Drake & 21 Savage Set New Record for the Highest-Grossing Rap Tour Ever

Drake at the Billboard Music Awards show in 2019.
Drake at the Billboard Music Awards show in 2019. Photo by Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock (10222625ff)

Drake and 21 Savage have been making waves with their It’s All a Blur Tour, and they set one major milestone along the way. They surpassed the record previously held by Kendrick Lamar to score the highest-grossing rap tour in history.

NME reported that It’s All a Blur Tour grossed $ 129.7 million across 30 shows Drake did this year alongside 21 Savage. By doing so, they broke the record previously held by Lamar, who grossed $ 110.9 million across 73 shows during his Big Steppers Tour, which concluded in September 2022.

Drake and 21 Savage embarked on It’s All a Blur Tour to support their collaborative album Her Loss. It marked Drake’s first North American tour in five years, and it took him all across the United States and Canada. 21 Savage wasn’t able to join him in Canada, where he was replaced by J. Cole and Travis Scott.

Despite his claims he’ll take a break from music to focus on his health, Drake announced a new run of tour dates for 2024. The second leg of the tour has been subtitled as It’s All a Blur Tour – Big As the What? with J. Cole coming on board as a co-headliner. It will kick off in Denver, Colorado on January 18 and conclude in Birmingham, Alabama on March 27.