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On June 19, Kendrick Lamar performed in a concert for the first time since his beef with Drake. The concert was called The Pop Out: Ken & Friends and was a grand celebration of the Juneteenth day with a star-studded guest list.
Several high-profile personalities in the hip-hop industry, such as Dr. Dre, Roddy, and $ign, were in attendance, but the show's biggest attraction was Kendrick Lamar's performance. The 37-year-old rapper performed his diss track, Not Like Us, five times throughout the event.
Fans of both parties were desperately waiting for Drizzy's reaction, and it came in the form of an Instagram story. The Canadian rapper took to Instagram Stories on June 20 and shared a picture of himself in a Cleveland jersey with the caption 'Summer League.'
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Many fans on X were skeptical about the God's Plan rapper and concluded that Drizzy was trying to look unbothered and failing at it. Some of the reactions to Drizzy's story shared by Kurrco on X are as follows:
"He really still doing that little mouth pucker thing. He not coming back," commented one netizen.
"Bro tryna act like he ain’t bothered… I could be the richest man in the world.. but when my enemy performing I know for sure I’m peekin in to see what the hype is..." opined another.
"IG baddie is delulu," quipped one twitterati. (Delulu is the gen-z slang for delusional.)
Others alleged that Kendrick Lamar had won the diss battle and trolled Drizzy and his fans in the comment section:
"We are rooting for Kendrick," wrote a fan.
"They’re about to start crying in the comments section," trolled another, supposedly referring to Drake's fanbase.
"Drake’s subliminal caption response pretending he’s unaffected by Kendrick Lamar’s Pop Out concert & all the disses. Smiling with his new Ozempic face wearing a Cleveland Indians jersey. Summer League? The Boy already took his ball and ran home. He must like Little League better," some fans were elaborate in their skepticism too.
Some fans also thought that Drake was having a dig at Russell Westbrook, who was also present at Kendrick Lamar's event.
"I think Drake was trying to say Westbrook ass might have to compete in the summer league for a roster spot this year," commented another person.
Kendrick Lamar performed Drake diss track five times with new lyrical additions
At the Kia Forum on Wednesday, June 19, Kendrick Lamar invited all the big names of the industry at his The Pop Out: Ken & Friends event. Several celebrity singers and rappers performed at the event, but the center of attraction was Lamar himself.
He performed Drake diss track called Not Like Us five times, with each performance met with more cheers and applause than the last. Not Like Us was Lamar's final addition to the feud battle. He zeroed in on his allegations against Drizzy in Meet the Grahams.
"Oh, y’all ain’t gonna let nobody mock or imitate our legends, huh?" snarked Lamar, possibly alluding to Drake using AI-generated vocals of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg in his track, Taylor Made Freestyle.
Kendrick Lamar took the stage at 6.30 pm on the night of the show and started proceedings with his diss track Euphoria. However, Euphoria had a new lyrical addition. Lamar rapped:
"Give me Tupac’s ring back and I might give you a little respect."
Here, Lamar alluded to the late Tupac Shakur's ring, which was bought at an auction by an anonymous bidder for approximately $2 million. It was later revealed that the buyer was none other than Drake.
The show ended with an explosive performance of Not Like Us. Lamar was joined by Dr. Dre and the crowd started singing the Drake diss track along with them. Toward the end of the song, the 37-year-old was joined by almost 30 other guests as they joined voices with him.
"This is unity, y’all just don’t know man," exclaimed Lamar as he took a group photo with all of them.
The Meet the Grahams rapper continued:
"Everybody on this stage got fallen soldiers. For all of us to be together, that [expletive] is special. We put this together with peace. I promise this won’t be the last of us."
Kendrick Lamar acknowledged the rare moment of solidarity in the hip-hop fraternity and dedicated the song and the entire show to all the rappers and friends that people had lost due to violence. The show finally came to an end with an instrumental rendition of Not Like Us.
