Ye's Comeback Concert Draws 70,000 with Lauryn Hill Guest Spot

Kanye West, performing under his adopted name Ye, drew a sold-out crowd of about 70,000 to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 3, 2026, for the second night of his comeback concerts, featuring surprise appearances by Lauryn Hill, Travis Scott, CeeLo Green, and his daughter North West.

The performance marked Ye's first major U.S. shows in nearly five years and followed the late March release of his album Bully. Unlike the first concert two days earlier, which faced technical issues and a more subdued delivery, Friday's event unfolded as a high-energy spectacle on a dome-shaped stage that shifted between depictions of a moon, Earth, and a smoking orb. Ye thanked the audience early on, saying, "I want to thank y'all for sticking by me all these years. Through the hard times, through the low times. I love you for that."

Lauryn Hill emerged midway through amid a cloud of smoke, joining Ye for their first live collaboration on his 2004 hit "All Falls Down," which interpolates her 2002 track "Mystery of Iniquity." The duo transitioned into a mashup of Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" and Ye's 2021 song "Believe What I Say," which samples her work. Hill then performed "Lost Ones" solo...