DJ Khaled to make first-ever performance in KC at this year’s Big 12 Tournament
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- DJ Khaled will headline the Big 12 Tournament Afterparty in KC on March 14.
- Big 12 adds LED video court and afterparty under commissioner Brett Yormark.
- Women’s tourney March 4-March 8 or 9; men’s March 10-14, final at 5 p.m. CT
The bells and whistles of the Big 12 Tournament get brighter and louder under the leadership of commissioner Brett Yormark.
In addition to a new LED video court, the afterparty of the men and women’s tournament will be headlined by DJ Khaled at KC Live! in the Power & Light District on Saturday, March 14, after the end of the men’s championship game at T-Mobile Center.
The men’s championship game begins at 5 p.m. Central.
DJ Khaled’s Kansas City performance comes after three consecutive years of Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal headlining the event under his DJ moniker, DJ Diesel. “The Big 12 Tournament is one of the biggest and best,” DJ Khaled said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to bringing that energy to the Tournament After Party with a performance and connecting with the fans. Young world, the world is yours — you are now and you are the future! Keep going! WE THE BEST.”
The Big 12 women’s tournament will start March 4 and end on either March 8 or 9. The men’s tourney is March 10-14.