New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Grammy Award-winning Producer, Hall of Fame Songwriter, recording artist, and TV star Jermaine Dupri, has been writing and producing platinum hit records for more than 25 years. Celebrating the legacy and quarter century of success with his record label, So So Def Recordings, Dupri is bringing all his artists together on one stage for an exclusive performance, as AEG Presents The So So Def 25th Anniversary CULTURAL CURREN$Y TOUR. Joining Jermaine on the tour will be the So So Def Family, including Xscape, Da Brat, Jagged Edge, Bow Wow, Anthony Hamilton, Bone Crusher, Youngbloodz, Dem Franchize Boyz, and J-Kwon.
Tickets for the tour, which begins in October, will begin going on sale Friday, Aug 3rd. For further information visit www.sosodef.com or check your local listings.
To kick off the Anniversary, Sony Music's Certified Classics, Legacy Recording's division for the celebration of Sony Music's Hip Hop and R&B catalogue, recently released the essential digital hits compilation, titled
Jermaine Dupri Presents So So Def 25. The compilation includes So So Def classics such as Da Brat's "Funkdafied", Xscape's "Just Kickin' It", Dupri's own "Money Aint A Thang (feat. Jay-Z)" and many more, plus rare tracks featuring
Kanye West and The
Notorious B.I.G. The compilation, curated by Dupri to align with the tour, further celebrates his iconic Atlanta based record label & brand, So So Def. You can purchase the compilation at https://certified.lnk.to/SoSoDef25/applemusic.
Jermaine Dupri is making further headlines this year as he was inducted and honored at the 2018 Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame. Additional 2018 inductees include Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff, Alan Jackson, Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell,
George Brown &
James "JT" Taylor p/k/a "Kool & The Gang," and John Mellencamp.
Jermaine Dupri says, "Blessings are bigger when you share them. One of my biggest blessings is to be able to go tour with all my artists. I can't wait!!!"
SoSoDef 25th Anniversary CULTURAL CURREN$Y TOUR Schedule is as follows:
October 14 - Washington D.C. - Capital One Arena
October 18 - Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center
October 19 - Baltimore, MD - Royal Farms Arena
October 20 - Greensboro, NC - Coliseum
October 21 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
TBD - Chicago, IL - United Center
October 25 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
October 26 - Memphis, TN - FedExForum
October 28 - Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center
October 31 - Detroit, MI -
Little Caesars Arena
November 2 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
Grammy-winning producer, songwriter, recording artist, and TV star
Jermaine Dupri in association with AEG Presents, will see 11 cities across the U.S. this fall to celebrate 25 years of his iconic label, So So Def. The CULTURAL CURREN$Y TOUR will feature So So Def's iconic artists and be headlined and produced by
Jermaine Dupri himself. Other artists on the roster include Xscape, Jagged Edge, Anthony Hamilton, Youngbloodz, Da Brat, Bow Wow, Dem Franchize Boyz, J Kwon and Bonecrusher.
In 1992, Dupri introduced to the world two 12-year-olds who wore their pants backwards by the name of Kris Kross. In February of that same year their first song "Jump" was released and immediately soared to #1 on the pop charts remaining there for 8 weeks. This accomplishment labeled Jermaine as a 19-year-old wunderkind and super-producer. With over 400 million records sold to date, Dupri, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame is one of most successful producers in the music industry. His career milestones include the release of several platinum recordings as CEO of So So Def, winning a Grammy for Best R&B Song, and being honored with an ASCAP Golden Note Award, given to composers and songwriters who have achieved extraordinary milestones. Now, twenty-five years later, after the continued success of developing other teen stars and iconic So So Def artists such as Xscape, Usher, Da Brat, TLC,
Bow Wow and more, Jermaine is still on the scene and gearing up to celebrate his legacy and 25 years of So So Def.
