Kendrick Lamar Brings Out AZ Chike During "Grand National" Tour Stop In SoFi Stadium
 | Sun, May 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM |
The "Grand National" tour from the trio of SZA, Mustard, and Kendrick Lamar has been incredibly successful thus far. It also added a couple of new names to the lineup for their three sold-out Los Angeles shows at SoFi Stadium, which include Justin Bieber and Mr. Checking Cheese himself, AZ Chike.
The "peekaboo" MC popped out to perform this GNX collab alongside Kendrick, as caught by NFR Podcast on Twitter. The Compton lyricist actually took this song to his Super Bowl LIX halftime show earlier this year. It was a great way to show hometown love on Saturday (May 24), although many fans hoped for more guests.
Of course, a lot of the typical discourse popped up online after this guest slot. Loads of praise, a fair share of hate, and also a lot of jokes due to AZ Chike's recent rap battle contributions. His track "What Would You Do?" takes aim at Joey Bada$$, who ripped him with a single line off his Loaded Lux-assisted diss track, "MY TOWN." "Look, Ray Vaughn was so last week / Now, I'm hearing s**t about some n***a named 'A** Cheek'" is a textbook "simple but effective" bar.
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Kendrick Lamar SoFi Stadium
KENDRICK LAMAR
AZ CHIKE
PEAKABOOLIVE AT SOFI STADIUM
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) May 25, 2025
Nevertheless, it was great to see a GNX collaborator hit the stage alongside the pgLang creative. We will see if there are any more surprises for the rest of the "Grand National" shows in North America. They'll wrap up on June 18 in the DMV area, and July and August is when they'll hit the road in Europe.
Kendrick Lamar's SoFi Stadium shows were star-studded affairs. It's Los Angeles, so obviously a lot of celebrities made a splash, much to the delight of fans looking for famous faces in the crowd. Perhaps the next couple of shows will have a similar energy, although we doubt anything will be as grand as meaningful as these hometown slots.
Meanwhile, SZA also had her special guest moments, such as the aforementioned Bieber "Snooze" performance and some time onstage with Lizzo. Some fans expected more guests, but they still seemed to love the concert. We'll see what else is in store before this victory lap finally settles down... Or will it?
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