ATLANTA — Legendary west coast hip-hop artists Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too Short recently joined together to form Mount Westmore, the name of their debut album set to debut this year.
The collaboration also announced a 14-city tour which includes a stop at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Friday, May 6. Mount Westmore’s tour stop will also feature hip-hop artist Warren G. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.
Rap legend Snoop Dogg recently released his 20th studio album ‘BODR’ (Bacc on Death Row) on Feb. 13, prior to his performance at the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show that featured GRAMMY award-winning artists Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. Snoop Dogg emerged as one of rap’s most compelling characters, evolved into one of music’s most versatile artists and wound up a pop culture icon.
Ice Cube rose to fame as part of the rap group N.W.A. and moved onto a solo career by beginning with a one-two punch of his first two solo albums, ‘AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted’ and ‘Death Certificate.’ Ice Cube has since flourished into a family-friendly movie star, sitcom creator and founder of the Big3 basketball league.
E-40 grew up in Vallejo, Calif. and helped define the late 1980s Bay Area underground alongside Too Short, giving the West Coast its first true hip-hop scene. Later, E-40 recorded with his family members in the venerated group, The Click. He was also embraced by the Southern regionalists, who had taken crunk to the world. Now, his intergenerational influence and importance in hip-hop history have been cemented.
Too Short started selling tapes out of the trunk of his car in the mid-1980s, not long after moving to Oakland. But when ‘Born to Mack’ debuted in 1987, he caught the ear of the Jive label, which licensed the album for widespread release. A bootstrapping workaholic, he kept the albums coming through triumphant ‘Gettin’ It’ (Album Number Ten), before taking a three-year retirement. He has remained a reliable purveyor of smutty rhymes and sly wit ever since.
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