MINNEAPOLIS— Rap’s reigning chief hater Kendrick Lamar will kick off his next tour in Minneapolis.
The Grand National Tour begins April 19 at US Bank Stadium, the Compton resident announced Tuesday. Presales start on Wednesday and the general public can purchase tickets from 10am on Friday. Ticket prices are not yet known.
Grammy-winning artist SZA will open for Lamar on the tour.
The tour announcement comes a week after Lamar dropped his highly anticipated new album “GNX.”
Lamar has spent most of this year embroiled in a feud featuring fellow rap superstar Drake, culminating in Lamar’s release of “Not Like Us,” a diss track that topped the Billboard charts all summer. In a lawsuit filed last monthDrake’s company Frozen Moments accused Spotify and Universal Music Group of conspiring to inflate the streaming numbers of “Not Like Us.”
“GNX” is Lamar’s sixth album and his first since 2022’s “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” stopped in the Twin Cities in support of that album as well.
Lamar is ready to play the halftime show at Super Bow LIX on February 9, 2025 in New Orleans.
