► 20 years ago on this day Def Jam's "Survival Of The Illest Tour" feat. ONYX, DMX and the Def Squad (Erick Sermon, Redman and Keith Murray) launches in Roanoke, Virginia on June 16, 1998 • The essence of the start-up tour will be captured on a limited edition CD, also entitled "Survival of the Illest", being distributed with the first 50,000 copies of DMX's chart-topping new album "It's Dark & Hell Is Hot", ONYX's "Shut 'Em Down" and Def Squad's "El Nino", which arrives in stores on June 30. The bonus album includes unreleased tracks from the acts on the bill, as well as others from Redman, Method Man and Flesh-N-Bone ► Survival of The Illest Tour Dates (1998): June 16 • Roanoke, VA (Civic Center) June 17 • Hampton, VA (Convocation Center) June 18 • Richmond, VA (Coliseum) June 19 • Philadelphia, PA (Dell East) June 20 • Atlanta, GA (Lakewood Amphitheatre) June 21 • Providence, R.I. (Lupo’s) June 25 • New York, N.Y. (Summer Jam) June 26 • Detroit, Michigan (Harpo’s) June 27 • Chicago, Ill. (International Amphitheatre) June 28 • Cleveland, Ohio (Agora Theatre) June 29 • Rochester, N.Y. (War Memorial) July 2 • Fayetteville, N.C. (Cumberland City Arena) July 3 • Charlotte, N.C. (Grady Cole Center) July 4 • Winston-Salem, N.C. (Coliseum) July 5 • Baltimore, Md (Club Paradox) July 18 • Harlem, NY (The Apollo Theater - 125 N.Y.C.) with Cormega, Foxy Brown, Method Man, 50 Cent ► From L to R: @iamstickyfingaz, @eatemupsworld, @sonny_seeza, @cristalbubblin, @djlsone, @fredro_starr, Mike Kaiser and Kevin Lyttle • Photo by @cristalbubblin #DefJam #SurvivalOfTheIllest #TroyHughes #FatmanScoop #Cormega #Havoc #MobbDeep #FoxyBrown #ONYX #FredroStarr #StickyFingaz #SonnySeeza #DJLSOne #RIPX1 #GANGREEN #Scarred4Life #BlazeDaTyrant #50Cent #DefSquad #Redman #ErickSermon #KeithMurray #MethodMan #DMX #SwizzBeatz #TheLOX #StylesP #Jadakiss @goldbootentertainment @dalive5radio @miamgmt1 @misskaralambie (at Pompano Beach, Florida)
