What other rappers can do stadiums besides Kendrick Lamar & Bad Bunny?

[semicko82]

Nationwide arena can hold 21k for concerts so I would say that is pretty big.

Yes, Wu-Tang Clan has been known to pack large arenas, as evidenced by their current "Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber" tour, which includes stops in venues like State Farm Arena and Crypto.com Arena. Their VIP packages, which offer premium seating, exclusive merchandise, and access to the Wu-Tang Forever Time Capsule, are also popular, suggesting strong demand for their live shows.

That's arenas
We're talking about stadiums

 

[phillycavsfan]

Nationwide arena can hold 21k for concerts so I would say that is pretty big.

Yes, Wu-Tang Clan has been known to pack large arenas, as evidenced by their current "Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber" tour, which includes stops in venues like State Farm Arena and Crypto.com Arena. Their VIP packages, which offer premium seating, exclusive merchandise, and access to the Wu-Tang Forever Time Capsule, are also popular, suggesting strong demand for their live shows.

Arenas are not stadiums. Stadiums can fit 3-4 times more people than your typical big city arena.

Another thing, as a rapper for a stadium show you can't just walk around stage, lip sync your lyrics, and occasionally tell fans to put their mother fukking hands in the air. You also gotta change your set list because certain rap songs work in an indoor arena but not so well outside in front of 60-70K.

 

[tehparadox]

People in this thread don't know how hard it is to pull a full stadium tour, even with 2 headliners

How Rare Is It for a Rapper to Play Stadiums? These Are the Only Ones to Do It

Kendrick Lamar joins fellow rappers like Jay-Z, Eminem and others who have headlined stadiums with his upcoming Grand National Tour.

www.billboard.com

 

[Tribal Outkast]

There are too many venues to care about stadiums only. With the way fans treat rappers you’re definitely not seeing many of them filling stadiums. There are legit rap legends that can’t fill a room in a convention center… you know damn well they can’t fill arenas and stadiums…. even being added to a long list of acts.

 

[REAL6]

Hell no 50 Cent can't do overseas stadium. Ehhhh on Kanye also

I agree with Em and Drake

What's so funny thou? They are still rocking out stadiums overseas and sold out allot of those places. Look at 50's last world tour.

 

[Feed-Me]

This.

Adele couldn't do it, so lol at thinking 50 could

Yeah the nikka who sold 1.5 in a short week. How old were you when 50 was popping?

 

[semicko82]

What's so funny thou? They are still rocking out stadiums overseas and sold out allot of those places. Look at 50's last world tour.

Because 50 and Wu are not doing stadiums in 2025

 

[Ziggiy]

8 years ago, sure. Now, no.

Let's not forget Kendrick is touring with SZA to entice the female crowd to come. Drake would need to pair with someone, but what female pop star would want to tour with him now?

Probably Doja Cat. She’d get all the chatroom incels and foot fetishing whites to show up

 

[iseetrolledpeople]

Negative.


As of May 2025, Drake has not embarked on a full-scale stadium tour. Throughout his career, he has primarily performed in arenas and large indoor venues. For example, his 2012 “Club Paradise Tour” and the 2013–2015 “Would You Like a Tour?” were held in arenas across North America, Europe, and Oceania .





Several factors contribute to this choice. Drake’s performances often emphasize intimacy and production quality, which are more manageable in arena settings. Additionally, some industry commentators suggest that while Drake has the popularity to fill stadiums, the financial and logistical aspects of stadium tours might not align with his performance style and business model .

Basically: his shows suck ass, he's tranny voice cand handle live events and his fans are exaggerated by bots.

 

[King Poetic]

Probably Em is the only other rapper

Dude be having these young kids of all races do reaction videos to his music all the time

 

[semicko82]

Yeah the nikka who sold 1.5 in a short week. How old were you when 50 was popping?

You really think 50 doing stadiums in 2025?
No trolling legit question

What a person sold twenty years ago doesn't correlate to selling out stadiums nowadays

 

[Harry B]

A lot of rappers can do stadiums in Sza

Nav could probably do a stadium in Canada with Sza

Just like a lot of rappers could do stadiums with Beyonce or Rihanna

As for a solo tour, hard to say if anyone can do it in the US. It's a bit different when you only do one stadium per country, I mean Drake or Kendrick can do do an Arena in the UK like 8x. Then like north UK a couple times etc. Which is a lot more than doing 1 stadium date.

 

[valet]

Travis

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Funny this thread happened cause I Guthrie that Shakira will be in Charlotte tomorrow at Bank of America Stadium. She’s still winning

 

[GilSho]

C00nye is not a stadium artist in 2025 lol.

Only Eminem and Drake can do it..

It's a very niche group of artists that can fill up stadiums and those are old ass rock bands and a select group of pop stars.