philadelphia, PA The Ave Live
Apr.
9) Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater
10) Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
11) Pomona, NY – Palaside Credit Union Park
18) Baltimore, MD – Charm City Smoke Festival
20) Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
24) Vancouver, BC – Fortune Sound Club
25) Seattle, WA – Neumos
26) Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
28) San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
30) West Hollywood, CA – The Roxy Theatre
May
1) Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
3) Mesa, AZ – Club Red
9) Miami, FL – Rolling Loud
ABOUT DAVE EAST:
Praised for his lyricism and raw storytelling, and blessed with a loyal New York following, Dave East is one of the most promising rappers on the scene today. Born and raised in Harlem, he was inspired by older generation East Coast rappers ranging from Notorious B.I.G. to Styles P, Jadakiss, Cam’ron, and Big Pun. After a college basketball stint, Dave’s attention gravitated full time to music. Starting in 2010, an array of highly praised mixtapes earned him widespread recognition in the hip-hop community. His seventh mixtape, 2014’s Black Rose caught Nas by surprise, resulting in Dave’s signing to Nas’ Mass Appeal imprint. Subsequent mixtapes Hate Me Now (2015) and Kairi Chanel (2016, named for Dave’s daughter), boasted a collective guest list topped by Nas, Styles P, Pusha T, Jadakiss, 2 Chainz, Fabolous, Cam’ron, Beanie Sigel, Rico Love, and The Game, to name a few. Kairi Chanel led off with the storytelling visual for “Keisha” followed by “Type of Time, with over 12 million combined YouTube views to date. After nabbing a spot in the notorious XXL Freshman Class of 2016, Dave arrived on the Def Jam roster late that year. He finished out 2016 by joining Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nas, and Aloe Blacc for “Wrote My Way Out” on the critically acclaimed The Hamilton Mixtape. Dave was next heard on “Gold Digger” featuring A-Boogie, from Def Jam’s Direct Deposit Vol. 2 compilation (February 2017).
Dave’s 13-track Def Jam debut mixtape EP Paranoia: A True Story (August 2017) took off with the single “Perfect” featuring Chris Brown, whose video boasts over 40 million combined YouTube views to date. The Paranoia 2 mixtape followed in January 2018. It was supported by a 10-minute short film, “The Hated,” a gritty drama centering on two childhood friends who get caught up in the street hustle that eventually lands one of them in the Rikers Island lockup. Dave’s profile was amped considerably on his 23-citymcross-country “Paranoia 2 Tour” of the U.S. in January-February 2018. He then jumped into the ring for Beloved (October 2018), a mixtape collabo with invincible Yonkers MC Styles P. The project spun off a single, “We Got Everything,” starred both MCs. Dave segued into headlining his 23-city “Get It How I Live Tour” of the U.S. in November-December 2018. In September 2019, HULU premiered the fictionalized drama Wu-Tang: An American Saga, the 10-episode limited mini-series in which Dave East won overnight critical acclaim for his portrayal of Method Man (one of the executive producers with Brian Grazer). In January 2020, HULU announced the renewal of the series for a second season. In addition to his features on over a dozen singles (and an appearance on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s The Hamilton Mixtape), Dave has collaborated on tracks with A-listers 2 Chainz, Fabolous, Mac Miller, Trey Songz, Styles P, Meek Mill, Pvrx, and fellow Harlem mc Smoke DZA, to name a few.
