Kendrick Lamar has finally released the music video for his chart-topping Drake diss song “Not Like Us.”
K-Dot releases video for “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” continues to dominate the race for summer song. On Thursday (July 4), “King of the West Coast” released the smash hit visual. In the video, filmed on June 22, K-Dot takes the entire city of Compton, California, to a victory lap. The visual below shows the “Euphoria” rapper visiting various locations in his hometown while being supported by captivated fans, who passionately sing the song’s chorus “They don’t like us /They don’t like us/They don’t like us”.
In one scene, Kendrick and Mustard, who produced the song, stand outside Tam’s Burger, a local haunted house. Mustard, who wore a Toronto Blue Jays hat, has claimed since the video was shot that it was not a spoof of Drake. In another scene, Kendrick’s longtime partner Whitney Alford dances with the couple’s children, seemingly putting to rest Drake’s accusations that K-Dot abused Whitney on “Family Matters” .
There are also some visual shots of Drizzy. At the end of the video, directed by Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick beats an owl piñata with a stick and stares at an owl in a cage.
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‘Not Like Us’ Provides Momentum for Kendrick Lamar’s Return
“Not Like Us” was the last diss song K-Dot released in May amid his lyrical feud with Drake. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot chart and will become one of the biggest diss songs in rap history. 100 chart. The former TDE rapper has been taking advantage of a career renaissance. On June 19, he hosted The Pop Out – Ken & Friends, a concert that was hailed as a landmark moment in hip-hop, especially on the West Coast. There are reports that K-Dot may be preparing a new album.
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Watch the video below to hear what Kendrick Lamar had to say about Drake’s chart-topping performance.