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Today, on his birthday, multi-Platinum recording artist Kevin Gates unveiled one of his most personal and special tracks yet. Gates wears his heart on his sleeve on the romantic track “Dreka,” named for his wife, manager, business partner and mother of his two children – affectionately known as #bossmaynedrek. Listen to “Dreka” HERE. Watch the visualizer for “Dreka” HERE.

Yesterday, the prolific rapper announced his North American tour dates for “I’M HIM Part 2 Tour.” The tour kicks off at Denver, CO’s iconic venue, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, on May 19^th. Gates is slated to perform at El Paso, TX’s Neon Desert on May 23^rd and wraps his tour with an incredible performance at Manchester, TN’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13^th. Artist presale began 2/4 at 12PM local time and will continue through 2/6 10PM local time; Songkick presale will begin 2/5 at 10 AM local time and run through 2/6 at 10Pm local and venue presales will run 2/6 from 10AM to 10PM local time. Tickets for the “I’m Him Part 2 Tour” go on sale to the general public Friday, 2/7 at 10AM local time. See full itinerary below. For complete details, please visit www.kvngates.com/tour. Please note, tickets for Neon Desert will be on sale soon.

Gates recently announced his longest-ever European headline tour. The “I’M HIM European Tour” begins March 26^th in Dublin, Ireland and includes visits to far-reaching locales including Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain. Tickets are currently available for purchase at www.kvngates.com/tour.

Kevin and Dreka Gates recently teamed up to create the short film for Kevin’s track “Fatal Attraction” of his chart-topping album I’M HIM — watch the visual HERE. The unstoppable power couple went on Complex’s Everyday Struggle for a rare and exclusive joint interview to speak about the Louisiana heritage and the voodoo culture that inspired the film, which was shot in New Orleans. The incredibly adorable and informative, must-see interview is streaming now HERE.

I’M HIM EUROPEAN TOUR ITINERARY

MARCH

26 Dublin  Green Room

28 Oslo  Rockefeller

29 Helsinki  The Circus

31 Stockholm Debaser Strand

APRIL

2 Arhaus  Voxhall

3 Copenhagen Pumpehuset

4 Hamburg Waagenbau

7 Berlin  BiNuu

8 Warsaw  Praga Centrum

10 Weisbaden Weisbaden

11 Basel  Club Vice

14 Zurich  Exil

16 Paris  Bellevilloise

17 Cologne  CBE

18 Brussels  Bloody Louis

21 Amsterdam Melkweg

22 Barcelona Shoko

I’M HIM PART 2 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY

MAY

19 Denver, CO  Red Rocks Amphitheatre

21 Phoenix, AZ  Marquee Theatre

22 Albuquerque, NM El Rey Theater

23 El Paso, TX  Neon Desert**

25 Austin, TX  Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater

26 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion

27 Wichita, KS  WAVE

28 Omaha, NE  Baxter Arena

29 Clive, IA   Horizon Event Center

30 Milwaukee, WI  The Eagles Ballroom

JUNE

2 Minneapolis, MN Myth Live

3 St. Louis, MO  Pop’s (Outdoors)

4 Indianapolis, IN  Egyptian Room at Old National Centre

5 Grand Rapids, MI 20 Monroe Live

6 Cincinnati, OH  Bogart’s

9 Baltimore, MD  Rams Head Live!

10 Portsmouth, VA  Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion

11 Greensboro, NC  Greensboro Coliseum

13 Manchester, TN  Bonnaroo**

**Festival performance