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2012 Closer To My Dreams Tour with Tyga, Kirko Bangz, Iggy Azalea, and Sterling Simms

Several of the hottest young music stars in the industry today are once again hitting the road together this summer as MTV Jams, MTV’s premiere 24–hour digital music channel for hip hop music and artists and Reebok present the 2012 Closer To My Dreams Tour.

Now in its second year, the Closer To My Dreams Tour has quickly established itself as a highly anticipated and exciting live music event spotlighting the next generation of young superstars. Tyga, who is headlining the tour for the second consecutive year, dominated the 2012 music charts with “Rack City” and “Faded” featuring Lil Wayne. Tyga is also a 2011 Grammy nominee for “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration” as a feature on Chris Brown’s “Deuces” track.

With these young stars making an impact on the music charts and MTV’s successful history of introducing the hottest new talent, the 2012 Closer To My Dreams Tour is one of the most sizzling bills of the summer concert season, and a must-attend live experience not to be missed.

For tickets in your area, please visit www.CloserToMyDreams.com

MTV Jams & Reebok Presents: Closer To My Dreams Tour Dates:  

DAY DATE CITY / STATE VENUE
Tue 9/4 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia
Wed 9/5 TBA TBA
Fri 9/7 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre
Sat 9/8 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
Sun 9/9 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
Tue 9/11 Fargo, ND The Venue
Wed 9/12 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
Thu 9/13 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
Fri 9/14 Minneapolis, MN Epic
Sun 9/16 Chicago, IL Congress Theatre
Mon 9/17 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
Tue 9/18 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Wed 9/19 Washington DC The Fillmore
Thu 9/20 New York, NY Best Buy Theatre
Fri 9/21 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
Sun 9/23 Boston, MA House of Blues

Tyrese Celebrates New CD With Hit Single “Stay” and #1 R&B Album on iTunes

November 1, 2011 marks the return of the soulful tenor’s fifth studio recording with Open Invitation.  A 14 song set of classic Tyrese featuring the top 5 single “Stay.”  “After stepping away from recording to nurture and develop my film career, I am super excited to return to my first love of music, which ignited my amazing journey,” says Tyrese.
Tyrese has a unique reinvigoration of passionate, classic R&B which stirs the hearts and souls of audiences.  With a voice so forceful it can roll back time, Tyrese sets out to reignite passion into the genre with his magnetic persona and soulful songs reminiscent of days past.   Open Invitation offers a melodic collective of infectious R&B ballads that will be sparked by the sensational lead single “Too Easy” featuring Hip Hop aficionado Ludacris, and “I Gotta Chick” featuring R&B heavyweight R. Kelly and the red-hot, in-demand emcee Tyga along with the smash hit “Stay.” In addition the exclusive iTunes version of the disc features two bonus tracks.

Making its debut on iTunes as the number one R&B album, Open Invitation takes its place among other Tyrese platinum releases which include his RCA Records debut, TYRESE and Watts 2000 and his Grammy Nominated disc I Wanna Go There which features the monster hit single, “How You Gonna Act Like That” along with the R&B classic “Signs of Lovemaking.”  Open Invitation showcases the growth of Tyrese as a musician and an artist. “I poured my heart and soul into this record.  I honestly believe that this is my best musical effort to date, and I am so anxious to share it with my fans that have patiently waited for my return to music,” says Tyrese.  

This has been an incredible year in Tyrese’s storied career.  In addition to developing his own imprint, Voltron Recordz and an inspirational memoir How to Get Out of Your Own Way which has catapulted onto the New York Times best-seller list.  As an actor, he has starred in two of the year’s most explosive films, Fast Five and Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon both currently available on Blu-Ray and DVD.  With so much momentum it is only natural for Tyrese to return his first love, music. For further information on Tyrese please visit http://www.tyreseonline.com.

Rapper TYGA Mentors Chicago’s Youth

Grammy-nominated pop/rap artist TYGA, also known as Michael Stevenson, came to Chicago last month to empower under-privileged and economically challenged youth as part of his R.O.A.R (Reach Out And Represent) Youth Empowerment Campaign.

On September 23, 2011, TYGA came to Bogan High School as part of the La Belle Vie foundation BULU (Be U Love U) program. He spoke with over 500 youth in each city and present VIP packages to select youth who are nominated by the staff for meeting criteria in three critical areas; attendance, grades and behaviour.

TYGA, an acronym for Thank You God Always, is an American rapper whose album No Introduction debuted in 2008. He has worked with Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz. He received much acclaim for his Grammy-nominated song with Chris Brown, Deuces, and hit song Coconut Juice, featuring his cousin Travis from Gym Class Heroes. TYGA is now receiving acclaim and admiration for his R.O.A.R youth empowerment campaign, which provides a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity to under-privileged youth.

Developed and supported by the La Belle Vie Foundation, the collaborative BULU/ R.O.A.R. Campaign, is designed to acknowledge and eradicate the damaging impact that media, violence, drug involvement, poor decision-making skills and a lack of education impose on the self-esteems of young people and ultimately their futures.

BULU’s goal is to celebrate youth and achievement by bringing notable successful personalities from similar backgrounds to youth via motivational speaking, providing a tangible mentoring, leadership and empowerment component.

TYGA is thrilled to partner again with Chris Brown before the launch of their highly anticipated F.A.M.E tour with Kelly Roland and T-Pain that started on September 12, 2011 in Toronto. The tour will hit 28 U.S. cities.

During the F.A.M.E. tour, R.O.A.R. and BULU will select a school in each of the 28 tour cities – – engaging at least 2000 youth per city in schools and over 7 million fans per city via his social media platforms.

During the assembly, TYGA gave students the unadulterated truth about the focus and determination that it really takes to accomplish their goals, as well as address the importance of education, anti-drug, anti- violence and achievement despite the challenges.

In an attempt to offset the high drop rates among Black and Latino students and to bring attention to the importance of going to college, TYGA is sponsoring 15 “TYGA SCHOLARS” in each city where a R.O.A.R event is scheduled in a high school. TYGA SCHOLARS will be senior high school students who have been selected by their school administrators to complete the EDU, Inc. COMMON BLACK COLLEGE APPLICATION “for free”. The EDU, Inc. The application allows students to apply to 35 HBCUs at the same time. The use of the EDU, Inc. Application increases the educational options of students by allowing them to receive acceptance letters, financial aid packages and scholarship offers from several different colleges.  

TYGA’s programs R.O.A.R., in partnership with BULU exemplifies a commitment to making a difference in the lives of under-privileged and economically challenged youth through education, mentoring and empowerment. To date, BULU has serviced over 10,000 youth nationwide.

Photos by Joshua Smith