2017 In Hip Hop Music
This article lists the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 2017. Events January *On January 8, Drake's Summer Sixteen Tour was declared the highest grossing hip-hop concert tour in history with a gross of $84,300,000 from a total of 54 different shows. The previous record holder was Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Tour, which made a total of $75,000,000 from 63 live shows. *On January 9, West Coast record producer and DJ Crazy Toones died at the age of 45 from a heart attack. *On January 18, 21 Savage announced that he had signed a deal with Epic Records. The same day that Fat Joe announced that he had signed a management deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation company. *On January 19, XXXTentacion's court date for his October 2016 arrest was pushed back to April 1. February *On February 7, Jim Jones announced that he signed a management deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation company, ending their long-standing feud. *On February 10, Gucci Mane ann ...
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