Coolio and an armload of new artists will be drumming up support for the maiden release from the rapper's new record label with a promotional tour that launches in June.

Coolio and company will hit 18 cities and stage press conferences and concerts at each stop. The trek is designed to trumpet "Coolio's Crowbar Records PresentsŠ," a compilation featuring many new artists signed to the rapper's latest endeavor.

Dy'Verse Society, Rated R, Rukus, and Krazy Khrome will turn up on both the tour and the compilation, which will also feature cuts from KUR N'C, Da Wyld Kingdom, Big Blue, Heather Marie, Spade, and Midnight Suns.

The outing, dubbed the "18-City Mission," will also feature Coolio himself and will hit the following venues:

• 6/2 - Seattle, WA @ Aerospace
• 6/3 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
• 6/5 - San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
• 6/6 - Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
• 6/7 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cajun House
• 6/9 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
• 6/10 - St. Louis,

MO @ Karma Lounge