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Since dropping in Might, Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been just about inescapable. It’s been performed at award exhibits, the Paris Olympics and may even make its solution to the stage on the upcoming Tremendous Bowl LIX. On Monday (Oct. 21), throughout a dialog with SZA for Harper’s Bazaar, the Compton lyricist mirrored on what the monitor personally represents to him.
“‘Not Like Us’ is the vitality of who I’m, the kind of man I signify,” Lamar shared with the publication. “This man has morals. He has values. He believes in one thing. He stands on one thing. He’s not pandering.”
The DAMN. rapper additional defined, “He’s a person who can acknowledge his errors and never be afraid to share [them] and may dig deep down into fear-based ideologies or experiences to have the ability to categorical them with out feeling like he’s much less of a person. If I’m considering of ‘Not Like Us,’ I’m considering of me and whoever identifies with that.”
Lamar’s feedback could also be shade towards Drake, who took hits all through the aforementioned monitor. Within the chart-topping track, the pgLang founder name-dropped OVO associates like Nessel “Chubbs” Beezer and Baka Not Good, criticized the Canadian star for utilizing Tupac Shakur’s likeness on “Taylor Made Freestyle,” and sarcastically dubbed him the “69 God.”
Drake responded with “THE HEART PART 6,” wherein he denied Lamar’s pedophilia allegations and admitted to baiting him with false info. “Solely f**kin’ with Whitneys, not Millie Bobby Browns; I might by no means look twice at no teenager,” he spat over Boi-1da’s manufacturing.
The Lamar-Drake feud misplaced steam after the previous dropped the visible companion for “Not Like Us” in July. Then, in September, the previous Prime Dawg Leisure artist declared, “It is time to watch the get together die” on an untitled report.
In the meantime, Drake has saved busy with releases like “SOD,” “It’s Up” that includes Younger Thug and 21 Savage, “Housekeeping Is aware of” with Latto, and “No Face,” to call a number of.