Kendrick Lamar’s Big National Tour has already broken the record, with his first tour stopping $9 million.
Kendrick Lamar’s kickoff performance Rex
On April 19, K-Dot and SZA started at the 39th Floor Stadium Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota, performing for sold-out crowds at Bank of America Stadium. According to Touring Data, the first show grossed over $9,124,989, making Compton, California MC the first rapper to do so much in a concert. The amount broke Eminem’s previous record set in 2019. Additionally, the 47,354 tickets sold were the most popular concert ever held at Bank of America Stadium.
K-point is no stranger to breaking live performance records. In 2023, his “Strip” tour became the highest-grossing rap journey of all time. The following year, Drake’s tour overshadowed it.
Read more: You think the music industry is strategically replacing him with Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar and SZA launch a tour of the big country
Kendrick Lamar and his former labelmate Sza started the massive Big National Tour last week after performing record ratings in the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in February. In Kendrick and Drake’s eggs on his beef, the first show showed the sediment of mock litigation in the action, making headlines.
The tour will be held in Atlanta tonight (April 29) and will stop in cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Paris, Paris, London, Rome, and then close on August 9 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Read more: Check out all rappers touring in 2025
Check out the Touring Data report on Kendrick Lamar’s record kickoff concert below.
