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Going Back To Cali: LL COOL J's F.O.R.C.E. Tour Dominates the West Coast Labor Day Weekend

Going Back To Cali: LL COOL J's F.O.R.C.E. Tour Dominates the West Coast Labor Day Weekend

Published Thu, August 31, 2023 at 4:38 PM EDT

The F.O.R.C.E. Tour treks across the west coast this Labor Day weekend, and the lineup is stacked.

Headlined by none other than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee, Kennedy Center Honoree, two-time Grammy Award winner, and iconic Hip-Hop legend LL COOL J, the tour marks LL COOL J's first headline arena tour in three decades, and has already been one for the ages. The show plays like one live set, or "live mixtape" as LL explained, and every stop on the tour has been backed by the legendary Roots as well as DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Z-Trip.

There's really never been anything like this done before in Hip-Hop, a point that Roots drummer Questlove made on Instagram following his dynamic appearance with LL COOL J at this year's Rock The Bells Festival.

"LL COOL J, DJ Z-Trip, and The Roots rockin for the rest of the summer during this RARE time our shows are on hold," he wrote. "Once in a lifetime to catch this magic."

Labor Day weekend just got even sweeter, as the F.O.R.C.E. tour heads to Las Vegas, San Francisco, and L.A. On Friday, Sept. 1, the tour stops at San Francisco's Chase Center and features Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, and Ice-T. On Saturday, Sept. 2, the show hits Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena with Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, and Ice-T. On Sept. 3, the show rolls through L.A.'s Kia Forum with Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, and Ice-T.

The tour wraps on November 19th in Boston, MA at TD Garden. Tickets are available now at rockthebells.com/forcelive. Check out a few dope moments from previous shows, along with behind-the-scenes footage, below.

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