"Game recognises game"— Internet reacts to Tyler, the Creator referencing Kendrick Lamar on Rah Tah Tah from Chromakopia

On October 28, 2024, Tyler, the Creator dropped his latest album, Chromakopia, containing 14 tracks. While the album has just been released, it has made headlines for its second track, Rah Tah Tah. In one of the verses of the song, Tyler references Kendrick Lamar.

The lyrics read:

"It's really Odd Future, all them other n**gas whacked out/ The biggest out the city after Kenny, that's a fact now"

Internet users quickly reacted to Tyler, the Creator's reference to Kendrick, taking to X to express their opinions. One individual on X tweeted:

"Game recognises game"

Several other netizens shared their take on Tyler's reference.

"He ain’t lying," an individual wrote.

"Honorable mentions to KDOT," another added.

"Probably right, as of this moment in time," an X user wrote.

"Paying tribute to the 🐐 You gotta love it," an internet user tweeted.

While some agreed with the artist, others believed the track was "not genuine."

"kendrick not better," an X user said.

"I support all and this is actually a very bad thing if all rappers start glazing Kendeick to put up with audience views, it's not genuine he's glazing the guy here," an internet user said.

"Kendrick gonna find a way to diss him for this," another added.

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"YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT WHEN YOU WAKE UP"— Tyler, the Creator announces Chromakopia on X

Tyler, the Creator started teasing his album Chromakopia early in October 2024, releasing the opening track St. Chroma and the single Noid before dropping the album. The American rapper took to X on October 26, 2024, to announce:

"CHROMAKOPIA COMES OUT MONDAY MORNING AT 6AM EST. YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU DONT HAVE TO DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF SLEEP FOR SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN YOU WAKE UP*"

Before announcing the release date of his seventh album, the rapper tweeted on October 24, 2024, that he would be playing his whole Chromakopia album at the Intuit Dome in California on October 27, 2024.

As per a report by Vulture dated October 25, 2024, the Chromakopia album credits feature Thundercat for Noid with Willow on backing vocals and The Bear fame Ayo Edebiri making an appearance in the video. Additionally, R&B singer Daniel Caesar is the mystery vocalist on the track St. Chroma, as revealed via his Instagram story.

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In other news, Tyler, the Creator made headlines on October 6, 2024, by dissing Elon Musk during the Austin City Limits Festival. While the reason for Tyler's remarks remains unclear, he changed the lyrics to his track 911/Mr. Lonely from "shout out to Elon Musk" to "f*ck Elon."

Previously, Tyler praised Elon Musk in a tweet on June 16, 2016, wherein he suggested Musk should pursue any ideas he has regardless of what others say, giving the Tesla CEO a shoutout in the tweet. Tyler, the Creator's tweet was met with a "Thanks" by Elon Musk.

Tyler's tweet praising Elon Musk (Image via X/@tylerthecreator)

However, neither the rapper nor Musk has commented on the change in Tyler's 911/Mr. Lonely lyrics or on the public performance of the song.