Wu-Tang Clan legend Raekwon and Queensbridge icons Mobb Deep are hitting the road together this fall for a once-in-a-generation celebration of two albums that changed the sound of East Coast rap.

The Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… and The Infamous 30th Anniversary Tour—produced by Live Nation and presented by LOUD Live—will pair Raekwon and Mobb Deep’s Havoc on one stage for a seamless set of classics. Kicking off November 13 in Portland, Oregon, the 19-city run will hit major stops including Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, New York, and Miami before wrapping on December 15 in South Florida.

“Me and Havoc from Mobb will be pure hip-hop at its finest,” Raekwon said in a statement shared with I Love Us. “This is gonna take rap shows to the next level—guaranteed!”

Havoc echoed the sentiment, calling the tour “pure, raw, unfiltered energy on stage,” and adding that The Purple Tape is essential to his own story. “The world doesn’t exist to me without that purple tape in it,” he said. “This will be a tour the fans will never forget.”

Steve Rifkind, CEO of LOUD Live, put it plainly: “This tour defines what hip-hop means to the culture—30 years of greatness, and two Top 10 hip-hop albums of all time. When this tour comes to your city, you’re definitely going to witness greatness at its best—with a ton of surprises.”

Two Albums That Shaped the Culture

Released in 1995, Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…— known to fans simply as The Purple Tape—set a new bar for cinematic storytelling and helped pioneer the mafioso rap subgenre. That same year, Mobb Deep dropped The Infamous, a gritty, uncompromising portrait of Queensbridge life that cemented the duo’s place in the hip-hop canon with tracks like “Shook Ones Pt. II.”

For the first time, fans will hear these two legacies braided together live, with Raekwon and Havoc moving in and out of each other’s sets for a career-spanning performance. Expect surprise guests, deep cuts, and the kind of energy that made these records timeless.

Tickets & VIP Access

• Artist Presale: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 10 AM local
• General Onsale: Friday, Aug. 15, 10 AM local at LiveNation.com

VIP packages will include priority entry, meet-and-greets with both Raekwon and Havoc, official tour merch, and pre-show shopping. Details are available at vipnation.com.

Tour Dates

Nov. 13 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
Nov. 15 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
Nov. 17 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Nov. 18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Nov. 21 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Nov. 24 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Nov. 25 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
Nov. 28 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
Nov. 29 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Dec. 1 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre
Dec. 2 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Dec. 3 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
Dec. 6 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues
Dec. 7 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
Dec. 8 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
Dec. 10 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
Dec. 11 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Dec. 14 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live (Co-Pro)
Dec. 15 – Miami Beach, FL – Fillmore Miami Beach

For fans who lived through ‘95 and for those discovering these classics for the first time, this tour is a living, breathing reminder of why these records still hit just as hard three decades later.