Key Takeaways:

• Kendrick Lamar stunned followers in Sydney by reuniting with ScHoolboy Q in the course of the “Grand National Tour” finale.
• The duo carried out “Collard Greens,” a fan-favorite from ScHoolboy’s 2014 album, Oxymoron.
• The second marked a uncommon onstage reunion for the Black Hippy members and capped a record-breaking tour.

As 2025 comes to shut, one rapper absolutely wanting again with delight at his accomplishments is Kendrick Lamar. As the “Grand National Tour” in assist of his GNX album wrapped up in Australia, Okay. Dot introduced out his trusty collaborator ScHoolboy Q for a climactic efficiency.

Both ScHoolboy and King Kendrick are a part of the on and off Black Hippy collective that additionally consists of rappers Ab-Soul and Jay Rock. Besides being pals and up-and-coming artists on the time of the group’s conception music/a/insanul-ahmed/who-is-schoolboy-q#7″>round 2009, all of them had been signed to Top Dawg Entertainment.

Although a correct Black Hippy album by no means manifested, they did function on one another’s initiatives. ScHoolboy’s “Collard Greens” was the lead single from this third album, 2014’s Oxymoron, and features a verse from Lamar. It’s since turn out to be a basic monitor, and the gang assembled on the Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Thursday (Dec. 11) actually agreed. In various clips that made it on-line, an area filled with followers sings the tune’s hook because the outdated buddies hit the stage collectively.

ScHoolboy and Doechii had been the openers for the ultimate Australian leg of the “Grand National Tour.” All alerts level to the tour, which was co-headlined by SZA, being an enormous success. After kicking off its nationwide dates in April, it began its European itinerary in July. The trek then proceeded to rock in Latin American countries beginning in September — though with out the “Kill Bill” singer.

According to Billboard, the tour grossed $256.4 million and offered 1.1 million tickets, and that’s solely by means of July. Nevertheless, it was already sufficient for Lamar and SZA’s journey to turn out to be the very best grossing co-headline tour ever, inserting them forward of Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s 2014 “On The Run Tour.”