LOS ANGELES (Capitol Records)� Multi-Platinum
rapper
Chingy will kick off his U.S. tour February 2nd in Myrtle Beach,
SC in support of his latest album, PowerBallin,' which debuted at No 10
on the Billboard 200 in December 2004 and has already been certified
Gold. Although primarily a headlining tour,
Chingy will open for Snoop
Dogg in Orlando, FL on February 3 and for DJ Quik on some West Coast
dates.
"Leave Wit' Me," the second single from PowerBallin,'
features R&B icon R.
Kelly and has just gone to radio for adds.
It's the follow-up to "Balla Baby," the album's first single, which was
a multi-format hit and received play on both MTV and BET. Meanwhile,
radio has jumped on another track from the album - "Don't Worry,"
Chingy's romantic duet with
Janet Jackson.
Chingy
launched the album with a whirlwind series of national television
appearances, which began in advance of the street date and included
performances on "The
Tonight Show With Jay Leno," "Showtime at the
Apollo," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The
Ellen DeGeneres Show,"
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Last Call with Carson Daly." He also did an
exclusive interview and live performance for "Sessions@AOL," which is
now available on CD at iTunes.
Chingy also contributed
"Professional," an exclusive new track featuring his longtime friends
G.I.B., to the soundtrack of the Paramount
Pictures drama Coach Carter.
The soundtrack was released January 11th and the film, which opened
January 14th, was #1 at the box office this past weekend.
With
Jackpot,
Chingy was the best-selling debut rap artist of 2003. Jackpot
entered the Billboard Top 200 at #2 and yielded three smash singles --
"Right Thurr," "
Holidae In" and "
One Call Away" - each of which
surpassed 100 million in audience at radio. It is currently certified
Triple Platinum.
CHINGY - U.S. TOUR DATES2/2 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
2/3 Orlando, FL House of Blues Snoop Dogg
2/4 Washington, DC Dream
2/5 Virginia Beach, VA The Nova
2/9 Chicago, IL House of Blues
2/10 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Theatre
2/11 Toronto, ON The Guvernment & Kool Haus (two 15-minute shows at each venue)
2/13 Worcester, MA Palladium
2/16 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre DJ Quik
2/17 San Diego, CA 4th & B
2/18 Anaheim, CA House of Blues DJ Quik
2/20 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues DJ Quik
2/21 Hollywood, CA House of Blues DJ Quik
