Just Announced – ICE CUBE as Musical Guest this Sunday, July 20th, at Detroit AMPS Home Opening Game!!

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Musical Guests Announced For The BIG3 Basketball Game And First-Ever Home Game for THE DETROIT AMPS

ICE CUBE WILL BE PERFORMING ALONG WITH DETROIT RAPPERS, ICEWEAR VEZZO AND T VILLA

Game is this Sunday, July 20^th at LCA – Tickets On Sale Now!

WHAT:

The Detroit Amplifiers (“Amps”), Motor City’s official BIG3 basketball franchise, will take center court at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday, July 20, marking the team’s highly anticipated first-ever home game. The Amplifiers will host an electrifying afternoon of 3-on-3 pro basketball as part of the BIG3’s Summer in the City tour.  The BIG3, which is first-ever professional 3-on-3 basketball league founded by producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube, is proud to announce that Ice Cube will be the musical guest for Detroit home opening game.  Detroit natives and rappers, Icewear Vezzo and T Villa will also be performing as musical guests during the halftime performances.

The home team, Detroit Amps, led by Hall of Famer and Head Coach George “The Iceman” Gervin, the Amps feature a star-studded roster including dynamic guard Jeremy Pargo, and NCAA champion Darnell Jackson. The Amps will face off against Stephen Jackson’s DMV Trilogy in the third game of the event. Fans can expect four 50-minute, fast-paced and competitive 3-on-3 basketball games, and the halftime musical performances —and face time with legends of the game like Dwight Howard, Nancy Lieberman, Nick Young, Dr. J, Michael Beasley, and other hall-of-fame caliber players and coaches. The games will showcase elite competition, four-point shots, high-energy entertainment, and an unforgettable fan experience.

WHEN:   Sunday, July 20, 2025

2:00pm – Doors open at LCA

3:00pm – Games begin

Game 1 – LA Riot vs. Chicago Triplets

Game 2 – Dallas Power vs. Miami 305

Game 3 – DMV Trilogy vs. Detroit Amps

Game 4 – Houston Rig Hands vs. Boston Ball Hogs

WHERE:  

Little Caesars Arena
2645 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI

The full BIG3 schedule is available HERE and the team bios are available HERE

Tickets are available at AmpsTickets.com

About the Detroit Amplifiers

The Detroit Amplifiers are Detroit’s official franchise in the BIG3’s new city-based era. Owned by GameAbove Sports, a global investor in thoughtfully chosen sports teams and academies, serving as a strategic partner focused on promoting the future of sports excellence.

About BIG3

On January 11, 2017, the BIG3 was born. The first-ever professional FIREBALL3 league is the brainchild of producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, who shared a vision of a player-centric league focused on entertainment and innovation. The BIG3 is a league with no garbage minutes, where trash talk is allowed, defense is emphasized, fast-paced action, and where every point –whether it’s a 4-point or 3-point shot – counts. Any given BIG3 team has hall of famers, icons and trailblazers, and the next best 3-on-3 player.

The league has led the sports industry in diversity and opportunity, becoming the first professional sports league to implement a mental health policy, favor CBD as a pain management alternative to opioids, enlist female coaches of men, and appoint a black Commissioner in Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler, who is also professional sports first former player serving as Commissioner.  The inaugural CEO was the legendary, incomparable Raider executive Amy Trask. This January 2024, BIG3 co-founder Ice Cube was honored at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, where he received the inaugural Ice Cube Impact Award, acknowledging individuals making substantial contributions to their community, the first non-player to be recognized. Founders Ice Cube and Jeffrey Kwatinetz are missioned to better society as BIG3 pursues business success while also helping to break down stereotypes, promote diversity in sports, create opportunities for black, brown, and female athletes beyond the court, and support the black, youth and basketball communities overall.