Kendrick Lamar: Last News

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Kendrick Lamar has dropped the music video for “Squabble Up,” a cut included on his surprise-released album “GNX” that arrived on Friday morning. Directed by Callmatic, the video is the first song to get the visual treatment off “GNX.” In the clip, Lamar holds center attention as dancers come and go while nods to his native Compton and Los Angeles appear throughout.

Drake has announced plans for an Australian tour, due to begin the same day Kendrick Lamar headlines the Super Bowl half-time show. News of the tour came as Drake joined Canadian streamer xQc on a livestream on Sunday night (November 24).

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Drake took jabs at Steve Lacy, The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar while livestreaming with the popular streamer xQc this weekend.Over the weekend, the Canadian appeared on xQc’s Kick livestream to announce his upcoming tour in Australia next year. Drake would comment on the music playing in the background of the stream, sometimes commenting on the artists themselves.When The Weeknd’s 2016 electro-pop hit ‘Star Boy’ came on, Drake swiftly called for the song to be “switched off,” saying the “real Six Side don’t listen to that” – suggestint his former friend and frequent collaborator is an inauthentic Torontonian.“We don’t listen to that”Drake made xQc turn off The Weeknd amidst their beef pic.twitter.com/Os5ycTulFW— Dexerto (@Dexerto) November 25, 2024The Weeknd and Drake were originally close collaborators, especially when crafting the latter’s critically acclaimed and Grammy Award-winning sophomore album ‘Take Care’.

Drake has announced his first Australian tour in eight years, set to kick off in February next year – find out more below.The Canadian rapper announced the tour, dubbed the Anita Max Wynn tour, during an appearance on xQc’s livestream Sunday night (November 24). The tour will begin on February 9 – notably the same day that his rival Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show.“February 9, for anyone that’s watching from Australia – I’m coming back to Australia for the first time in eight years.

Peter A. Berry Midway through his snarling Drake diss, “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar issued a succinct, but forceful personal mandate: “Sometimes you gotta pop out and show n—as.” It was both a plan of action and a self-fulfilling mandate. Since then, he’s won that rap beef in the most unequivocal terms imaginable: “Not Like Us” has been nominated for multiple Grammys, a rare diss track to achieve that status (ironically the last was Drake’s Meek Mill swipe “Back to Back”), the peak of a six-song flurry, beginning with his guest verse of Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” that got just one response before its target conceded with silence.

J. Cole has offered his long-term fans a treat by making his second mixtape ‘The Warm Up’ available on streaming services for the first time.As of Friday (November 22), the 22-track project is available on all major streaming platforms, arriving just days after he also made his first major tape, ‘The Come Up, Vol. 1’, available in the same format.‘The Warm Up’ was pivotal in the rise of the North Carolina rapper, with its single ‘Lights Please’ catching the attention of Jay-Z, eventually leading to Cole being signed to a deal with Roc Nation.Cole’s manager and business partner Ibrahim ‘Ib’ Hamad shared some insights into getting the mixtape onto streaming, writing on X: “Took us 15 years but I’m so happy we’re able to get this up.

Lil Wayne has appeared to respond to being namechecked on ‘Wacced Out Murals’ from Kendrick Lamar’s new album ‘GNX’.Yesterday (November 22), Lamar surprise released the record, his first full-length release since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’. ‘GNX’ features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave and also includes uncredited guest vocals from SZA.The album’s opening track is ‘Wacced Out Murals’, on which Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud / Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down”.Referencing Wayne’s classic 2008 album, Lamar would seem to be referring to the fact that he was chosen to headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show ahead of Wayne.“Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me / All these n***** agitated, I’m just glad they showin’ they faces,” Lamar continues on the track.Now, Wayne has had his say on the callout, writing on X on Saturday (November 23): “Man wtf I do?!”Man wtf I do?! I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head.

Snoop Dogg has responded to a new Kendrick Lamar lyric about his support of Drake during the two rappers’ public feud this summer.Lamar surprise-released his new album ‘GNX’ yesterday, by posting a link on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.Fans quickly picked up on a reference to Snoop Dogg on the song ‘wacced out murals’, where Lamar raps: “Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles/I couldn’t believe it, it was only right for me to let it go.”The lyric references Drake’s ‘Taylor Made Freestyle’ – a diss track against Lamar that used AI technology to rap verses using both Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur’s voices. Drake eventually removed the song from his social media and other streaming platforms after Tupac’s estate threatened to sue him.Before it was removed, though, Snoop reacted to the track on Instagram, saying in a video: “They did what? When? How? Are you sure? [Sigh] Y’all have a good night,” he said in a quick video.

Father John Misty has shared a Kendrick Lamar diss track after the rapper surprise-released his new album ‘GNX’ the same day as he dropped his new album ‘Mahashmashana’.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.The drop coincided with the release of Father John Misty’s ‘Mahashmashana’, which he joked about yesterday, writing on X: “not now I’m furiously scribbling my seeming response to”.Now, the response has arrived in the form of a new song shared on Instagram called ‘God’s Trash’. The track was posted alongside artwork parodying covers for Lamar’s recent diss tracks towards Drake from their highly publicised feud this summer.

Father John Misty has had his say on Kendrick Lamar surprise releasing his new album ‘GNX’ the same day as he dropped his new album ‘Mahashmashana’.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.It is Lamar’s sixth studio album and first since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, and features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave.

Surprise! Kendrick Lamar just dropped a new album!

Kendrick Lamar has surprise released a brand new album ‘GNX’ – listen in full below.The Compton rapper posted a link to the album on his social media pages at 5pm UK time on Friday (November 22), with the 12-track, 44-minute release now on all major music streaming platforms.It is Lamar’s sixth studio album and first since 2022’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, and features production from Jack Antonoff, Kamasi Washington, Mustard, Terrace Martin and Sounwave.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Variety has announced the next round of honorees for its eighth annual Hitmakers celebration, presented by AFEELA. All recipients are being recognized either for their breakthroughs as rising stars or for their contributions to the Grammy Awards Best New Artist nominees.

Snoop Dogg has said he did not have a side in the Kendrick Lamar–Drake feud, but thinks ‘Not Like Us’ united the West Coast.The two rappers traded a series of back-and-forth diss tracks earlier this year, stemming from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ in March. ‘Not Like Us’ was Lamar’s most successful diss, becoming his fourth Number One song and breaking Spotify’s record for the most streams of a hip-hop song in one day.Speaking about the feud on the Drink Champs podcast, Snoop said that ‘Not Like Us’ “unified the West.”“So, it may have been disrespectful, but it’s hip hop, so it’s part of hip hop,” he said.

Kendrick Lamar has lined up a collaboration with Taylor Swift as part of his next album, according to DJ Snake.The artist spoke out about the upcoming LP from Lamar in a new interview, and claimed that a new collaboration will be featured as the rapper has joined forces with Swift.While nothing else has been said as of yet, and the speculation is far from being confirmed, it doesn’t seem too far-fetched that the two could be working together on new material.Lamar previously contributed to the remix of Swift’s hit track ‘Bad Blood’ back in 2014. Similarly, both have common ground as they each released music with producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff earlier this year.Taylor Swift is featured on Kendrick Lamar’s next album, according to DJ Snake.

Post Malone will headline the 2025 edition of Coachella according to reports – find out more below.Yesterday (November 19), the singer-rapper announced his ‘Big Ass Stadium’ US tour for 2025. Interestingly, the tour included two dates in Indio, California that happen to take place on the same days as Coachella 2025.

Fox will be airing the 2025 Super Bowl in February of 2025, and they just announced a major change to the Super Bowl Sunday TV show lineup.

‘Cowboy Carter’ to the NFL Christmas-day Halftime Show this December, Netflix has confirmed.Beyoncé and Netflix have announced that she will be headlining this year’s Halftime Show performance during the between this year’s Christmas game the Houston Texas and Baltimore Ravens on December 25 – the event will be livestreamed on Netflix.For the performance, Bey will be performing live at the NRG Stadium in Houston, where per Netflix, she will be performing songs from ‘Cowboy Carter’ live for the first time ever. You can watch the announcement trailer below.HOUSTON, TEXAS – 12.25.24 pic.twitter.com/8LHN2uvwma— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) November 18, 2024The game will take place on December 25 at 4:30pm ET (9:30pm GMT).

Drake curse’ struck again this weekend when the rapper lost a huge bet on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight.On Friday (November 15), the high-profile bout between the 27-year-old YouTuber and the 58-year-old boxing legend took place in Arlington, Texas and was live streamed on Netflix. Paul won the match via unanimous decision.Ahead of the opening bell, the Canadian rapper posted a screenshot of a betting slip showing that he had placed a hefty $355,000 (£280,000) on Tyson to win.

Pharrell Williams‘ Piece By Piece LEGO biopic – has revealed why the film does not feature ‘Blurred Lines’.Neville, the animated comedy film sees Pharrell play himself in Lego form, alongside some of his best known collaborators like Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, and Busta Rhymes.A synopsis reads: “Told through the lens of Lego animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music’s most innovative minds.”Now, in an interview with BBC, Neville opened up on why William’s 2013 chart-topping Grammy-award-winning collaboration with Robin Thicke and T.I. didn’t make the cut in the film.