A-listers such as Drake and Cardi B are playing the once-tacky town, a sign of its shifting currency
“Yes bitch, I’m coming to Vegas,” announced rapper Cardi B via Instagram last month, referring not to a quick whizz around the slot machines, but a forthcoming residency at a new club in the Palms Casino Resort. This followed rumours, fuelled by the man himself, that Drake is about to announce his own lucrative residency at the XS Nightclub, and came just days before Christina Aguilera announced her own 16-date stay at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood. The trio follow the likes of Britney, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga and a handful of EDM DJs into the bright lights of Sin City. But what does a Las Vegas residency really mean now?
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