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Joe Budden thinks Kendrick Lamar performing on the largest venue in Drake’s hometown of Toronto is the last word “flex.” On Wednesday (Dec. 4), throughout an episode of his eponymous podcast, the “Pump It Up” rapper weighed in on the upcoming “Grand Nationwide Tour” and speculated why followers have but to see the Canadian artist embark on a stadium run.
“He hasn’t executed one but. If the n**ga did six reveals straight at Madison Sq. Backyard, I don’t know what it [would] seem like if he tries to do a stadium tour,” Budden stated on the newest episode, presumably referencing Drake’s “It is All A Blur Tour,” which noticed him doing three back-to-back reveals in MSG, preceded by 4 consecutive Barclays Middle stops. The rapper-turned-podcaster continued, “I don’t know if he’s simply making an attempt to bypass the charges that include stadium excursions.”
“It’s a flex that Kendrick is doing stadium excursions and doing the stadium in Toronto,” Budden additional famous. Lamar and SZA will likely be on the Rogers Centre on June 12, 2025, as part of their “Grand Nationwide Tour,” which additionally contains reveals throughout Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Detroit.
The announcement, as with something the Compton emcee does today, prompted social media to poke enjoyable at Drake and picture the inevitable influence of Lamar performing tracks like “Not Like Us” reside for tens of hundreds of individuals. We acquired a smaller style of that vitality throughout Lamar’s “The Pop Out — Ken and Mates” live performance in June.
All that being stated, Budden defined, “I’m sick of it. I need to return to speaking about Kendrick with Kendrick and Drake with Drake. I’m uninterested in the conversations intermingling.” He did, nonetheless, concern a caveat: “If it’s going to remain like that, then I’m down.”
It’s nonetheless too early to know what Lamar’s “Grand Nationwide Tour” setlist will likely be, but it surely’s virtually sure he’ll be performing data from November’s GNX.