Ye Brings Out Kid Cudi and Erykah Badu in Dallas, Reportedly Breaking His Own Rap Attendance Record

Ye’s stadium run keeps breaking its own record. His Saturday (Nov. 7) show at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, reportedly became the most-attended rap concert in U.S. history, Complex reports, topping the 80,210 fans he drew at NRG Stadium in Houston on Halloween. The Dallas-area stadium announced Kid Cudi as the surprise guest, and he joined Ye late in the night for “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1.”

The numbers are still unofficial. Complex cites Loren LoRosa of The Breakfast Club, who reported 83,000 tickets sold. HotNewHipHop, citing LoRosa, Bars and promoter IKON Presents, puts it at about 83,132 tickets and more than $18 million in revenue. It adds that the stadium reportedly holds 100,000 for sold-out events, and that Ye’s world-record crowd remains the 118,000 who watched him in Istanbul last May.

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Cudi wasn’t the only guest. Erykah Badu, a Dallas native, per Billboard, came out earlier in the show and performed “Didn’t Cha Know,” “On & On,” “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)” and “Tyrone,” as HotNewHipHop lists them. Ye and Cudi also did “Ghost Town” together and walked out together for “Runaway,” before Cudi played “Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix)” and “Day ’N’ Nite (Nightmare).” André Troutman, the tour regular, was there too.

Ye and Cudi fell out in 2022 after Ye removed Cudi’s work from Donda 2. Cudi rejoined him onstage at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sept. 4, the show we covered, their first shared stage since Coachella 2019, and has defended the reconciliation since.

He apologized and it was sincere.

Kid Cudi, on X, on his reconciliation with Ye, Complex

Billboard says Cudi joined Ye atop the spinning globe set in a red puffer jacket, and that Ye has played spot dates across the world this year after his March album, Bully, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. For Badu’s other 2026 story, see her album with The Alchemist.

Next up is the last U.S. show of the year, Nov. 21 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, which holds about 78,600, per Complex. HotNewHipHop adds a date in Mexico City on March 19, 2027.