Mick Jenkins, The Underachievers join forces for NZ tour

Mick Jenkins will perform here in March with The Underachievers.

Mick Jenkins, the standout performer of this year's Laneway Festival, is teaming up wtih The Underachievers for a New Zealand tour in March.

The rap acts will perform two shows: Auckland's Powerstation on March 21 and Wellington's San Fran on March 22.

They'll be joined on the line-up by Baro, an Australian act.

Jenkins, from Chicago, first performed here earlier this year as part of the Laneway line-up.

He'll be playing on the back of his highly rated recent album, The Healing Component.

Tickets go on sale at 2pm this Friday.