Doechii is leaving the door open for whether she’s joining Kendrick Lamar and SZA on their upcoming stadium tour.
During a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, DJ Envy asked Doechii whether she’d be going on tour with K. Dot — a huge possibility since he previously called her “the hardest out.” Doechii paused for a moment, smiled, let out a brief laugh, and composed herself before keeping her answer as vague as possible.
“I have not met Kendrick,” she said. “I don’t know what Kendrick has up his sleeve. I don’t know what’s to come, but I’m prepared to receive any opportunity that comes my way — but I truly have no idea.”
When the hosts pressed her to see she would appear on his upcoming project, Doechii continued to feign ignorance with a knowing smile. “I’m sorry? How am I on there if I never even met him?” she explained. “I don’t know. I have no idea what he has up his sleeve. I don’t know what’s going on.”
K Dot announced his Grand National Tour with SZA earlier this week. The stadiums-focused run kicks off in Minneapolis in April and is presented by Live Nation, pgLang, and Top Dawg Entertainment.
Doechii is riding a high wave of momentum after her recent NPR Tiny Desk Concert performance that is being hailed as one for the books.
Joined by a backing band of braided women, the rapper performed a jazzy concert that featured her performing many songs form her acclaimed project Alligator Bites Never Heal including “Boom Bap,” “Denial Is A River,” “Catfish,” and, of course, “Nissan Altima.”
Ahead of her final song of the night, “Black Girl Memoir,” Doechii gave a passionate speech about being a dark-skinned woman in America. “I decided to perform this record because I think there’s been a lot of heightened emotions with the current state of our country, and I wrote this song specifically for Black women,” she said. “As a dark-skinned woman, there’s a very unique experience I’m trying to internalize. This is a song I think other dark-skinned women will relate to. So this is dedicated to all the beautiful Black women in the room.”