TDE Punch Jokes That He's Done With The "Ticket Business" As Kendrick Lamar & SZA's Tour Ramps Up

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 9: SZA and Kendrick Lamar perform on stage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images)
Kendrick Lamar and SZA are scheduled to continue performing on the "Grand National" tour through August 9th.

TDE Punch joked that he’s done helping people get tickets to Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s ongoing Grand National tour on Tuesday. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), he said that he’s getting out of the “ticket business” as friends continue hitting him up.

“Guys. I love you all I promise. But after the ATL show, I’m retiring from the ticket business, today,” he wrote, as caught by The Jasmine Brand. Several people pleaded with him to keep helping out with tickets, including O’Shea Jackson Jr. The actor wrote: “Naaahh naaah naaah you following through lmaoo.” 

When Mustard wrote back with laughing emojis, TDE Punch remarked: “Bruh! lol. N****s be serious champ. I know you getting hit up crazy.” In response to another user, he wrote: “I’m afraid I have to move on and find new challenges in life.”

"Grand National Tour" Dates

Kendrick Lamar and SZA kicked off the Grand National, earlier this month, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They'll be performing a total of 39 shows across North America and Europe before wrapping up in Stockholm, Sweden, in August.

The two have already been making numerous headlines for their performances on the tour. On opening night, Kendrick Lamar played a skit of himself in a deposition to make fun of Drake for taking legal action against Universal Music Group over his diss track, "Not Like Us."

The opening night concert ended up being a massive financial success for Lamar. He became the first rapper in history to gross more than $9 million USD from a single show, according to Touring Data.

In Atlanta, earlier this week, Lamar surprised fans by bringing Playboi Carti to the stage for a performance of “Good Credit.” The song was one of several collaborations between them on Carti's latest album, Music. It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA's next performance on the Grand National tour will be on May 3rd in Charlotte, North Carolina, at Bank of America Stadium.

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.