The Pop Out — Ken & Friends

If you’re in LA, odds are, you’re going to want tickets to Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming concert at the Forum. “The Pop Out — Ken & Friends” concert is slated for June 19 at 4 PM with PgLang and Free Lunch. You can find out how you can get tickets to the show below.

If you have a Cash App Card, you will have access to an exclusive presale on June 6, beginning at 10 AM. If not, you can participate in the general sale on Friday, June 7 at 10 AM. Of course, you can always try your luck after that on resale sites like SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats.

You can find more information about the sales on Ticketmaster.com.

The Ken & Friends concert is the culmination of a strong year for Mr. Duckworth, as he secured his second solo Hot 100 No. 1 with the Drake diss track “Not Like Us.” The song also reportedly pulled in a little over a quarter of a million dollars, validating its status as one of the few times rap beef actually paid off for a participant.

Before that, Kendrick nabbed his third overall No. 1 with “Like That,” another song calling out Drake (I’m sensing a theme here), which appeared on Future and Metro Boomin’s joint album, We Don’t Trust You. So yeah, I’d say it’s been a good year all around for Kendrick Lamar, and now, he’s sharing the wealth with his hometown show.

Kendrick Lamar is hip-hop’s man of the hour after his battle with Drake. Not only has he been widely hailed as the victor of his and Drake’s lyrical exchange, but one of his shots at Drake, “Not Like Us,” has become culturally ubiquitous, even going viral for appearing in local news reports.

So why not take a victory lap?

That’s exactly what Kendrick will do, announcing a new show, “The Pop Out — Ken & Friends,” at LA’s Kia Forum on June 19. Tickets go on sale on June 7 at 10 AM, with a Cash App Card Pre-Sale Thursday, June 6 at 10 AM. The show will feature Kendrick’s PgLang cohorts, which currently include Baby Keem and Tanna Leone, and Free Lunch. You can find more information here.

The announcement arrives as fans can’t help speculating about whether Kendrick has a new album planned for release in 2024. Frequent production collaborator Terrace Martin threw fuel on those flames during a recent livestream in which he expressed excitement for a new project from Kendrick that appears to be in the works.

“Let me tell y’all the records I’m excited for,” Martin told fans. “I’m excited for YG’s album, I’m excited for Mustard’s album. I’m excited for a lot of people, but there’s two albums, I’m going crazy, I can’t wait ’til they drop: Roddy Ricch album and whenever Kendrick drops his album. I’m excited for those two. Those two Compton artists is like, I’m excited.”