Kendrick Lamar put on a great show for his city with his Juneteenth “Pop Out,” but beyond entertaining, he also gave back to Los Angeles in a major way.
According to Billboard , K.dot and his company pgLang, along with Tim Hinshaw’s free lunches and the special guests he brought to the show, donated $200,000 to 20 Los Angeles charities and city community events.
“We haven’t seen this kind of unity in the West not since we lost our brother Nipsey Hussle,” Hinshaw said. “As Dot said on stage, this moment is bigger than the back and forth; this is for Support each other and show the world that we can come together for a greater cause. All of these organizations play a key role in the growth of our communities and hope we all continue to support them moving forward.
Compton G.irls Club, one of 20 recipients, said in a statement: “We would like to thank pgLang and Free Lunch for recognizing their roots and supporting g.irls from the ground up. It’s great to know that Kendrick has always It’s so refreshing to be back in the community and supporting the next generation.
View the full list of organizations receiving funds here.
Kendrick Lamar’s historic Pop Out concert also seemed to reference J. Cole in a very subtle but potentially telling way, but it went completely unnoticed at the time.
During last week’s show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Kendrick performed his 2015 hit “Alright,” but some careful observers just realized that the backing track he used was Cole’s remix, because in The Dreamville rapper can be heard ad-libbing at the beginning.
This could be an olive branch to Cole, as the North Carolina native criticized Kendrick on “7 Minute Drill” in response to his work on “Future” and Metro Boomin’s “Like That “The searing verses in “.
Of course, Cole did a U-turn a few days later, apologizing to Kendrick during his headlining performance at Dreamville Music Festival and subsequently removing “The 7 Minute Practice” from streaming services.
The two had been long-time friends and occasional collaborators before their brief feud, and Cole’s “Alright” remix was released at the same time Kendrick jumped on his 2014 Forest Hills Drive single ” A Tale of Two Citizens”.
Cole also produced Kendrick’s 2011 song “HiiiPoWeR,” and the two have been rumored to collaborate on a joint album for years.
