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Kendrick Lamar & SZA Get Romantic in Music Video for “Luther”

Lina D — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:10:00 +0000

Kendrick Lamar and SZA made quite a splash with their collaboration “Luther”, and they’ve just given us one final missing piece of the puzzle. The music video for this chart-topping song is finally here, and it’s as romantic as it gets.

The Karena Evans-directed visual takes us to an empty hotel, where Lamar and SZA can be seen spending some quality time with their love interests. The Nigerian-American artist Annahstasia Enuke plays Lamar’s significant other, while model Geron McKinley portrays SZA’s boyfriend.

“Luther” was featured on Lamar’s sixth studio album GNX, and it initially debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It experienced a rise in popularity after SZA joined Lamar to perform it live during his Super Bowl LIX halftime show performance. It eventually hit No. 1 and spent seven consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as of last week.

Lamar’s collaboration with SZA spans a full decade, and they’re gearing up to embark on a Grand National Tour by each other’s side. They’re set to perform 39 shows across North America and Europe, starting with a concert at the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on April 19, while the tour will conclude with the final show at the 3Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on August 9.

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Kendrick Lamar Delivers Triumphant Halftime Show at Super Bowl LIX

Chris L — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:47:00 +0000

Super Bowl LIX was a night to remember, and Kendrick Lamar was at the center of some of its most epic moments. The Grammy-winning rapper delivered a triumphant medley of his most recent hits, including the viral banger “Not Like Us”, and brought out several surprise guests during his halftime show performance.

Lamar didn’t rely on his biggest hits to make an impact with his Super Bowl performance and opted for a setlist that highlights his recent catalog. Some of the songs were taken from his deeper catalog, but most of them were released just last year, including “Squabble Up” and “TV Off” from his most recent album GNX.

Lamar also used his Super Bowl performance to take shots at Drake, cementing his triumph in their ongoing feud. The viral diss track “Not Like Us” was the highlight of his halftime show, and he brought out Serena Williams for a crip walk while the entire stadium sang along.

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Williams wasn’t the only surprise guest to make an appearance alongside Lamar. SZA joined him for an epic rendition of “Luther” and “All the Stars”, while the beloved actor Samuel L. Jackson made a cameo as Uncle Sam. Lamar signed off with “TV Off” alongside Mustard, taking a swaggering victory lap while the lights at the top of the stadium spelled out the words “Game Over.”

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2025 Grammy Awards: Kendrick Lamar & Beyoncé Take Top Prizes Home

Lina D — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:36:51 +0000

This year’s Grammy Awards were one star-studded affair, and they’ve given us many amazing moments to remember. Beyoncé finally collected the long-awaited album of the year prize, while Kendrick Lamar topped the list of winners after walking away with five trophies for his smash hit “Not Like Us”.

Beyoncé’s wait for the album of the year victory finally ended this Sunday night, when she came out victorious with her country-themed record Cowboy Carter. This album also won her a historic prize for the best country album, transforming her into the first Black female artist to collect this award.

Kendrick Lamar also had a reason to celebrate on Sunday night, after winning awards in all the categories he was nominated for and walking away with five trophies. He won song and record of the year with the viral hit “Not Like Us”, in addition to the best music video, best rap song, and best rap performance.

Charli XCX joined Beyoncé as one of the artists to walk away with three awards, including the best dance/electronic album for Brat. Sierra Ferrell was also among the top winners after dominating the Americana field with four awards, while St. Vincent won three in the alternative categories.

The 2025 Grammy Awards returned to Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, with Trevor Noah hosting the festivities for the fifth consecutive time.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2025 GRAMMY AWARDS:

Album of the Year

Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé
Beyoncé, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant & Dave Hamelin, producers; Matheus Braz, Brandon Harding, Hotae Alexander Jang, Dani Pampuri & Stuart White, engineers/mixers; Ryan Beatty, Beyoncé, Camaron Ochs, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Dave Hamelin, S. Carter & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters; Colin Leonard, mastering engineer

Song of the Year
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

Record of the Year
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar
Sean Momberger, Mustard & Sounwave, producers; Ray Charles Brown Jr. & Johnathan Turner, engineers/mixers; Nicolas de Porcel, mastering engineer

Best New Artist
Chappell Roan

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Die with a Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

Best Latin Pop Album
Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira

Best Country Album
Cowboy Carter — Beyoncé

Best Pop Vocal Album
Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter

Best Rap Album
Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale)

Best Classical Compendium
Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly)

Best Musical Theater Album
Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion

Best Choral Performance
“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing)

Best Opera Recording
“Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas)

Best Orchestral Performance
|“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Instrumental Composition
“Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman)

Best Immersive Audio Album
i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel & Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel)

Producer of the Year, Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)

Elaine Martone

Bartók: String Quartet No.3; Suite From ‘The Miraculous Mandarin’ (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
The Book Of Spells (Merian Ensemble) (A)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Divine Mischief (Julian Bliss, J. Eric Wilson & Baylor University Wind Ensemble) (A)
Joy! (John Morris Russell & Cincinnati Pops) (A)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)
Schubert: The Complete Impromptus (Gerardo Teissonnière) (A)
Stranger At Home (Shachar Israel) (A)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra) (A)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon

Best Reggae Album
Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists)

Best Global Music Album
Alkebulan II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Best African Music Performance
“Love Me JeJe” — Tems

Best Global Music Performance
“Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti

Best Alternative Jazz Album
No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Latin Jazz Album
Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck

Best Jazz Vocal Album
A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy

Best Jazz Performance
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May & Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel)

Best Song Written For Visual Media
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste)

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper

Best Alternative Music Album
All Born Screaming — St. Vincent

Best Alternative Music Performance
“Flea” — St. Vincent

Best Rock Album
Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones

Best Rock Song
“Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent)

Best Metal Performance
“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne

Best Rock Performance
“Now and Then” — The Beatles

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (A Producer’s Award. Artist names appear in parentheses. S stands for Single, T for Track and A for Album)

Daniel Nigro

“Can’t Catch Me Now (From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes)” (Olivia Rodrigo) (S)
Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Chappell Roan) (A)
“girl i’ve always been” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Good Luck, Babe!” (Chappell Roan) (S)
“so american” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“stranger” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)

Best Historical Album
Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)

Best Album Notes
Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon)

Best Recording Package
Brat — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx)

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording
Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter

Best Comedy Album
The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle

Best Children’s Music Album
Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Visions — Norah Jones

Best Music Film
“American Symphony” — Jon Batiste
Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman & Joedan Okun, video producers

Best Music Video
“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar
Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter & Jamie Rabineau, video producers

Best Rap Song

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu

Best Rap Performance

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar

Best R&B Album

11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown

Best Progressive R&B Album (tie)

So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine
Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge)

Best R&B Song

“Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA)

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“That’s You” — Lucky Daye

Best R&B Performance

“Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
A Songwriter’s Award. (Artists’ names appear in parentheses.) (S) stands for Single, (T) stands for Track

Amy Allen

“Chrome Cowgirl” (Leon Bridges) (S)
“Espresso” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“High Road” (Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph) (S)
“Please Please Please” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)
“run for the hills” (Tate McRae) (S)
“scared of my guitar” (Olivia Rodrigo) (T)
“Selfish” (Justin Timberlake) (S)
“Sweet Dreams” (Koe Wetzel) (S)
“Taste” (Sabrina Carpenter) (S)

Best Tropical Latin Album

Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana

Best Música Urbana Album

Las Letras Ya No Importan — Residente

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Mileage — Ruthie Foster

Best Traditional Blues Album

Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet

Best American Roots Performance

“Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell

Best Country Song

“The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“II Most Wanted” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus

Best Country Solo Performance

“It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton

Best Roots Gospel Album

Church — Cory Henry

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Heart Of A Human — DOE

Best Gospel Album

More Than This — CeCe Winans

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Kuini — Kalani Pe’a

Best Folk Album

Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Bluegrass Album

Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings

Best Americana Album

Trail Of Flowers — Sierra Ferrell

Best American Roots Song

“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell)

Best Americana Performance

“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell

Best Remix Recording

“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)

Best Dance Pop Recording

“Von dutch” — Charli xcx

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

Best Dance/Electronic Album

BRAT — Charli xcx

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

“Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala

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5 Amazing Albums That 2024 Will Be Remembered By

Lina D — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:05:00 +0000

After 12 amazing months in the world of music, 2024 is coming to a close. It’s been another groundbreaking year for our favorite artists and saw them pushing the boundaries of their craft. If you’re in the mood to end the year on a high note, take a look back at some epic albums we’ve been listening to on repeat in 2024.

Sabrina Carpenter – Short n’ Sweet

After trying to break into the mainstream for a decade, Sabrina Carpenter finally got her moment to shine in 2024. Short n’ Sweet put her on everyone’s radar, and its singles “Espresso”, “Please Please Please”, and “Taste” were among the biggest hits of 2024.

Kendrick Lamar – GNX

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was one of the defining songs of 2024, and he kept the moment going by dropping a surprise album GNX. It featured 12 brand-new tracks, including chart-topping single “Squabble Up” and collaborations with SZA and Roddy Ricch.

Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft

Hit Me Hard and Soft didn’t create as much commotion as its predecessors, but it did a great job capturing Billie Eilish’s evolution as an artist, in addition to giving us hit singles “Lunch” and “Birds of a Feather”.

Charli XCX – Brat

Charli XCX has given us one of the biggest pop culture phenomenons of 2024 with her album Brat. It resulted in the viral “Brat summer” trend, in addition to producing such hit songs as “Apple”, “Girl, So Confusing” ft. Lorde”, “Von Dutch”, and “360”.

Beyoncé – Cowboy Carter

Beyoncé made us fall in love with country with her latest album Cowboy Carter. The perfect illustration of her versatility as an artist, this record has given us the viral hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” and collaborations with Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, and Post Malone.

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Best New Songs of the Week

Nikoleta P — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:56:00 +0000

With Christmas just around the corner, we’ve expected a pretty slow week for new music releases, but our favorite artists always have a way of surprising us. SZA and Kendrick Lamar have given us another great collaboration, making their way to our list of the best songs of the week along with Miley Cyrus, The Wombats, and J. Cole.

SZA has been teasing the deluxe version of SOS titled Lana for quite some time, and its rollout has been one wild ride. She kept pushing its release date time and time again, and eventually dropped it on December 20, giving us 15 new tracks that were worth the wait, including “30 For 30” ft. Kendrick Lamar.

This week also marked the official release of Miley Cyrus’ “Beautiful That Way” from Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl. She recently received a Golden Globe nomination for writing this song alongside Andrew Wyatt and Lykke Li.

The rest of our week features several established artists, such as J. Cole, Winona Oak, and The Wombats, but it mostly spotlights independent and alternative music. Stick around to discover new songs by the likes of The Weather Station, d4vd, Nao, Tom Misch, and Anya Nami.

SZA – “30 For 30” ft. Kendrick Lamar

Miley Cyrus – “Beautiful That Way”

J. Cole – “Die Together”

Winona Oak – “I Broke Me First”

The Weather Station – “Body Moves”

The Wombats – “My Head Is Not My Friend”

d4vd – “Where’d It Go Wrong?”

Nao – “All Of Me”

Tom Misch – “Falling For You”

Anya Nami – “Closer to the Moon”

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Kendrick Lamar Dominates Billboard 200 & Hot 100 Charts With “GNX”

Lina D — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:52:00 +0000

2024 has been an epic year for Kendrick Lamar, and he’s ending it on a high note. His surprise album GNX debuted atop the Billboard 200, while its songs occupy the majority of the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, with “Squabble Up” becoming his third track to hit No. 1 this year.

GNX soared to the top with 319,000 first-week equivalent album units during its debut week. SEA units comprise 285,000 (equaling 379.72 million on-demand official streams), album sales comprise 32,000 since it was only widely available through standard digital download, while TEA units comprise 2,000.

GNX is Lamar’s fifth album to soar to the top of the Billboard 200, following in the footsteps of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022), DAMN. (2017), Untitled Unmastered (2016) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).

Songs from this record occupy the majority of the Billboard 100 chart this week, including the top five. He joins an exclusive club of only three artists who manage to place at No. 1-5 in a single week – Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Beatles.

“Squabble Up” is shaping up to be the album’s biggest hit after debuting at No. 1, ahead of “TV Off” ft. Lefty Gunplay, “Luther” ft. SZA, “Wacced Out Murals”, and “Hey Now” ft. Dody6. This is Lamar’s third No. 1 hit in 2024 after “Like That” ft. Future and Metro Boomin and “Not Like Us”, making him the only artist to achieve three No. 1 songs this year.

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Best New Songs of the Week

Mark T — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 06:15:00 +0000

We all reach that point when listening to the same songs over and over again gets old, and we’re craving something new and fresh. Luckily, we can always count on our favorite artists to surprise us with some amazing songs, and Kendrick Lamar, Twenty One Pilots, and Tyla did just that this week.

2024 has been a pretty epic year for Kendrick Lamar, and just when we thought we’d seen it all – he found a way to impress us again. The rapper’s surprise album GNX hit the shelves this Friday with no prior notice and delivered 12 epic new tracks, with “Luther” emerging as an early favorite.

Most other albums released this Friday were largely overshadowed by Lamar’s latest, but a few still managed to catch our eye. Father John Misty impressed us with “Mental Health” from Mahashmashana, while Michael Kiwanuka deserves a shout-out for “One and Only” from Small Changes.

This week has also been pretty great for Tyla, who’s been on fire this fall. After stirring the commotion with her recent music video for “Push 2 Start”, she surprised us with her new ballad “Tears”, which she performed during the most recent Coke Studio Session.

Check out the rest of our list of the best new songs of the week to discover new music by Wizkid, Omar Apollo, Coi Leray, Three Days Grace, and JoJo.

Kendrick Lamar – “Luther”

Twenty One Pilots – “The Line”

Tyla – “Tears”

Father John Misty – “Mental Health”

Michael Kiwanuka – “One and Only”

Wizkid – “Troubled Mind”

Coi Leray – “Heart Don’t Lie”

Omar Apollo, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “Te Maldigo”

JoJo – “Too Much To Say”

Three Days Grace – “Mayday”

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2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show: Kendrick Lamar Announced as Headliner

Kate A — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 06:59:00 +0000

Kendrick Lamar is no stranger to hitting that iconic Super Bowl stage, and he’ll finally get to do it all on his own. The Grammy-winning rapper has been announced as the headliner of the Super Bowl LIX halftime show, taking place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on February 9, 2025.

Lamar previously performed at the Super Bowl in 2022 alongside the rap legends Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem, and he promised his headlining show would be another celebration of hip-hop. “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date. And I’ll be there to remind the world why. They got the right one,” said Lamar in a statement.

Jay-Z, who’s producing the Super Bowl halftime show through Roc Nation, described Lamar as a once-in-a-generation artist and performer, with an unparalleled ability to define and influence culture globally, whose deep love for hip-hop and culture informs his artistic vision.

NFL’s announcement is the cherry on the cake of an amazing year for Lamar, who has given us several hit songs since the start of 2024. He kicked things off with Future and Metro Boomin collaboration “Like That”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, only to find even bigger success with the Drake diss track “Not Like Us”.

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Kendrick Lamar Stirs Commotion With His “Not Like Us” Video

Nikoleta P — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Just when we thought that the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake cooled down, Lamar decided to add some more fuel to the fire. He stirred quite a commotion with the music video for the diss track “Not Like Us”, which serves as his final victory lap in this beef.

Directed by Dave Free and Lamar, the “Not Like Us” visual is filled with countless Easter eggs referencing the feud between the two rappers. From doing push-ups as a reference to Drake’s song of the same name to hitting a piñata reminiscent of Drake’s OVO Owl, Lamar made sure to take a hit at Drake every chance he got.

The music video “Not Like Us” stirred quite a commotion after hitting the shelves on Independence Day, and attracted millions of views on YouTube. Even before this video hit the shelves, “Not Like Us” was already the most successful song to come out of the Lamar-Drake feud, and it set several streaming records before debuting atop the Billboard Hot 100.

Its popularity just kept rising after Lamar first released it in early May. His performance at the Juneteenth concert in Inglewood, California titled “Pop Out: Ken & Friends” brought even more attention to this song after Lamar performed it six times alongside several notable guest stars.

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Kendrick Lamar Tops Billboard Hot 100 Chart With Diss Track “Not Like Us”

Mark T — Wed, 15 May 2024 06:56:00 +0000

The ongoing feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake produced several diss tracks, and one of them just hit No. 1. Kendrick Lamar soared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Not Like Us”, in addition to hitting No. 3 with “Euphoria”.

The heated feud between Lamar and Drake erupted in recent weeks, and it can be traced to Lamar’s surprise appearance on Future and Metro Boomin’s single “Like That”. This song spent three weeks at No. 1, but it’s no longer Lamar’s only diss track to top the charts this year.

The back and forth between the two rappers produced several songs, and “Not Like Us” is shaping up to be the biggest hit. It drew 70.9 million official streams, 5 million radio airplay audience impressions, and 15,000 sold during its debut week to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise since this track made Spotify history by attracting more single-day streams than any rap song in the platform’s history.

“Not Like Us” isn’t the only song in the top ten that we owe to Lamar’s feud with Drake. He also soared from No. 11 to No. 3 with “Euphoria”, while Drake’s “Family Matters” debuted at No. 7.

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