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- Trevor Noah wrapped up the US leg of his Off The Record tour on 11 May, with a show at the Hollywood Bowl as part of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival.
- During his stand-up set, Noah touched on the rap feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.
- He is set to continue his Off The Record tour in June with shows in Singapore.
Trevor Noah closed off the US leg of his Off The Record tour on Saturday, with a show at the Hollywood Bowl that was part of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival.
The festival features a range of comedians at various venues in Los Angeles and ran from 2 to 12 May. Ahead of his show, Noah expressed his excitement, writing "I can't wait!" on X (formerly known as Twitter).
"Los Angeles! I can't wait to see you on May 11th. We are wrapping up the US leg of my Off The Record Tour in style. Hollywood Bowl. One night only. Part of the #NetflixIsAJokeFest. It doesn't get any better," the comedian wrote in another post.
"What a way to close out the tour, Los Angeles! Thank you again to everyone that filled the Hollywood Bowl with so much love and laughter tonight! It was truly a dream," he wrote after his performance.
What a way to close out the tour Los Angeles! ?? Thank you again to everyone that filled the Hollywood Bowl with so much love & laughter tonight! ???????????? It was truly a dream. ???? #OffTheRecordTour pic.twitter.com/nFcNjgkAqn
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) May 12, 2024
Noah has shows planned for his Off The Record tour in Singapore during June and has more European dates lined up as well.
During his Hollywood Bowl show, Noah also touched on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake feud and proclaimed himself on Team Kendrick.
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He was asked about the feud during an audience Q&A segment and pretended to end the show to avoid the question, according to USA Today.
"In general, I love both. You can't force me to not love both. I don't live in a binary world; I love Drake's music, I love Kendrick's music," he said.
"I think in this instance, in my humble opinion, Kendrick won because first of all, he layered it," Noah added.
"Drake had some great rhymes. They were fantastic, but they were, like, direct. Kendrick was [doing] double, triple, quadruple entendre. And if you didn't get it, he was just like, 'I hate how you walk. I hate how you talk.' And I was like, 'Wow, what an effective way of communication.'"
He also said Lamar's music was catchy, adding, "When people are singing your demise for fun, I think you've lost the rap beef. So: Kendrick."
