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Bobby Shmurda And Rowdy Rebel Are Finally Getting To Tour Together

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Here’s a “strange, but true” fact that is truly wild to think about: Despite being famous since they were just barely in their 20s, Bobby Shmurda and Rowdy Rebel have never gone on tour. The reason for this: In December 2014, at the height of the mania for Bobby’s hit “Hot N****,” Bobby, Rowdy, and the rest of their crew, GS9, were arrested and charged for gang activity under the RICO Act. In 2016, both rappers took plea deals in exchange for five and six-year sentences, respectively, effectively curtailing their thrilling rise to stardom.

Both were released recently and have had an inspiring comeback that was unfortunately marred by label conflict on Bobby’s side, leading to him splitting from Epic Records and striking out independently with Roc Nation. However, they aren’t letting their newly split-label situation stop them from finally having the triumphant tour they always deserved. This week, they announced their upcoming tour, the Bodmon Tour, with Bobby as headliner supported by Rowdy (oddly enough, Rowdy’s actually the only one to have dropped his full-length debut, Rebel Vs. Rowdy, which he did in July, although Bobby dropped the Bodboy EP in August).

The two New Yorkers are making up for lost time, setting out in Maine in October and running through December in Fort Lauderdale, FL. You can check out the dates below.

10/8 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena
10/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
11/1 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
11/4 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
11/6 – Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
11/9 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s Austin
11/10 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
11/13 – Silver Springs, MD @ The Fillmore
11/14 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
11/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
11/17 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/18 – Rochester, NY @ CWater Street Music Hall
11/19 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/20 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
11/22 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
11/23 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
11/25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
11/26 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
11/27 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre & Ballroom
11/29 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
11/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ Old National Centre
12/1 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
12/3 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
12/6 – Orlando, FL @ Vanguard
12/7 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
12/8 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live

Bobby Shmurda Says He Has No Interest In Making Drill Music: “I Won’t Ever Be A Minion”

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Drill music might be the most popular genre coming out of NYC at the moment. However, Bobby Shmurda, a NYC native, says he wont subscribe to the current sound coming out of his city.

On Instagram, Shmurda shared a post of YouTuber Bashworld praising the “Hot N*gga” rapper for his new song “Hoochie Daddy,” and telling people not to categorize his music. Shmurda then said in the caption that he’ll never become a “minion” and make drill music.

“Don’t ever try to put me in a category or in a box you gonna hurt your head,” Shmurda wrote. “I do what Yall haters cant #Nahimsaying. i don’t do drill. I won’t ever be A minion Rrrrr and they can’t clone me really one of a kind.”

However, this is not the first time Shmurda has tried to distance himself from the drill genre. In an interview with AllHipHop, Shmurda said that his music isn’t drill and gave Chief Keef his flowers for pioneering the genre.

“I’m not drill, I’m Shmurda music,” he said. “It’s never drill. Shmurda music. Because the thing is, I feel drill is like the Chief Keef. When I say Chief, anything that came up under him. Because a lot of these n*ggas came up on Chief, the whole thing.”

He continued, saying how he wants people to be able to dance to his music. “My shit is dancing music. All my shit is going to be dancy. Everything you want to do is going to dance to, I think drill music is more like… [dark music] that’s it. My shit is more music to dance but it’s real warrior music. It’s warrior music, champion music, alpha music. It’s Shmurda music. I’m saying that’s all Shmurda. It’s domination.”

Shmurda recently released his first project since being released from prison, entitled Bodboy EP on August 5.

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Bobby Shmurda Salutes Joyner Lucas’ Moves as an Independent Artist: “Master P of Our Generation”

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Bobby Shmurda hit The Party Starters Podcast and had high praise for Joyner Lucas, dubbing him the “Master P of Our Generation.”

Bobby contextualizes the remark during the conversation by shedding background on Joyner’s career as an independent musician and estimating that Joyner makes about $250,000 per month in revenue by owning all of his music.

Bobby wonders why Joyner, who has recorded platinum and gold-certified hits including “ISIS,” “I’m Not Racist,” “Stranger Things,” “ADHD,” and “Your Heart,” among others, doesn’t get more attention. According to Bobby, if the industry celebrated his accomplishment, record companies would lose all of their negotiating power.

“I’m going to talk about that nigga in every interview,” Shmurda said. “He’s like a Master P in our generation. He’s up off only giving up 20% of his music off distribution. They don’t want to talk about Joyner Lucas becuase they don’t want a bunch of Joyner Lucas.”

Bobby and Joyner collaborated on the “Shmoney Challenge” earlier this summer, offering $25,000 to an independent artist who joined Joyner’s Tully platform, downloaded the Shmoney track, and uploaded the harshest rhyme over the instrumental.

You can hear it from Bobby below.

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Bobby Shmurda Announces His First Post-Prison EP ‘Bodboy’ For Next Month

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Bobby Shmurda has been living life to the fullest for the last year and a half since being released from prison. Along with the fun, he’s been getting his business in order as he officially parted ways with Epic Records. As both the fans and the “Hot N****” artist look toward the future, there have been questions as to when he will fully dive back into the music scene. In an official press release, Shmurda provided his answer with the announcement that his first post-prison EP Bodboy will release on August 5.

The project’s announcement comes along with the reveal of the 27-year-old’s new label GS9 Records, operating in partnership with ONErpm. The Brooklyn rapper is taking full control over his future, and Bodboy could be the start of his music career’s second wind after jail derailed his white hot momentum. In the time since Bobby left Epic he has released tracks such as “Getting Em Back,” “They Don’t Know,” “Cartier Lens,” “No Time For Sleep,” and “Shmoney” featuring Quavo and Rowdy Rebel in addition to appearing on Funk Flex’s “Hitta.”

With the announcements for GS9 Records and Bodboy comes official confirmation that last week’s “Hoochie Daddy,” a play on Uncle Luke’s “Hoochie Mama,” is the EP’s lead single. The EP is nine songs total and will feature Fat Tony and Shmurda’s longtime collaborator Rowdy Rebel.

Listen to “Hoochie Daddy” here. Below, find the Bodboy tracklist.

1. “Gorilla”
2. “From The Slums”
3. “Hoochie Daddy”
4. “Whole Back”
5. “No Sense”
6. “Glock Inside” ft. Fat Tony
7. “RSN”
8. “Bodmon”
9. “On God” featuring Rowdy Rebel

Bodboy is out 8/5 via GS9 Records.