Kendrick Lamar performs Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’ 5 times at star-studded Juneteenth concert
Kendrick Lamar performed his Drake diss track “Not Like Us” a whopping five times during his star-studded Juneteenth concert Wednesday night.
The “Humble” rapper closed his “Pop Out: Ken & Friends” show at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., with the scathing song, which includes lyrics accusing his rival of being a pedophile.
Surprise guest Dr. Dre introduced the track by whispering the intro line, “I see dead people.”
Lamar, 37, then performed the hit, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 last month, repeatedly as the stage became flooded with several celebrities, including fellow rappers YG, ScHoolboy Q and Roddy Ricch as well as NBA stars DeMar DeRozan and Russell Westbrook.
“Y’all ain’t gonna let anyone disrespect the West Coast, huh?” the Pulitzer Prize winner asked the crowd, which sang the song word-for-word all five times.
“Oh, y’all ain’t gonna let nobody mock or imitate our legends, huh?” he added.
Several stars attended the Compton-born emcee’s show, including Drake’s close friend LeBron James, James Harden and Rick Ross. Lamar’s longtime fiancée, Whitney Alford, who has been a target of several of the “Take Care” rapper’s jabs, was also spotted in the audience.
The beef between Lamar and Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, kicked off in March when the “Loyalty” rapper was featured on Future and Metro Boomin’s hit “Like That.”
In the song, he rapped, “Motherf–k the big three, n–a, it’s just big me,” referring to the “Hotline Bling” singer and J. Cole.
The following month, Drake, also 37, dropped “Push Ups” on streaming services. The song’s cover art appeared to mock Lamar’s shoe size with a picture of a size 7 sneaker.
On the track, the “God’s Plan” rapper poked fun at his foe’s record deal with Top Dawg Entertainment.
After Lamar did not respond, Drake then followed up with “Taylor Made Freestyle,” in which he used AI voices of West Coast rappers Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur, expressing their disappointment in Lamar’s silence.
However, Lamar didn’t remain silent for too long, as he then released the six-minute song “Euphoria” on April 30, in which he called out Drake for using the N-word and acting tough.
After both rappers released several more disses, their beef seemingly came to a head when the “Poetic Justice” performer dropped “Not Like Us.”
“Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young / You better not ever go to cell block one / To any bitch that talk to him and they in love / Just make sure you hide your lil’ sister from him,” he rapped on the track.
The Toronto native then denied liking underage girls in “The Heart Pt 6,” rapping, “Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I’m too respected / If I was f–king young girls, I promise I’d have been arrested / I’m way too famous for this s–t you just suggested.”
Drake was seemingly unbothered by the success of Lamar’s Juneteenth show, as he shared a mirror selfie on Instagram after the concert wrapped.
“Summer League,” he captioned the pic of him wearing a throwback Cleveland Indians jersey, baggy parachute pants and white platform boots.
