Kendrick Lamar explains the deeper that means of ‘Not Like Us’

Kendrick Lamar has opened up on the deeper that means of his hit Drake diss, ‘Not Like Us’.

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In a brand new chat with SZA for Harper’s Bazaar, the ‘DNA.’ rapper was requested about ‘Not Like Us’ meant to him. Although the track went viral for its harsh criticism of Drake and allegations of the Canadian rapper being a “paedophile”, Lamar instructed SZA that it embodies “the kind of man I symbolize”.

Lamar defined: “‘Not Like Us’ is the power of who I’m, the kind of man I symbolize. Now, when you determine with the person that I symbolize … this man has morals, he has values, he believes in one thing, he stands on one thing. He’s not pandering.”

“He’s a person who can acknowledge his errors and never be afraid to share the errors and might dig deep down into fear-based ideologies or experiences to have the ability to categorical them with out feeling like he’s much less of a person,” he continued.

SZA then requested if anger was the principle emotion that drove ‘Not Like Us’, to which Lamar replied: “I don’t consider I’m an indignant individual. However I do consider in love and warfare, and I consider they each have to exist. And my consciousness of that enables me to react to issues however not determine with them as who I’m. Simply permitting them to exist and permitting them to circulation via me. That’s what I consider.”

Elsewhere of their chat, Lamar revealed that he doesn’t contemplate music to be his “finish aim”, and that although he isn’t positive what his true calling is, he’s on a pursuit of knowledge: “Music is only a vessel to get me there… I wanna meet individuals smarter than me. I wanna discuss to them. I would like them to point out me issues. I simply wanna be fulfilled with no matter this world has to supply. That shit hypes me up. Info. I’m a motherfucking nerd for it.”

Earlier this 12 months, Lamar and Drake traded blows over a relentless back-and-forth of diss tracks. The meat got here to a detailed when Drake dropped his new diss monitor ‘The Coronary heart Half 6’, on which the Canadian rapper instructed that Lamar’s disses are based mostly on false info fed to him by Drake’s staff. He additionally denied allegations of paedophilia lobbied in opposition to him by Kendrick Lamar on ‘Meet The Grahams’.

The feud stemmed from Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s ‘Like That‘ again in March. Within the verse, he responded to J. Cole, who claimed “Love once they argue the toughest MC / Is it Okay-Dot? Is it Aubrey? Or me? / We the large three like we began a league” on his visitor spot on Drake’s monitor ‘First Individual Shooter’.

Drake fired again with two tracks ‘Push Ups’ and ‘Taylor Made Freestyle‘. Drake’s use of AI to emulate Tupac‘s vocals within the latter monitor led to the late rapper’s property threatening authorized motion. He subsequently eliminated the diss from streaming. Lamar then responded with ‘Euphoria‘ on Could 1, following it up shortly the next day with ‘6:16 in LA’.

Drake’s ‘The Coronary heart Half 6’ is the newest salvo within the back-and-forth feud between the 2 rappers. Previous to this, Kendrick Lamar dropped ‘Not Like Us’. The day earlier than, each rappers launched disses an hour aside from one another. Drake launched ‘Household Issues’, and Lamar swiftly responded with ‘Meet The Grahams’.

In different information, Lamar was just lately named the headline performer for the 2025 Tremendous Bowl Halftime present: “I don’t need you to overlook it. Meet me in New Orleans, February 9, 2025. Put on your greatest gown too, even when you’re watching from dwelling. Let’s go.”

He additionally just lately launched a brand new single on social media. It has but to hit any streaming platforms and is reportedly titled ‘Watch The Social gathering Die’ based on Variety. Earlier this week, it was reported that Kendrick has supposedly turned down a proposal to headline Coachella subsequent 12 months.

As for Drake, he has shared 100 gigabytes price of knowledge on-line, which included three new songs. Of the three, ‘It’s Up’ is essentially the most rap-oriented and options Younger Thug on the lure monitor. ‘Housekeeping Is aware of’ takes on a dancier vibe and options Latto, whereas ‘Blue Inexperienced Pink’ is a slower membership tune and doesn’t embody a function.