New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) Atlanta's own Waka Flocka
Flame has announced June 12th as the release date of his anticipated sophomore album, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans, and Family. Led by the Drake-assisted "Round of Applause," this follow-up to his breakout debut will feature appearances from Tyga, Ludacris,
B.o.B and many more. On Friday, March 9th Waka gave fans a peak at what Triple F has in store by releasing the callously cool "I Don't Really Care" featuring
Trey Songz to his hometown's radio stations prompting multiple back-to-back plays. The song was the most added record at the urban mainstream format last week and is now available for purchase on iTunes at https://smarturl.it/WakaIDRC. Look out for a visual for the song soon which will be shot in Atlanta on April 10th.
Recently dubbed by
Drake as the "King of the Club," Waka Flocka
Flame will join labelmate Meek Mill, J. Cole,
2 Chainz and
French Montana on the Toronto rapper's 27-city "Club Paradise" tour. The tour kicks off on May 7th in Concord, CA at the Sleep
Train Pavilion and wraps in Boston's Comcast Center on June 17th. Tickets go on-sale March 23rd and can be purchased at https://www.livenation.com/Drake-tickets/artist/1319371. Dates for the "Club Paradise" tour are as follows:
May 7 Concord, CA Sleep
Train Pavilion at Concord
May 8 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
May 10 Phoenix, AZ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
May 11 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 13 Denver, CO Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
May 14 Albuquerque, NM Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents The Pavilion
May 16 Dallas, TX Gexa
Energy Pavilion
May 17 Houston, TX Toyota Center
May 19 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
May 20 Atlanta, GA Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
May 22 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable
Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
May 23 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
May 25 Washington, DC Verizon Center
May 26 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
May 28 Cleveland, OH Blossom
Music Center
May 30 Detroit, MI DTE
Energy Music Theatre
June 1I ndianapolis, IN Klipsch
Music Center
June 2 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
June 5 Memphis, TN FedExForum
June 6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend
Music Center
June 8 Darien Lake, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 9 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
June 11 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
June 12 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
June 14
Saratoga Springs, NY
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 16 New York, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
June 17 Boston, MA Comcast Center
While its been two years filled with career highs and personal lows for the beleagured rapper, Waka Flocka has been passionately working on causes near and dear to his heart that speak to his Triple F's. In the winter of 2011, he started collaborating with Atlanta-based SNAPBACKS for a cause to develop a line of hats in which the proceeds would go to benefit PACER's
National Bullying Prevention Center. And just last week, Waka Flocka earned another "Round of Applause" by teaming up once again with PETA in a campaign aimed at raising awareness about animal protection. In their "Only Cowards Abuse Animals" ad, Waka takes a stand against the chaining, fighting, and abuse of dogs.
Last October of 2010, Waka Flocka
Flame burst onto the scene with his debut album Flockaveli which was dubbed as "the most anarchic rap album of 2010" by the Washington Post. Led by the #1 single and triple-platinum "
No Hands" featuring Wale and
Roscoe Dash, Flockaveli debuted at #6 and was both praised and criticized for its abandonment of lyrical prose for menacing, adrenaline-fused production. With over 300k copies sold, the New York Times cited Flockaveli as "one of the most bracing and unforgiving hip-hop releases in recent memory.
Almost single-handedly, and without context, it rediscovers hip-hop's pugnacity in an era of extreme melodic sophistication, an idiosyncratic anomaly."
"Round of Applause" feat.
Drake (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Z3KUOrhS0&feature=player_profilepage
"I Don't Really Care" feat. Trey Songs (audio): https://www.spin.com/#articles/waka-flocka-flame-exclusive-hear-i-dont-really-care-now
"Only Cowards Abuse Animals" PETA campaign: https://www.peta.org/features/waka-flocka-flame-only-cowards-abuse-animals.aspx
"Waka Flocka
Flame Talks About His Collaboration With SEA Brand" (video): https://www.complex.com/style/2012/01/video-waka-flocka-flame-talks-about-his-collaboration-with-sea-brand
