MINNEAPOLIS – Reigning rap hater Kendrick Lamar will begin his next tour in Minneapolis.

The Grand National Tour will begin April 19 at US Bank Stadium, the Compton native announced Tuesday. Advance sales begin on Wednesday and the general public can purchase tickets starting Friday at 10 a.m. Ticket prices have not yet been announced.

Grammy-winning artist SZA will perform for Lamar on the tour.

The tour announcement comes a week after Lamar dropped his tour long-awaited new album “GNX”.

Lamar has spent most of this year doing this involved in a feud with fellow rap superstar Drake, culminating in Lamar’s release of “Not Like Us,” a dissident track that topped the Billboard rap charts throughout the summer. In a lawsuit filed last monthDrake’s company Frozen Moments accused Spotify and Universal Music Group of conspiring to drive up streaming numbers for “Not Like Us.”

“GNX” is Lamar’s sixth album and his first since “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” from 2022. Er stopped in the Twin Cities also in support of this album.

Lamar will play the halftime show at Super Bow LIX on February 9, 2025 in New Orleans.