Not every artist has the benefit of kicking off a tour while occupying the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, but the TDE tandem are not like most artists. Not only is their collab track “Luther” in its eighth week atop the chart (its Lamar’s sixth No. 1 on the Hot 100 and SZA’s third), but it follows a long series of wins for both.

The magnetic push-pull of Kendrick Lamar and SZA — along with giant bugs and an Anita Baker sample — kept a Wednesday night crowd rapt for two-and-a-half hours during the second stop of the Grand National Tour in Houston.