Kendrick Lamar and SZA have been announced as headliners for the 11th annual Christmas Concert organized by Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE).
The annual event is said to have previously attracted artistes including Travis Scott, Rihanna, Rich The Kid, Chris Brown, and several TDE artistes.
The two-day celebration, which took off Thursday, December 12, at Nickerson Gardens, also includes family-friendly activities and a job fair scheduled for December 13.
Visitors are encouraged to make charitable donations at the event, such as toys, new clothing, shoes, and other items.
Last week, Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us was crowned Apple Music of the Year 2024. The company released its end-of-year chart on Tuesday, December. 3.
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The widely streamed hit song emerged from the lyrical salvo between Kendrick and Drake early this year and topped the Apple Music list, with other songs following in its sequence.
Not Like Us became Kendrick Lamar’s fourth No. 1 song and went ahead to break the Spotify record as the most streamed hip-hop song in one day.
Before this achievement, sources close to Kendrick Lamar said he had lined up several artists, including Taylor Swift, for his next album.
Lamar contributed to the remix of Taylor Swift’s hit track Bad Blood in 2014, which became a reference point in his feud with Drake.
Kendrick Lamar recently grabbed eight of eleven nominations at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, taking home accolades for Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Music Video of the Year, Lyricist of the Year, and others.
SZA and Kendrick have also announced a joint tour for 2025 dubbed ‘Grand National, which is to support a surprise album and the collaboration of Kendrick and SZA on Luther one of the songs on the album.
The pair are expected to make a stop in a total of 19 stadiums and arenas across the U.S., including Las Vegas, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.
Per the schedule, it will commence in the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on April 19, 2025, and will be followed by Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Philadelphia.
The other locations are East Rutherford, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, and Toronto, before wrapping up on June 18 at the Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C.
