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On Wednesday, June 19, Kendrick Lamar surprised fans by bringing back the Black Hippy supergroup. While performing at The Pop Out-Ken & Friends Juneteenth Concert, members of the group came on stage and performed a medley of songs, including K. Dot classics. Internet users were thrilled to see the band back together and took to the internet to express the same.
Black Hippy was formed in South Central, Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The group consisted of Compton-based artists Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, ScHoolboy Q, and Kendrick Lamar.
During the concert, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolboy Q made it to the stage to perform several songs, including Win, King’s Dead, 6:16 in LA, Money Trees, Collard Greens, That Part, and King Kunta.
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The X page of the NFR Podcast shared a video of the group performing together. The social media post was quick to go viral and had amassed nearly 800,000 views at the time of writing this article. The internet had a field day watching videos of Black Hippy reunited. A few reactions read:
“This is the best hip hop performance this year hands down,” one X user said.
“This whole performance is hitting,” another platform user stated.
“This performance is so good. Amazing stuff from them,” another internet user stated.
It remains unclear as to whether the group will be reuniting to create new music. Nonetheless, fans were pleased to see them perform together after many years. Other reactions read:
“One of the best performances in 2024 so far,” a social media user commented.
“People really don’t understand how crazy this is. They haven’t been on stage, actually together in years,” an X user said.
“LEGENDARY NIGHT IN HIP HOP,” another netizen said.
More about Black Hippy as Kendrick Lamar’s concert surprise goes viral online
Black Hippy was signed to the famous Top Dawg Entertainment music label. The hip-hop supergroup never created albums together. However, the members have frequently collaborated.
A few songs they have worked on together include Schoolboy Q’s Try Me, Jay Rock’s TDE Roll Call, Ab Soul’s Constipation, and That Part (Black Hippy Remix).
The group publicly disbanded in February 2022. Speaking about the same, Top Dog Entertainment’s president, Terrance “Punch” Henderson, stated that Kendrick Lamar’s departure from the group signaled an end to the team’s union.
“We definitely wanted to do a Black Hippy album. The timing never really panned out. When one guy would be recording his album, another guy would be on tour. Everybody was never in the same timeframe. So we didn’t want to hold back we wanted to keep going and just push further into their individual careers,” Punch said.
Furthermore, Schoolboy Q seemingly confirmed that the group would never reunite. He said on The Danny Brown Show in the past,
“I’m not making no Black Hippy sh*t. Hell no. I’ll never do that sh*t.”
Meanwhile, Kendrick Lamar’s latest performance garnered immense traction as he opened the show with his Drake-diss track Euphoria, which included a change in the lyrics.
