Onyx have announced that they’ll be hitting the road this year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their rowdy debut album, Bacdafucup.
The lengthy 2023 trek will kick off on March 29 at Echoplex in Los Angeles and will take in a further 45 dates including stops in Houston, New Orleans, Tampa, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Seattle and Sacramento, where the tour will conclude on May 20.
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Joining Sticky Fingaz and Fredro Starr on the Onyx anniversary tour will be underground rap heavyweight — and one of Logic’s favorite MCs — R.A. The Rugged Man and DJ Lala.
You can buy tickets here and see the full list of tour dates below.
Bacdafucup was released on March 30, 1993 via Jam Master Jay‘s JMJ Records and Rush Associated Labels. It peaked at No. 17 on the US Billboard 200, and No. 8 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. It has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
The acclaimed LP won Best Rap Album at the 1994 Soul Train Music Awards, beating out Arrested Development’s Unplugged, Disable Planets’ Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), and Naughty By Nature’s 19 Naughty III.
Onyx’s upcoming tour will likely be the last for co-founder Fredro Starr who recently announced that he would be hanging up his mic and retiring from rap after this year.
Appearing on an episode of The Dr. Greenthumb Show earlier this month, the Onyx co-founder commented on Westside Gunn’s retirement announcement before explaining that the time has come for him to exit the game also.
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“You supposed to say: ‘I’m gonna retire.’ You gotta make the comeback. Michael Jordan did it. Guess what? I’m retiring too this year. After this year, I’m done. All jokes in side pocket” Fredro said.
He added: “I’m retiring man. Thirty years of Hip Hop. This is the last year. I’m retiring. Don’t call me for no verses, nothing. I might do a show here and there.”
