Kendrick Lamar's 'Big Steppers Tour' Becomes Highest-Grossing Rap Tour Ever

Kendrick Lamar's The Big Steppers Tour is now the highest-grossing tour by a rapper as a headlining act, surpassing Drake's 2018 Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage at The Big Steppers Tour
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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage at The Big Steppers Tour

Kendrick Lamar’s The Big Steppers Tour is now the highest-grossing tour in hip-hop history.

According to Touring Data, Kendrick’s nationwide trek has earned $110.9 million in revenue from 929,000 tickets sold across 73 shows. Big Steppers gives Kendrick the most lucrative tour ever by a rapper as a headlining act, surpassing Drake’s 2018 Aubrey & the Three Migos Tour, which pulled down $79 million in 2018 from a total of 678,410 tickets sold across 43 dates.

.@kendricklamar's "The Big Steppers" is the highest-grossing tour by a rapper as headlining act in history with $110.9 million from 929,000 tickets sold in 73 shows.

— Touring Data (@touringdata) April 26, 2023

Rounding out the top five highest-grossing tours are Drake and Future’s 2016 Summer Sixteen Tour, Kanye West and Jay-Z’s 2011 Watch The Throne Tour, Kendrick’s 2017 DAMN Tour, and Travis Scott’s 2018’s Astroworld Tour.

Top Tours by Rappers:

#1 #KendrickLamar, "The Big Steppers"
#2 #Drake, "Aubrey & the Three Migos"
#3 #Drake & #Future, "Summer Sixteen"
#4 #KanyeWest & #JayZ, "Watch the Throne"
#5 #KendrickLamar, "Damn"
#6 #TravisScott, "Astroworld"

— Touring Data (@touringdata) April 26, 2023

Released in May 2022, Kendrick’s latest album earned the Compton rapper his fourth consecutive No. 1 LP and the biggest release week of 2022 so far with Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart last week after earning an impressive 295,500 equivalent album units in its first week of availability.

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