Kendrick Lamar Will Perform on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’

Kendrick Lamar will hit the late night television stage this week as he is set to interview and perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The show will air on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 11:35 p.m. Eastern on NBC. Back in September, K. Dot appeared on The Colbert Report and performed cuts from To Pimp a Butterfly including a four-song medley of "Wesley's Theory," "Momma," King Kunta" and "u." The performance was met with great response and serves as a precursor for what to expect from Thursday night's show.

The performance will be a rare appearance from Lamar as he usually doesn't do much press or television after the exhausting press run he does leading up to an album release. In his recent XXL cover story, the Compton MC spoke on being a recluse and why he doesn't hit the clubs or stay on the scene. "I do love being on stage and performing in front of thousands of people. It makes me feel connected. It’s all the other stuff," he said. "That’s why I don’t go to a lot of events or am seen out in the public a lot. People don’t see me all over the place. It’s definitely not a conscious effort, I just like to do what I do. I really just like to chill, man. I just like to be by myself or with my people. Early on I thought I wanted that. To go to all the events and be around the hip-hop industry but things changed. It just doesn’t excite me like it excites the next person or how it would excite me a few years ago. What excites me is music. I’m just obsessed with music. Period. I just like being able to create. That’s what makes me happy. I found that in me a long time ago and I stick to it. I don’t need to go out anywhere to do that."

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