Dr. Dre says he sided with Kendrick Lamar after hearing Drake “say something negative about Kendrick’s wife and kids”

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Dr. Dre has publicly spoken about Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’ for the first time – see what he had to say below.Last year, during the heated rivalry between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, the latter delivered his final blow in the form of the chart-topping ‘Not Like Us’, which has gone on to be nominated for several Grammys including Record of The Year and Song of The Year.In June last year, Kendrick Lamar hosted the one-night-only concert, ‘The Pop Out’ in Los Angeles, which featured a myriad of special guests.

During the show, he performed nearly every song he released during his beef with Drake. To end of the concert, Dr. Dre rolled up onstage to perform bits of ‘Still D.R.E’ and ‘California Love’, before introducing Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, delivering the now-iconic whispered opener “Pssst, I see dead people”.

Kendrick would then go on to perform the song a whopping five times.Dr. Dre has also famously been a mentor figure to Kendrick Lamar, singing the ‘HUMBLE.’ rapper to Aftermath and Interscope in 2011.

The legendary rapper-producer recently joined the debut episode of The Unusual Suspects With Kenya Barris and Malcolm Gladwell, where they spoke about Kendrick’s ‘Pop Out’ concert.During the conversation, Dre took the opportunity to share that while he doesn’t like getting involved in rap beefs or taking sides, he felt the need to show his support for his protege after Drake started taking shots at Kendrick’s family.Dre told Barris and Gladwell: “I love that record.