Las Vegas Strip casino signs ground-breaking superstar residency

Las Vegas Strip casinos have been known for internet hosting quite a few the largest music stars of pop, rock, R&B, u.s., and jazz for residencies for many years.

Today, a few huge stars have major residencies scheduled through the end of the year and into 2025.

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Planet Hollywood Las Vegas' PH Are living is internet hosting superstars in a pair of diverse genres with u.s. and dad superstar Shania Twain performing eight shows in November and December 2024 ahead of extending her "Come On Over" residency for nine more shows in January and February 2025.

Global supergroup Black Eyed Peas performs their first residency on the Las Vegas Strip once they launch their 3008: A Space Odyssey engagement at PH Are living for 15 shows foundation on Feb. 15, 2025.

Famous person rock superstar Lenny Kravitz debuts his first residency on the Strip with Blue Electric Light Las Vegas at MGM Resorts International's Dolby Are living at Park MGM Oct. 18, 19, 23, 25 and 26, 2024.

Every other iconic Las Vegas Strip headliner, Janet Jackson, has scheduled her all-new residency at Resorts World Las Vegas for 10 shows in December, January, and February. The "Nasty" singer's latest Las Vegas residency changed into her "Metamorphosis" shows at MGM Resorts International's (MGM) Park MGM from May 17-Aug. 17, 2019.

Hip-hop and rap superstar residencies, nevertheless, have been scarce in Las Vegas and only began hitting the city in 2024. Wu-Tang Clan performed what's believed to be Sin City's first hip-hop residency on the Theater at Virgin Hotels for four shows over February and March 2024.

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The foremost popular hip-hop show in Vegas has been the Lovers & Friends Festival, which in 2023 featured hip-hop artists including 50 Cent, Pitbull, Busta Rhymes and Master P & No Limit Soldiers. Unfortunately for Lovers & Friends fans, the May 2024 festival changed into cancelled caused by the threat of dangerous weather.

The Strip hosted its first major hip-hop residency when legendary New York hip-hop stars Ja Rule, Fat Joe, Slick Rick, and Doug E. Fresh joined DJ Cassidy for his "Pass the Mic Are living" residency for six shows in July 2024 at Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip.

The biggest rap solo residency to debut on the Strip changed into big name rapper Lil Wayne's rare dual residency at rival casinos Drai's Nightclub in Caesars Entertainment's (CZR) The Cromwell on June 29 and July 12 at Zouk Las Vegas in Genting Group's Resorts World Las Vegas.

Nas returns for popular Las Vegas Strip residency

And now, legendary hip-hop artist Nas returns to his classic Las Vegas Strip residency on the Encore Theater on the Wynn Resort, accompanied by the Las Vegas Philharmonic, for 3 more shows Feb. 5, 7, and eight in 2025.

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The favored rapper completed the initial sold-out shows of his residency on the Encore Theater on Aug. 29, 31 and Sept. 1, also backed by the Las Vegas Philharmonic. The residency celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the big name's groundbreaking "Illmatic" album that he released in April 1994.

Tickets for the new shows come in at Ticketmaster.com or LiveNation.com.

Nas has recorded eight multi-platinum and platinum albums, and won his first Grammy award in 2020 for Best Rap Album for his "King's Disease."

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