LL Cool, The Roots, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Boi, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick and more visit Chase Center, while 50 Cent performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre.
Labor Day should be a very good weekend to be a hip-hop fan in the Bay Area.First up is F.O.R.C.E. Live, which touches down Sept. 1 at Chase Center in San Francisco.
F.O.R.C.E. is LL Cool J’s first headlining arena tour in more than 30 years. Fans will turn out in hopes that the Grammy winner — who is also an accomplished actor — will perform such classic cuts as “Going Back to Cali,” “I’m Bad,” “Rock the Bells,” “I Need Love” and, of course, “Mama Said Knock You Out.”
The bill also features a number of other hip-hop icons, including the Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Z-Trip, Big Boi, Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick, Ice-T, Rakim and — the act we would be most excited to see — Salt-N-Pepa.Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $29-$349,Next up is 50 Cent, who is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the triumphant 2003 debut “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” with a massive concert tour.
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