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SZA, Kendrick Lamar, SchoolBoyQ Train For TDE Championship Tour

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From tennis (!) to fitness training, find out how the label's roster has been preparing for their upcoming trek
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Apr 17, 2018 - 5:34 pm

Touring for artists is no joke — it takes hours of preparation. It therefore seems only appropriate that Top Dawg Entertainment's star-packed roster gets in a little training in anticipation of their first-ever full label tour.

On April 17 TDE released a trailer video of sorts for The Championship Tour, which features artists such as Kendrick Lamar, SZA, SchoolBoyQ, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, Lance Skiiiwalker, Isaiah Rashad, and Zacari training for the championship in a series of tennis, golf, soccer, and fitness training exercises.

The hilarious video also includes the dates of the two-month trek, which kicks off on May 4 in Vancouver. The TDE crew will blast through Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, and Tampa, Fla., before wrapping up June 16 in Pittsburgh.

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Tickets are available via Ticketmaster if you want to get in on the action and be a winner.

The Championship Tour trailer video comes just one day after the announcement of Lamar's historic Pulitzer Prize win in the music category for his GRAMMY-winning 2017 album, DAMN.

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SZA, M.I.A. Join The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Tour

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The GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter also adds Nas, Dave Chappelle, A$AP Rocky, Big Boi, Busta Rhymes, and more to celebratory tour
Renée Fabian
GRAMMYs
Jun 18, 2018 - 11:39 am

Lauryn Hill is going all out for her upcoming 20th Anniversary The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill tour. The GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter announced her upcoming tour to celebrate her Album Of The Year GRAMMY-winning 1998 album, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, this past April.

She just upped the tour's ante by announcing artists such as Nas, M.I.A, Dave Chappelle, A$AP Rocky, SZA, Big Boi, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Dave East, Jo Mersa Marley, Talib Kweli, Bambaata Marley, Shabazz Palaces, Patoranking, Tierra Whack, Protoje, Kelela, Victory, Raury, and Iman Omari will join her for selected dates.

The tour begins July 5 in Virginia Beach, Va., and will feature special guests A$AP Rocky and Marley. M.I.A. will join the celebration for three dates starting July 7 in Boston, along with Busta Rhymes for five dates. Nas will make multiple appearances, including stops in Las Vegas, New Orleans, Portland, Ore., and more.

SZA will play Sept. 20 in Mountain View, Calif., along with De La Soul and Shabazz Palaces. Hill also announced a new show Sept. 18 at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with Chappelle and De La Soul.

The announcement of these special guests sweetens an already must-see tour from Hill. To find out what else is in store during her trek across North America, visit Hill's website to get tickets for the show nearest you.

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6 Singles From 'Black Panther: The Album' Hit Billboard Hot 100

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"King's Dead" and "Pray For Me" are joined by six newcomers from Wakanda on the latest Billboard Hot 100, led by "All The Stars"
Philip Merrill
GRAMMYs
Feb 21, 2018 - 1:52 pm

As the movie Black Panther and Kendrick Lamar's curated Black Panther: The Album continue to make inroads, more tracks have hit the Billboard Hot 100, while Black Panther: The Album hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the week ending Feb. 15.

In the most recent tally on Feb. 24, two songs were on the Hot 100 from the previous week — "Pray For Me," combining Lamar with The Weeknd, at No. 11, while "King's Dead" moved from No. 69 up to No. 38, blending Lamar with James Blake, Future and Jay Rock.

Lamar and SZA's "All The Stars" entered the Hot 100 at position No. 9. Its official video was posted on YouTube Feb. 6 and is now up to more than 27 million views. Other tracks making their first appearance include "X" at No. 49 by 2 Chainz, Saudi and Schoolboy Q. This is Saudi's personal debut on the Hot 100.

One of the love songs featured on our recent Valentine's Day playlist, "The Ways" by Khalid and Swae Lee enters at No. 63. SOB X RBE, who just announced they'd be touring with Post Malone, debut on the chart at No. 67 with their powerful "Paramedic!"

The two other Black Panther Hot 100 newcomer tracks are the catchy "Big Shot" at No. 71, with Lamar and Travis Scott, trailed by the lyrical powerhouse "Black Panther" rap of Lamar's at No. 91.

Stay tuned to see what other cultural products of Wakanda explore the Billboard charts on their own.

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Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q Top Billing For New TDE Championship Tour

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Top Dawg Entertainment has planned a celebratory tour of North America for its roster of flagship artists
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Jan 22, 2018 - 3:32 pm

With a combined grab of 14 nominations for the 60th GRAMMY Awards earned between Kendrick Lamar, SZA and label boss Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, record label Top Dawg Entertainment has scheduled a well-earned victory lap of the U.S. and Canada for its flagship artists, who will embark in early May through mid-June.

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Billed as TDE: The Championship Tour, the all-star road trip will include the afore-mentioned Lamar and SZA, as well as Los Angeles-based rappers ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock and producer/vocalists SiR and Lance Skiiwalker.

The tour will kick off in Vancouver on May 4 and continue until June 16, when it will wrap up in Pittsburgh after ripping through an impressive 29 shows in just 44 days. Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Jan. 26 at noon local time, but American Express cardholders will have access to a special exclusive presale for select dates starting Jan. 23.

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Kendrick Lamar, SZA Drop New Collab Track For 'Black Panther'

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The new track is both GRAMMY-nominated artists' first new music of 2018
Brian Haack
GRAMMYs
Jan 4, 2018 - 2:12 pm

GRAMMY nominees and Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) label mates Kendrick Lamar and SZA released a brand new track today, destined for the soundtrack of Marvel's forthcoming Black Panther, and produced by Lamar alongside fellow GRAMMY nominee and TDE label boss Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith.

Both Lamar and SZA's first new music – and TDE's first official release – of 2018, "All The Stars" sees the established rapper and breakout singer carrying equal weight, as Lamar's proud, incisive versework tag-teams with SZA's effortless vocal control against a backdrop of icy future synths and a charging backbeat.

The new track is an apt follow-up to a year that was tremendously successful to all three of the track's contributors – 2017 saw the release of Lamar's politically-charged Album Of The Year- and Best Rap Album-nominated Damn. – which altogether generated a total of seven GRAMMY nominated for Lamar, including Record Of The Year, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap/Sung Performance. SZA meanwhile, released her long-awaited and highly anticipated debut album CTRL, which garnered the singer her first five GRAMMY nominations, including Best New Artist.

Black Panther is slated for release on Jan. 16. Lamar and Tiffith are reportedly producing and curating the film's entire soundtrack, to be released via TDE.

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