AND 1 is partnering with event company AEG LIVE produce the popular AND 1 Mix Tape Tour presented by Mountain Dew, now in its seventh year.

“We are so proud to have AEG LIVE as our tour partner,” said Fusco. “This new partnership will allow AND 1 to bring streetball to an even bigger audience by leveraging AEG’s touring and marketing expertise. In conjunction with AEG our Mix Tape games this summer will be hotter and more exciting than ever before.”

The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour, a summer-long tour featuring the nation's best playground basketball players, will be in 25 cities from June 4th through August 25th. The Tour features the newly signed The Air Up There, Silk, Assassin and Bad Santa, as well as living legends Hot Sauce, Main Event, Half Man-Half Amazing, AO, Professor, Spyda and others taking on the best basketball talent each city can bring, with local ballers vying for a spot on the roster and an endorsement deal with AND 1.

“We are very excited to embark on this new partnership,” said Shawn Hunter, President, AEG Sports. “We believe that a property like The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour, that so effectively and successfully blends together the worlds of sports and entertainment, will continue to have great growth potential. With AEG’s variety of affiliated divisions and assets, this is clearly an event that our organization will continue to invest more and more resources in the coming years.”