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Kendrick Lamar filled up the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California for “Ken & Friends Pop Out” in celebration of Juneteenth and performed “Not Like Us” five times!
The Story Behind Ken & Friends
Kendrick Lamar may have kicked off his “Ken & Friends – The Pop Out” performing “Euphoria”— one of multiple diss tracks the Compton lyricist has aimed at Drake amid their recent rap beef — but the focus of the Juneteenth concert was to showcase unity among West Coast talent.
Performances at Ken & Friends
Among the friends who performed at the show were Tyler, the Creator, YG, Roddy Ricch, Ty Dolla $ign, Dom Kennedy, and Steve Lacy, who came out during a set curated by L.A. producer DJ Mustard.
During Kendrick’s set, he reunited with Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock, with whom he’d formed the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy under the Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) record label in 2008.
He also brought out Dr. Dre who performed “Still D.R.E.” and “California Love” before he teed up Lamar’s grand finale performance of the viral Drake diss “Not Like Us” by whispering the intro line, “I see dead people.”
“Not Like Us” 5-time Debut
Lamar went on to rap the track an additional four times, stating in between the encore performances, “Y’all ain’t gonna let anyone disrespect the West Coast huh? Oh y’all ain’t gonna let nobody mock or imitate our legends huh?” as he drew out one of the standout lyrics of the song, “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor” – a double entendre playing off of an earlier reference in the track that alleges Drake likes underage girls— with each refrain.
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