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Fresh off his verbal spat with Drake, Kendrick Lamar has announced that he will be performing a one-off show in Los Angeles on June 19th, otherwise known as Juneteenth.
The event, titled “The Pop Out ā Ken and Friends,” is hosted by pgLang and Free Lunch. Pre-sale tickets for the concert at Kia Forum will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m. PST via Cash App Card, with general sales starting Friday at 10 a.m. PST.
Lamar himself announced the all-ages event on his social media profiles, posting a picture of a license plate with details about the show: Ken & Friends begins at 4pm PST.
“The Pop Out” is, of course, a reference to Lamar’s lyrics in “Not Like Us,” where he raps, “Sometimes you gotta pop out and show your nās / Certified boogeyman, I’m gonna score with them.” The song is a diss directed at Drake, and it was released a month ago and has continued to rise to the top of the charts, becoming arguably the most successful track released between Drake and Lamar.
During the feud, the two rappers criticized each other’s appearances, accused each other of pedophilia, and claimed each other had a secret child. The dispute ended with Drake’s “The Heart Part 6,” a play on Lamar’s long-running song series of the same name, signaling that Drake was fed up with the feud between the two.
Drake recently addressed the feud in a verse on Sexy Red’s “U My Everything” and rapped on producer Metro Boomin’s diss beat “BBL Drizzy.” Metro helped spark the feud when Lamar appeared on his collaborative track with Future, “Like That,” which was released in March.
