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On Tuesday (Dec. 10) night, Top Dawg Entertainment<\/a> announced that Kendrick Lamar will be joining the lineup for its 11th annual Christmas concert and toy drive.<\/p>\n Musical performances are slated to take place in Compton at 11 a.m. PT on Thursday (Dec. 12) and will feature plenty of other artists including ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Doechii, Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Ab-Soul, Ray Vaughn and SZA. For those who plan on attending the event, the official flyer requests fans bring an \u201cunwrapped gift\u201d for entry \u2014 presumably toys, clothes and other donations.<\/p>\n Aside from Rashad and Rock, who\u2019ve maintained relatively low profiles throughout the year, TDE\u2019s roster has been on quite the run. Doechii\u2019s Alligator Bites Never Heal<\/em> earned her three nominations at the upcoming 67th annual Grammy Awards. In recent weeks, she\u2019s performed a medley from the mixtape on \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d and NPR\u2019s \u201cTiny Desk Concert<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n SZA is revving up to release LANA<\/em>, which appears to be the deluxe album of her 2022 effort, SOS<\/em>. On Monday (Dec. 9), the latter-mentioned project\u2019s second anniversary, the Missouri singer shared a snippet of unreleased music<\/a> sampling The Isley Brothers\u2019 \u201cVoyage to Atlantis.\u201d The trailer was accompanied by the caption, \u201cClock starts now.\u201d<\/p>\n Lamar, though no longer signed to the West Coast powerhouse, released GNX<\/a><\/em> in November. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard<\/em> 200 chart, thanks to records like \u201csquabble up,\u201d \u201ctv off,\u201d \u201cwacced out murals\u201d and more. He and SZA also put their magic on display via records like \u201cluther\u201d and \u201cgloria.\u201d<\/p>\n In fact, TDE\u2019s concert and toy drive will somewhat serve as a preview of what fans can expect from Lamar and SZA\u2019s highly anticipated \u201cGrand National Tour<\/a>.\u201d It\u2019s expected to begin on April 19 at Minneapolis\u2019 U.S. Bank Stadium, followed by shows in Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Chicago, to mention a few. Los Angeles and Toronto recently received added dates, now totaling three and two stops in each city, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n