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This should have been done to coincide with the album drop, but better late than never. Young Jeezy will be touring the U.S. and Canada starting in March for his Hustlerz Ambition Tour. Some mildly sized venues (of the ones I know), given how big of an artist he is. Click below for full dates:

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Black Milk announces his largest North American tour to date. The 25-date national trek, dubbed the “Claps And Slaps Tour”, launches in Providence, Rhode Island on February 25, and continues throughout the month of March, touching New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with many more stops along the way Click below for the full schedule/venues:

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Slaughterhouse has announced an extensive tour leading up to their May 15th album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE. Click below to see if the crew are coming to your city:

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This afternoon, Odd Future posted their tour schedule for the coming months. Venue/ticket info will likely be posted soon.

Mr. Miller is heading back out on the road for the Macadellic Tour. Joining him will be The Cool Kids as well as Pittsburgh crew The Come Up. Click below for the dates, which are mostly college-towns as well as a few overseas stops:

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For those looking for a dose of old school hip hop this Summer, 2 Live Crew has you covered. Rapper and producer Luther Campbell announced at Sundance this past Saturday that the crew will officially be reuniting for a Summer tour.

Campbell says he “just can’t wait to just start practicing” with his old crew. But don’t expect them to be “As Nasty As They Wanna Be.” Campbell says the group will “perform the songs and everybody’s going to be excited.”

Here are some official hip hop performers for SXSW:

Talib Kweli, ASAP Rocky, Danny Brown, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Action Bronson, Rye Rye, K’naan, P.O.S., The Knux, CHALI 2NA, and Kids These Days.

With that said, you definitely need to realize that those performers only touch the surface. There are a ton of unofficial showcases and guests that will show up during other artists’ sets. Check out more performers here.

Drake’s blog just posted some updated Club Paradise Tour Dates for 2012. I’m SURE this will be updated with more dates after March because the entire East Coast (above South Carolina) as well as Canada aren’t even included anywhere. Click below to see if he’ll be stopping in a major city near you:

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Ice-T, Chuck D and Grandmaster Caz are scheduled to perform at the Sundance Institute’s annual Celebration of Music in Film on Jan. 21 in Park City, Utah.

Their performances are to celebrate Ice-T’s documentary “Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap,” co-directed by Andy Baybutt, which examines the craft and skill of the music with input from Afrika Bambaataa, Nas, Mos Def, Eminem, Chuck D, KRS-One, Run-DMC, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg.

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To those planning on attending Coachella – this years festival (both weekends) has already sold out in just about 3 hours. Unfortunately, you’ll have to go about other routes to get tickets.

The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is to be held consecutive weekends on April 13-15 and April 20-22 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif.

After a number of hints, the folks at Coachella finally unveiled their official lineup for the 2012 festival.

A great variation of performers, but as far as hip hop-related acts we have: Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, A$AP Rocky, Airplane Boys, AraabMUZIK, Santigold, Azaelia Banks, and Childish Gambino. Expect a grip of others to show up.

Good news for fans of Big Sean and Trey Songz – they’ll be going on about a month long tour from this Fed-March. The Anticipation 2our will include many major U.S. cities as well as one stop in Toronto. Click below for dates:

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Starting this month, XV will be showing love to the midwest with a small tour throughout various states. Definitely check out his live show if you never have before.

The White House Band is giving away tickets to their show with Too $hort in January. Unfortunately, it’s still a month away, but click here to get tickets.

I’m not even going to be in town, but I already know this will be a dope show. Tickets here.