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Kendrick Lamar to bring The Big Steppers tour to Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Fresh off the release of his fifth studio album, Kendrick Lamar is set to kick off the North American leg of The Big Steppers Tour July 19.

The tour will make a stop in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena Friday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m.

For all shows in the U.S., the first tickets to The Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Tour will be available to Cash App customers for presale. Beginning Thursday, May 19 at 10 a.m. through 10 p.m. PT, new and existing Cash App Cash Card holders can unlock the presale and purchase tickets by using the first nine numbers of their Cash Card on Ticketmaster and completing the purchase immediately.

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 20 at 12 p.m. PT at axs.com.

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Kendrick Lamar to stop in Las Vegas for new album tour

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Posted: May 13, 2022 / 12:37 PM PDT

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Rapper Kendrick Lamar will be making a stop in Las Vegas for his new 2022 “The Big Steppers” tour on Friday, Sept. 9 at T-Mobile Arena.

The tour was announced the same day that his latest album, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers,” released on Friday.

Lamar will be joined by rapper Baby Keem on all tour dates, along with Tanna Leone on select dates.

Tickets will go on sale May 20 at noon. You can purchase tickets through this link .

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Kendrick Lamar One-Off Show Leads Day N Vegas Festival Lineup, With Travis Scott and Tyler, the Creator as Fellow Headliners

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A one-time retrospective show by Kendrick Lamar has been announced for Day N Vegas , a three-day hip-hop festival to take place in Las Vegas Nov. 12-14. Travis Scott and Tyler, the Creator join Lamar as nightly headliners, with such major names as Lil Baby, DaBaby, Doja Cat and SZA also on the bill.

Lamar’s appearance on opening night is being billed as his only live performance of 2021, and the subtitle under his name on the festival art makes it clear it will be a look back at his catalog and not something to promote a new album fans have been hoping for. His set is being advertised as: “One Night in Vegas. From ‘Section.80’ to ‘Damn,'” referencing his debut album from 2011 and his most recent release, which is now four years old.

Others among the dozens of acts announced for the three days include Lil Uzi Vert, Saweetie, YG, Polo G, Ari Lennox, Jazmine Sullivan. Thundercat, Baby Keem, Don Toliver, Snoh Aalegra, 24kGoldn, Earl Sweatshirt, Madlib, Kenny Mason, D Smoke, Denzel Curry and Chika.

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Kendrick Lamar is a rapper born on the 17th of June 1987 in Compton, California, USA. Since the release of his mixtape “Overly Dedicated”, and his second album “good kid, m.A.A.d city”, he has proved himself to be one of the most exciting, critically acclaimed rappers of his generation.

Kendrick Lamar founded the hip-hop supergroup, Black Hippy, in 2009, with the artists Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q. That same year, he began using his first and middle names with the release of his self-titled debut EP. In 2010, he released his fourth solo mixtape, Overly Dedicated.

Following the release of Overly Dedicated, Lamar began working on his first studio album. Section.80 dropped in 2011, debuting at number 113 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album was met with many positive reviews, and Kendrick’s star began to rise.

In 2012, Kendrick Lamar signed a record deal with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment. That October, he released his first major-label album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, a concept album telling the story of the rapper’s early life experiences with drugs and gangs in Compton. The album was a breakout success, producing five single which of which achieved success on the charts and earning Lamar four GRAMMY® Award nominations. In 2013, Kendrick Lamar set out on a world tour to promote the album with the other members of Black Hippy.

By the time Kendrick Lamar released his third studio album, he was already a household name. In 2015, To Pimp a Butterfly debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, Lamar’s first album to do so. It received mass critical acclaim and was nominated for seven GRAMMY® Awards. Kendrick Lamar took home two wins, including Best Rap Album and Album of the Year.

Kendrick Lamar also enjoyed his first number-one single in 2015. His hip-hop remix of Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

After the release of To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar’s profile soared. His fourth studio album, DAMN., dropped in 2017, producing his second number-one single, “HUMBLE.” The song not only topped the charts, it won Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video at the 2018 Grammy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Following the success of “DAMN.,” Lamar moved onto his first movie project: a curated soundtrack for Marvel’s Black Panther. Black Panther: The Album, released in 2018, included a wide range of Black artists including Future, SZA, Vince Staples, Travis Scott, and The Weeknd, with Lamar himself performing on five of the 14 tracks.

After launching a multimedia company in 2020, Kendrick Lamar returned to music with his fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Released in 2022, the double album would be his final project with Top Dawg Entertainment. Debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, it became the rapper’s fourth number-one album. On Apple Music, the album garnered over 60 million streams in its first day. It also became the first hip-hop album in 2022 to reach one billion streams on Spotify.

To date, Kendrick Lamar has sold over 70 million records in the US, and every one of his studio albums has been certified platinum by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA). The rapper also has 14 Grammy Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize to his name. This phenomenal success solidifies his status as one of the most influential hip-hop artists of all time.

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An all around great show. Dram and YG were impressive opening acts, even tho the crowd was a bit dead until Kendrick showed up. YG played "Fuck Donald Trump" which was preceded by a Trump impersonator and was genuinely really surprising and hilarious. Once Kendrick showed up, every seat was filled, it was chaotic, and there was a hell of a lot of screaming. Right before he ascended onto the stage from the little platform in the middle of the stage- which was exactly on time, I should add- there was a really cool showing of this ninja performance, as well as a story-like, cinematic, short where he battled someone, and funny title screens showed up from time to time saying phrases like "KENDRICK FUCKS SHIT UP". Similar clips were shown sporadically throughout the show so the crowd wouldn't get bored as they prepared for different parts of the act. It was cool when he got raised on this platform in the middle of the arena to perform "Money Tree", but the most beautiful part of the show was definitely when he played "LOVE." and just about every person had their phone's flashlights on, swaying side to side, chanting, "love me." It was stunning. Probably the wildest time, for me, was when he played "Alright," near the end. That song is really emotional for me, and seeing him play it live was magnificent. Not to mention how, just like with every other song, so many other people were shouting the lyrics, words for word. Afterwards, there was "HUMBLE." which Kendrick made the crowd sing the entirety of. It was then played a second time, where he sung along, and then descended back underneath the stage. Lots of people thought it was over, but some friends and I had checked the set-list and knew to stay put. Soon enough, he was right back on stage, and played the final song, "GOD." It wasn't quite as strong of a finish as 'HUMBLE." but was nonetheless an undoubtedly great song. If I could, I would experience it all over again, minus the ear ringing that lasted until the middle of the next day, a near loss of voice, and needing to skip the next day of school. Another highlight was seeing the uncomfortable white parents who brought their kids. It was amusing to watch them try to dance, shout-out to those guys. One dad brought this, like, eight year old kid who covered her ears when we screamed (understandable considering how ear-piercing it was, but still), and sat down except for when "HUMBLE." was playing. The dad was on his phone the entire time, though. It was amusing, the concert as a whole was unbelievably fun, I hope anyone who gets to see Kung Fu Kenny at some point has a hell of a good time. Heads up: they may not have the merch you want in your size or even at all, but they have other things that are just as good. Also, eat before you go, the lines are crazy long and the food way is too expensive. Anyway, have a blast, don't say the n-word if you're not black. Thank you.

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Amazing performance by Kendrick. His energy was great and he interacted with the sold out crowd making eye contact and listening to their screams and yells every chance he got.

Started off by teasing the crowd going back and forth to the mic and eventually starting with For Free, spitting bar after bar.

Best moment of the show was Alright / M.A.A.D City and definitely finishing with ADHD after he gauged the audiences reactions to him calling out all his albums he could see Section.80 was big for the crowd.

After he noticed a small group of people in the front row rapping a song from Untitled Unmastered we all started calling out songs to do from the album. Calling out “2” and “7” putting our fingers up as Kendrick looked at us contemplating whether he should do it for a good minute. A chant broke out for “We Gon’ Be Alright’ and then he played “Alright”. A part of me still thinks if they didn’t start chanting that he would’ve gone into one of the songs.

Only critique was the sound. From the front row the vocals were heavily drowning out by the live instrumentals so much so it took me 20-30 seconds before realising what song it was sometimes. Not all songs, ADHD was the most easily heard because they didn’t use as much heavy instrumentation. But the problem wasn’t throughout the whole stadium as I talked to those in seats they couldn’t relate to it sounding like that.

It was disappointing not to see there wasn’t an emphasis on visual display for his Australia tour like previous performances in the US, but it seemed like it was just about Kendrick, his band and straight music.

Also, never seen so many people have to be carried out by security guards over the barrier because they were hurt/passing out. Also saw one big guy walk being escorted through the barrier with half his face covered in blood from the corner of his eye. Kendrick fans don’t play.

He ended up finishing with ‘I Am’ off his Kendrick Lamar EP which is above.

I saw Kendrick Lamar on day two of Lollapalooza last summer. This was probably one of the craziest concerts I've been to, but I loved every minute of it! There was a special opportunity to meet the man himself before his concert, but my friends and I did not get there in time. The only other way to meet him was to each pay for a CD. We ended up deciding to wait for the concert that was going on before Kendrick to finish then try to get good spots. We thought the crowd would disperse after that concert, so it would be pretty easy to get close to the front. But, boy, were we wrong. Either everyone was thinking the same thing as us, or the crowd was staying for Kendrick - it was the most claustrophobic, sweaty, aggressive struggle to the front of the crowd I've ever experienced. My friends and I were forced to stand smushed against random people for forty minutes. I don't even know how we made it to a couple of rows from the front, but we eventually did.

After what seemed to be like the longest, stuffiest forty minutes of my life, Kendrick finally came on. He started out with "Fucking Problems," and the crowd went CRAZY! We were nonstop jostling the whole time. Kendrick is so on point live! Even though I was taken aback at first by how his voice did not sound the same as his audio tracks, he still was amazing. He challenged us to see if we all could keep up with him when he rapped. He knew how to keep the energy up the whole time. One of the most memorable moments in Kendrick's show was when he completely stopped in the middle of a song and pointed out to a spot in the crowd where a man in a wheelchair was crowd surfing. Kendrick commended the people that helped the man surf through the crowd while he was passed to the front over the crowd. It was a really cool moment to witness. Only places like Lolla would something like that happen, and I'm happy that I could see Kendrick how I did, all the craziness included.

I have always been an avid fan of Kendrick Lamar ever since his album "Section .80". He just has a way to capture your emotions because he raps the truth. As much as that sounds really corny, I think one would understand where I'm coming from if you saw him live. I had the privilege to see Kendrick Lamar front row at Fuji Rock Festival 2013 last summer. I'm not sure if this is the case for many of his shows but he came on a little later than expected. Despite that, he really pulled a great show and tried his best to make up for the time lost although he could've sung more if he came on earlier. Anyways, regardless I think what made Kendrick special was that other than lighting, some fog, and a few guys playing the beats for his songs with guitars and drums, it was really just him standing alone on stage rapping. I remember standing out and just really feeling the vibes while Kendrick stood in the spotlight surrounded by this dim purple lighting, melodically rapping and being slowly creeped on by some fog on a chilly summer night up in the mountains. It was actually quite mystical. Many Japanese fans seemed to love "Backseat Freestyle" and "Money Trees", as I felt more pushing from the crowd during those songs. Of course he also rapped "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe", "The Recipe", "Swimming Pools", and his best songs in "good kid, mad city". One surprise during this concert was he also rapped "Fucking Problems" which was a huge hit for everyone and that was lots of fun. The concert was overall so good and worth being pushed around while I clung onto my spot in the front because Kendrick blew a kiss at my direction after I yelled out his name!

Overall I left the show pretty happy and satisfied, thought there were a few problems. To get the negatives out of the way, Travis Scott, one of the openers set to perform, didn't. The entire concert was interrupted with an intermission over an hour long due to Travis's absence, which really halted the momentum of the event. Another negative was that they played SZA's latest album "Ctrl" around 3 times in full between the opening set up and various intermissions. Even if you love this album, hearing the same songs repeatedly can get old quick. I would have much preferred if they mixed it up a bit, and at least play music from other TDE artist in addition to SZA's album.

Besides that the show was great though. DRAM did a pretty nice job with his brief set. He sounded great live, very close to how he sounds in his recordings, and the images he had flashing behind him created a fun atmosphere.

And once Kendrick came out and performed, it was fantastic. He performed a variety of songs, mainly from DAMN. as well as a few off of GKMC, TPAB, and UU. He was energetic throughout the performance, constantly moving, and engaged the audience, encouraging a hype atmosphere. The best part was easily during humble, when the crowd finished out one of the verses and the chorus together; it was truly communal. Due to our excitement Kendrick performed an encore with the song YAH.

Overall I'd recommend going to the concert if you're a fan of Kendrick Lamar, or hip-hop shows in general. I had a great time, even with some gripes, and would gladly experience it again.

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I’ve been to see many big rap artists including Jay Z, Kanye West, ASAP Rocky and even Eminem.... But Kendrick stepped up the game. The set list set out a journey that had the whole place shaking from start to finish. The SSE arena managed capture all this energy and let it simmer around for everyone to feed off throughout the whole because every man/woman yout and old were bouncing like they were trying to bring the place down.

Kendrick Lamar is no doubt a rap genius and probably the biggest in the world right now. The DAMN tour took us through the Kung Fu Kenny journey with amazing video graphics during short intermissions between songs as intros and gave enough storyline to the attendees to be enraptured by this and gas the whole crowd up for each moment!

It’s hard to pin one moment down but when the whole crowd started singing Humble twice over without the help of Kendrick for then him to come out and say this has got to be the best show yet.... man, I had goosebumps and was ready to stomp.

12/10.... worth every penny and more. Thank you Kendrick!

Kenrick Lamar is considered to be one of the most exciting new artists on the US hip hop scene. He has amassed a cult following over the years and now with new support on both sides of the pond, Lamar is packing out venues and festival tents at a staggering rate.

Rapturous cheers go up as Kendrick confidently appears onstage and takes the whole scene within his stride as the bass pierces the crowd and he begins 'Money Trees'. His freestyle ability demonstrates just why he has so much critical acclaim, he is undoubtedly a talented rap artist.

Breakthrough single 'Swimming Pools' gets a deafening reaction as it has become a cult hit over a relatively short amount of time. Kendrick capitalises on this as he invites the audiences into a back and forth of 'Pass Out... Drank'. 'Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe' also goes down incredibly well, the audience seemingly knowing every rap and verse. He reappears for 'A.D.H.D' visibly happy with the set and the crowd, it will be interesting to see where he will take his sound and show next.

I was sitting in the front on a chiar and once travis scott came up, he called everyone next to the stage and the crowd went crazy and it was chaotic. Everyone from the back seats came all the way to the front and everyone climbed on the chairs and it was hard to see anything. The security tried to get people back to their seats but they did not suceed. I thought it was unfair because i paid a lot of money to stay in front and the ones who had their seats in the back got to pay less but still get to stay in the very front. Also, everyone was high and drunk. The guy in front of me fell off his chair and spilled a whole cup of beer all over me and the 3 people next to me. I do not recommend paying for a seat right in front of the stage because everyone from behind will come in front anyways. Overall, the concert was not well organized since the secrity could not get people to their seats, but, the actual performance by kendrick lamar was a good one and he was able to keep everyone entertained.

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To answer the most pressing question: No, Kendrick Lamar did not use his first concert in two years to reveal that he’d completed his long-awaited new album, much less play anything from it.

But what a satisfying victory lap he ran instead.

Headlining the first night of this weekend’s second Day N Vegas festival — the inaugural 2019 edition of which served as Lamar’s last big show before the COVID-19 pandemic — the celebrated Compton-born rapper made clear that he knows he’s been missed: “Three hundred sixty-five days / Times two / Since I seen you,” he told the crowd at the top of his 1½-hour set, repeating the chant to escalating cheers from the crowd at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. (Other acts at Day N Vegas, which runs through Sunday night, include Tyler, the Creator; Lil Baby ; SZA; Doja Cat ; and Post Malone, who stepped in for Travis Scott after Scott pulled out in the wake of last weekend’s Astroworld tragedy .)

Lamar understands too that fans’ patience is running thin for the follow-up to 2017’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Damn,” which given a recent swell of activity — guest verses on tracks by Terrace Martin and Baby Keem, a booking for February’s Super Bowl halftime show, a much-discussed change in his Spotify avatar — feels tantalizingly close to dropping.

“Vegas, till next time,” Lamar said at the end of Friday’s concert. “And when I say ‘next time’ — very soon.”

Before he moves on, though, the 34-year-old took this opportunity — his only scheduled gig of 2021 — to look back over his groundbreaking work from the last decade, starting with his debut studio album, 2011’s “Section.80.” The concert was divided into four sections, with songs from each of his LPs in the order they were released; each section began with a few lines of text on a video screen behind Lamar describing his thoughts on the album: 2012’s “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City” was all about “real stories,” for instance, while “Damn” pondered his “relationship with fame and fortune.”

The approach made sense for the festival setting, in which audiences crave recognizable hits, yet Lamar — something of a scene elder at a moment when hip-hop has strayed from intricately plotted wordplay — brought new dramatic and emotional flair to his well-loved oldies. Dressed all in white, in an oversized crocheted sweater and loose-fitting cap that gave him a prophetic, Bob Marley-ish air, he performed alongside several distinct dance crews: a troupe of men in dark red suits, a group of ballerinas and a dozen or so children, including one boy who threatened to steal the show as he swiveled around a chair during “ Swimming Pools (Drank) .”

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Lamar himself did more dancing than he has in the past, suggesting (if not quite acting out) the narratives of entrapment and release that course through many of his songs. In “ M.A.A.D City ,” about the cyclical nature of gang warfare, he scampered playfully among the kids before they gave way to the men in suits, now equipped with flashlights that evoked a police raid; in the tender yet hard-nosed “ Loyalty ,” Lamar did a kind of pas de deux with a female dancer whose long braids swung behind her.

Throughout the show the performers were backed by strong visuals: scenes of everyday Black life in Compton during “ Money Trees ,” Lamar’s silhouette filled with images of fire and water for “ Element ,” a live-video recreation of “Damn’s” stark album cover in “ DNA .” For the swaggering “ Humble ,” a stagehand with a Steadicam hovered behind Lamar, feeding images of the rapper’s view of the crowd to the giant screen — until Lamar turned around, that is, and growled the rest of the song down the camera’s lens.

No band was visible onstage, but the music sounded live, with frequent instrumental elaborations on Lamar’s recorded arrangements, as in “ Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe ,” which had a wild horn outro, and “Loyalty,” whose bridge got a lush ’70s-soul makeover. The rubbery bass line in “ King Kunta ,” from 2015’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” — which Lamar’s preface framed as a meditation on the connections between Compton and South Africa — was somehow funkier than on the album; “ I ,” built on the ebullient groove from the Isley Brothers’ “That Lady,” kept hurtling forward.

Lamar’s rapping was crisp even at its densest, which made songs like “DNA” and “ The Blacker the Berry ” — knotty, impassioned explorations of African American identity — go over like pop anthems. For “ Alright ,” which is a pop anthem, the audience more or less took over for the MC, shouting every lyric as he rocked his body to the propulsive beat.

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Hearing his best-known songs in this rat-a-tat fashion demonstrated how solidly Lamar has established himself as a generational figure, especially to Southern Californians, who regard him as both an inheritor and an interrogator of the West Coast tradition pioneered by the likes of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, both of whom he’ll appear with at the Super Bowl.

Yet the historically rooted sound and the intellectual ambition of his music — not to mention his impulse toward community-building — also set him apart from rappers only a few years younger than he is, including most of those at Day N Vegas. Hip-hop in 2021 often drills down into personal experience; Lamar seeks to illuminate the cultural and political systems that shape those experiences, which in a funny twist can make him seem like a man on his own.

Before his farewell promise of a quick return, Lamar brought out his cousin Baby Keem (who’s set to perform his own set at Day N Vegas) to do their “ Family Ties ” and “ Range Brothers .” Then he finished on a contemplative note with a dreamy “ Love ” and “ Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst ,” during which his many dancers slowly assembled into a striking, family-portrait-like tableau. Taking a seat in the middle of the group, Lamar crossed his legs calmly as he delivered the song’s complicated thoughts on kinship and legacy — an artist long since grown comfortable with the demand for his talent.

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“Vegas, what the fuck is up?” he said at the top of his performance.

He closed his set with “Family Ties” and was joined by Baby Keem , who also performed earlier in the night. 

“Until next time — we love y’all,” Lamar said as he exited the stage. 

Simu Liu , Janelle Monáe, Gabrielle Union , Terry Crews, Victoria Monét, Olivia Culpo and social media sensations Drew “Druski” Desbordes and Josh Richards attended the event, where Formula One Team drivers — Daniel Ricciardo of Australia, Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Amna AlQubaisi of UAE — unveiled their new car, the VCARB 01.

The event, in partnership with The h.wood Group and Red Bull, took place at a custom-built immersive event space across from The Wynn Resort. Athletes who attended included Odell Beckham Jr., Aly Raisman, Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Jahmyr Gibbs and Megan Rapinoe,

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Lamar, along with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent, won the outstanding variety special (live) Emmy for their 2022 Super Bowl halftime performance. Jay-Z and Jesse Collins also shared the win as the special’s executive producers.

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Kendrick Lamar Sets Rare Performance at 'Ken & Friends' Show in Los Angeles 6 Weeks After Drake Rap Beef

The show will take place on June 19 at the Kia Forum

Weeks after Kendrick Lamar and Drake 's beef broke out online, the "Humble" rapper is getting ready to put on a rare performance onstage.

On June 19, the "Money Trees" rapper, 36, will take the stage for a one-night-only show put on by pgLang and Free Lunch called The Pop Out and the bill features "Ken and Friends."

The show will take place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, and doors open at 4 p.m..

General ticket sales begin on Friday, June 7, at 10 a.m. PT on Ticketmaster. Cash App Card customers will have access to tickets on June 6 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. PT.

Related: What's Been Going on with Drake and Kendrick Lamar (and Several Others): A Timeline of Recent Disses

The performance will mark Lamar's first time taking the stage since his back-and-forth with Drake , 37, broke out in March. The "Swimming Pools" rapper last performed at a Cash App party on Super Bowl weekend in February in Las Vegas.

The rap beef started when Lamar joined forces with Future and Metro Boomin for "Like That," the trio's latest No. 1 hit on the  Billboard  Hot 100. In the track, Lamar took aim at J. Cole and Drake , prompting quick responses from both of them.

On April 5, J. Cole was first to respond with "7 Minute Drill," which took direct aim at Lamar, specifically calling his 2022 album  Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers  “tragic” and implying that Lamar's  To Pimp a Butterfly  album was boring.

Two days later, however, the "Fire Squad" rapper apologized at Dreamville Festival in North Carolina and told the crowd that dissing Lamar so publicly “disrupts my f---ing peace,” and that it didn’t “sit right with my spirit.” He noted that he “downplayed” Lamar’s catalog and “his greatness."

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“I felt so conflicted because I’m like, bro, I don’t really feel no way,” he said,  according to video  shot by fans in attendance.

While J. Cole saw himself out of the situation, Drake added fuel to the fire when his track "Push Ups" leaked on social media on April 13. He officially released it on April 19 and the Certified Lover Boy rapper can be heard calling Lamar "pipsqueak" and argues that he wears "size 7 mens" shoes.

After that, Lamar released his own 6-minute track " Euphoria ," featuring several direct shots at Drake and followed with a few new angles on "6:16 in LA." On May 3, Drake responded with "Family Matters" and Lamar released "Meet the Grahams." Lamar then released "Not Like Us" on May 4 and Drake released "The Heart Part 6" on May 5.

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After besting Drake in a rap battle for the ages, he’s putting on a concert for Los Angeles with the help of pgLang and Free Lunch. Lamar just announced The Pop Out: Ken and Friends slated for Juneteenth (Wednesday, July 19) at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., marking his first live show since he and the Toronto rapper went toe-to-toe.

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Despite the Drake diss tracks, Kendrick Lamar is all about friendship this time around.

Lamar announced that he will host a pop-up concert on June 19 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

The Juneteenth show titled “The Pop Out: Ken & Friends Show” gets its name from a line in Lamar’s chart-topping diss track about rapper Drake called “Not Like Us.”

Lamar has yet to reveal which “friends” in the lineup will join him on stage, but he is sure to announce them soon.

Tickets for Kendrick Lamar’s pop-up concert in California are already sold out on Ticketmaster . But you can still find tickets on secondary market websites, including Vivid Seats , StubHub , TicketCity and SeatGeek .

The cheapest ticket for Lamar’s show, before fees at the time of publication, is $291 on Vivid Seats .

If you find that you never secure the tickets at the best cost or in the section you want to be in through StubHub , you can find some tips and tricks here .

First-time Vivid Seats users can save $20 on ticket orders over $200 by entering promo code NJ20 at checkout.

If you can’t make it to the show, it will also stream live on Prime Video and the Amazon Music Twitch channel at 7 p.m. EST.

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