Metro Boomin took his show on the road to Egypt recently, and booked a gig at the Great Pyramids complex in Giza, Egypt.
The pyramid complex has been the site of a number of shows over the years, including the famed Grateful Dead three-gig 1978 series that was later released as the live album Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978. Shakira played a show for an estimated 100,000 fans at the complex in 2007. Metro’s gig comes a little under a year after Travis Scott tried to book a gig at the pyramids, which he ultimately canceled due to what producer Live Nation dubbed “complex production issues.”
Rapper/producer Boomin riding high at the moment after his single with Future and Kendrick Lamar, “Like That,” rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Boom’s first Hot 100 leader as a billed recording artist, following two as a writer and producer; the song is Future and K-Dot’s third Hot 100 leader each. The single was one of five from Future and Metro’s joint album, We Don’t Trust You, which debuted in the top 10; the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.