After months of anticipation, SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s Grand National Tour is finally set to kick off on April 19. The 21-date arena trek was first announced on K-Dot’s Instagram back in December, and will begin in Minneapolis before rolling through other cities like Philadelphia, Houston, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Chicago. SZA and Kendrick will then wrap things up in Landover on June 18. Along the way, the “All the Stars” duo will of course hit K-Dot’s Los Angeles hometown and SZA’s birthplace of St. Louis. They will also enter Drake’s turf, performing two nights at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada in June.
At this point, there’s no need for us to explain the significance of that. Kendrick and Drake made history last year after going tit-for-tat in possibly the biggest blockbuster rap beef of all time. Kendrick ultimately emerged victorious with his kill-shot track “Not Like Us,” which went on to become the song of the summer and sweep the 2025 Grammys, winning Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Rap Song, among others. Kendrick’s cultural dominance was also aided by the release of his latest album GNX in November, with each song off the project debuting on the Billboard Hot 100. GNX has now spawned some serious chart-topping hits of its own, including the SZA-assisted “Luther,” which has now sat atop the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks.
SZA is gearing up to have an equally explosive year. After closing out 2024 with the release of her highly-anticipated LANA album in December, she welcomed in 2025 with a performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show alongside K-Dot. She also cleaned up nicely at the Grammys, taking home the award for best R&B song for “Saturn.”
As these two superstars hit the road together next month, there are obviously dozens of hits we’ll be dying to hear. Here’s Billboard’s dream set-list for The Grand National Tour, which will hopefully include most, if not all, of these jams.
