New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Interscope Records) Are you ready for the Next Big Thing in hip-hop from South Central L.A.?
Quincy Matthew Hanley , better known as ScHoolboy Q, is set to release his Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records album , Oxymoron, on February 25 th . The 15-track debut includes guest appearances from label mates, and fellow
Black Hippy artists,
Kendrick Lamar ("
Collard Greens") and Ab-Soul, as well as Raekwon, Tyler, The Creator, and 2 Chainz. The album pre-order is available on iTunes ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/oxymoron-deluxe-version/id799676139 ) along with the newest single "Man of The Year".
All that activity surrounds the eagerly anticipated Feb. 25 release of his major label debut for his debut Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope album, Oxymoron , 15 tracks that include guest appearances from label mate and fellow
Black Hippy members
Kendrick Lamar ("
Collard Greens") and Ab-Soul, Raekwon, Tyler the Creator and 2 Chainz. The new single, "Man Of The Year," is currently available digitally, following up the release of "
Collard Greens" last year.
ScHoolboy Q is set to hit the road for an extensive U.S. tour, starting March 1 in Providence, R.I. , including appearances at SXSW in Austin , before heading over to
Europe in May for shows in Netherlands , Germany , Belgium , France , Switzerland , Italy , Denmark , Sweden , Finland , Norway and Ireland.
ScHoolboy Q will be joined by
Isaiah Rashad and
Vince Staples . A full itinerary is listed below.
ScHoolboy Q independently released a pair of mixtapes before putting out his first album, Setbacks , in 2011, on Top Dawg Entertainment, followed by Habits & Contradictions in 2012. After signing with Interscope, he began recording his major label debut.
Born on a military base in Germany , where his father was stationed in the Army, Hanley moved with his mom to
Texas for several years before settling in California . He was a gangbanger for the 52 Hoover Crips, dealing Oxycontin before beginning to rap as a teenager. He began working with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2006, working with cohorts
Kendrick Lamar ,
Jay Rock and Ab-Soul, forming the group
Black Hippy.
ScHoolboy was named part of XXL Magazine's 2013 Freshman Class, and performed last June at the BET
Experience Music Festival with
Kendrick Lamar , Snoop Dog and Miguel. He also performed "White Walls," with
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno , the sixth single from their hit album, The Heist . He debuted "
Collard Greens" at the BET Hip-Hop Awards last October.
For links to ScHoolboy Q's videos see links below:
"Collard Greens ft.
Kendrick Lamar ": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L2vJEb6lVE
"Man of tHe Year": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEMsjeq43_U
A complete list of
ScHoolboy Q tour dates follows:
March 1 : Providence, RI (Lupos)
March 2 : Boston, MA (Wilbur)
March 3 : Philadelphia, PA (The Troc)
March 4 : New York (Best Buy Theatre)
March 5 : Sayreville, NJ (Starland Ballroom)
March 6 : New Haven, CT (Toads Place)
March 7 : Washington, DC ( Fillmore )
March 8 : Columbus, OH (Newport
Music Hall)
March 9 : Cleveland, OH (House of Blues)
March 10 : Cincinnati, OH (Bogarts)
March 12-15 : Austin, TX (SXSW)
March 17 : Miami, FL (Mekka)
March 18 : Orlando, FL (Firestone Live)
March 19 : St. Peterburg, FL (Jannus Live)
March 21 : San Antonio, TX (White Rabbit)
March 22 : New Orleans, LA (BUKU Festival)
March 23 : Dallas, TX (Southside
Music Hall)
March 24 : Austin, TX (Scoot Inn)
March 25 : Houston, TX (Warehouse Live)
March 27 : Denver. CO ( Ogden )
March 28 : Albuquerque, NM (Sunshine Theatre)
March 29 : El Paso, TX (Tricky Falls)
March 30 : Phoenix, AZ (Celebrity Theatre)
March 31 : Tucson, AZ (Rialto Theatre)
April 2 :
Santa Ana, CA (Observatory)
April 3 : Ventura, CA (Ventura Theatre)
April 4 : Las Vegas, NV (Hard Rock Live)
April 5 : San Diego, CA (House of Blues)
April 6 : Los Angeles, CA (Club Nokia)
April 7 :
Santa Cruz, CA (Catalyst)
April 8 : Reno, NV (Knitting Factory)
April 9 : Sacramento, CA (Ace of Spades)
April 10 : San Francisco, CA (Regency)
April 11 : Chico, CA (Senator Theatre)
April 12 : Eugene, OR (WOW Hall)
April 13 : Portland, OR (Crystal Ballroom)
April 14 : Seattle, WA (Showbox Market)
April 17 : Milwaukee, WI (The Rave)
April 18 : Detroit, MI ( St. Andrews )
April 19 : Grand Rapids, MI (Orbit Room)
April 20 : Minneapolis, MN (Mill City Nights)
April 22 : Chicago, IL (Metro)
April 23 : Lawrence, KS (
Liberty Hall )
April 25 : Kingston, GA (Counterpoint
Music Festival)
April 26 : Charlotte, NC (Amos)
April 27 : Baltimore, MD (Soundstage)
Europe
May 1 : Amsterdam, Netherlands (Melkweg)
May 3 : Frankfurt, Germany ( Gibson )
May 4 : Antwerp, Belgium (Trix)
May 6 : Paris, France (Bataclan)
May 7 : Strasboug, France (Laiterie)
May 8 : Stuttgart, Germany (LKA)
May 9 : Zurich, Switzerland (Komplex 457)
May 10 : Lausanne , Switzerland (Les Docks)
May 11 : Milan, Italy (Tunnel)
May 12 : Lyon, France (Transbordeur)
May 13 : Munich, Germany (Fierwerk)
May 15 : Berlin, Germany (C-Club)
May 16 : Cologne, Germany (Essigfabrik)
May 17 : Hamburg, Germany (Ubel & Gefahrlich)
May 18 : Copenhagen, Denmark ( Vega )
May 20 : Arhus, Denmark (Train)
May 21 : Maimo, Sweden (KB)
May 22 : Stockholm, Sweden (Debaser Strand)
May 23 : Gothenburg, Sweden (Pustervik)
May 24 : Oslo, Norway (
Rockefeller )
May 25 : Helsinki, Finland (Nosturi)
May 27 : Dublin, Ireland (Vicar Street)
May 28 : Glasgow, UK (Arches)
May 30 : London, UK (Koko)
May 31 : Birmingham, UK (Institute Library)
June 1 : Manchester, UK (Academy 2)
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Isaiah Rashad &
Vince Staples to support domestic dates
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Isaiah Rashad to support European dates
