Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic DJ Cassidy had already announced the four hip-hop icons who will join him each night for a “Pass the Mic Live!” residency coming up at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood this summer.
Now he’s revealing eight additional stars of equally significant stature who will join the engagement for just one or two nights each: Public Enemy, Akon, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, Too $hort and Warren G.
These eight are adding their names to a lineup already held down by Cassidy and the quartet of previously named rap legends who are with him for the entire run — Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick and Doug E.
Fresh. The three-weekend stand, which is being presented by Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment, takes place July 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20 at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater (currently hosting Shania Twain’s residency, and previously the home of long stands for pop stars like Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani and Backstreet Boys). “This will be unlike any other show you’ve seen, and a show that people want to continuously come back to see more than once and night after night,” DJ Cassidy tells Variety, “because every show is a unique experience with one-of-a-kind collaborative moments, which is part of why the special guests are such an important piece to the puzzle.
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