All the Guest Stars on Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Grand National Tour So Far
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Playboi Carti was the first guest performer, popping out for 'Good Credit' at the Atlanta show in April after Dot had been performing the MUSIC track solo since the tour's opening night in Minneapolis on April 19. Both Baby Keem and Kaytranada came out as surprise guests, performing 'Family Ties' and Teedra Moses' 'Be Your Girl,' respectively, during the concert at the 'Kill Bill' singer's home state of New Jersey earlier in May. While SZA performed her 'Consideration' collaboration with Rihanna from the latter's iconic 2016 album Anti at the Jersey stop, fans could only hope and dream that RiRi would one day join her on stage.
The stars have also been spotted on the sidelines, as videos of Pusha T attending their Foxborough show went viral.
After AzChike performed during the DJ Hed & Friends portion of The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert on Juneteenth last year, he became the first featured rapper on GNX to pop out as a guest during the trio of shows in Lamar's hometown of Los Angeles in May, when they performed 'Peekaboo' together. Meanwhile, SZA brought out Lizzo and Justin Bieber during the other two LA nights to perform the remixes of 'Special' and 'Snooze,' respectively.
Billboard rounded up all the guest stars who've popped up at the Grand National Tour, in order of oldest to most recent appearance.
Dot brought out Baby Boi in the latter rapper's hometown of Atlanta at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on April 29. The Interscope labelmates performed 'Good Credit' off Carti's Billboard 200-topping album MUSIC. 'Good Credit' reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the duo's other collaboration on the album, 'Backd00r' also featuring Jhené Aiko, peaked at No. 25.
Lamar brought out his younger cousin Baby Keem to perform 'Family Ties' at East Rutherford's MetLife Stadium on May 10. The pgLang dynamic duo took over arenas three years ago when Keem was one of the supporting acts for Lamar's Big Steppers Tour. They also headlined Camp Flog Gnaw in 2023, when they were billed as 'The Hillbillies.'
SZA had Kaytranada on the 1s and 2s while they performed his viral remix of Teedra Moses' 'Be Your Girl' during their MetLife Stadium tour stop on May 10. 'The OG of this song raised me . Kaytras version activates meee . Complex simplicity was so nuts . Humblest love to Teedra,' SZA wrote on X. Kaytra also DJed the after party for her Not Beauty brand that same night, which Lizzo and Ty Dolla $ign also attended.
SZA brought out her 'best friend' Lizzo 'for energy and positivity' during her and Dot's first SoFi Stadium stop in Inglewood, Calif., on May 21. They performed their remix of Lizzo's 'Special' from her 2022 Grammy-nominated album of the same name. 'Special' earned Lizzo her first and SZA's second No. 1 hit on Adult R&B Airplay in 2023 and hit the top 10 of Rhythmic Airplay.
SZA invited Justin Bieber to perform their 'Snooze' remix at their second SoFi Stadium stop on May 23. Bieber was featured on the acoustic version of 'Snooze' in September 2023, months after it was released as the sixth single from her 2022 blockbuster album SOS. 'Snooze' reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and won the Grammy for best R&B song last year.
AzChike popped out to perform 'Peekaboo' with Dot in their hometown during the third SoFi Stadium stop on May 24. 'Peekaboo,' which samples Willie Hale's 1972 track 'Give Me a Helping Hand,' reached No. 13 on the Hot 100. 'Just shared the stage with my muthaf—king dawg, brotha, & the god damn goat tonight @kendricklamar. Hard work do pay off,' he wrote on X later that night, while sharing photos of him and Lamar on stage as well as of him and SZA backstage.
Doja Cat camouflaged herself while appearing in the middle of SZA's outdoorsy set design to perform 'Kiss Me More' at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium on May 31. 'Kiss Me More' reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 and won both artists their first Grammy in 2022 for best pop duo/group performance. 'First time performing together in soooo long,' SZA wrote on her Instagram Story with the heart organ emoji. 'THANK YOU @dojacat.'
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