Key Takeaways:

• Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s shock set energized the gang at Top Dawg Entertainment’s twelfth annual Christmas live performance in South Los Angeles.
• The occasion featured performances from the TDE roster and passed off in Nickerson Gardens, mixing music with neighborhood outreach.
• Fans have been handled to dwell renditions of “30 For 30,” “squabble up” and “luther.”

Fans who attended Top Dawg Entertainment’s twelfth Annual Christmas Concert and Toy Drive on Thursday (Dec. 18) in Los Angeles acquired an early vacation reward. Kendrick Lamar and SZA popped out for a shock efficiency on the celebration.

Footage of the dynamic duo performing a number of songs from their catalog has made it on-line. They embody “30 For 30,” from the crooner’s SOS Deluxe: LANA album, and “squabble up” from the rapper’s GNX album. Of course, in addition they carried out the record-breaking “luther,” which was a significant factor in Ok. Dot incomes honors like Billboard’s Top R&B/hip hop Artist of the Year for 2025.

TDE’s yearly shindig combines leisure from its household of artists with philanthropic endeavors for the neighborhood like reward and meals giveaways. Besides Lamar and SZA, the roster of performers additionally reportedly included Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre, Ab-Soul, Doechii, Isaiah Rashad, Jay Rock, Ray Vaughn, Schoolboy Q and SiR, amongst others. Entry to this yr’s occasion required the donation of an “unwrapped toy.” Spanning two days, the primary featured the live performance and toy drive, whereas the second, on Friday (Dec. 19), featured household actions and reward giveaways within the Nickerson Gardens housing tasks.

Technically, Lamar left the TDE Records fold in 2022 when he delivered his ultimate album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, underneath the label. Although his music is now launched by way of his personal pgLang venture (with former TDE co-president Dave Free) and Interscope Records, he stays near and a part of the model and its artists.

Lamar hit the stage after just lately wrapping his “Grand National Tour” in Australia. Although SZA wasn’t a part of that portion of the tour, fellow TDE relations ScHoolboy Q and Doechii joined him Down Under in her place.

A Compton native turned hip hop megastar coming again house to carry out for his native South Los Angeles neighborhood, and without cost nonetheless, is very commendable.