Kendrick Lamar Covers GQ, Promotional Video Released

    Kendrick Lamar appears on the cover of GQ.

    The publication has also named the Compton, California emcee “The Next King Of Rap.” 

    In the article, Lamar speaks on a variety of topics. One of those discussion points is Drake, a rapper he has been rumored to be feuding with throughout the year. 

    In the issue, Lamar described his relationship with Drake as “pretty cool” following the release of his verse on Big Sean’s “Control.” Lamar then added: “I mean, I would be okay if we weren’t.”

    Following the release of “Control,” Drake spoke about Lamar’s verse in several interviews.

    Drake responded to the song in an interview with Billboard

    “I didn’t really have anything to say about it,” Drake said. “It just sounded like an ambitious thought to me. That’s all it was. I know good and well that Kendrick’s not murdering me, at all, in any platform. So when that day presents itself, I guess we can revisit the topic.”

    Drake also said that he lost respect for Kendrick Lamar’s sentiments on the verse

    “He didn’t come in there on some wild, ‘I’m in New York, fuck everybody,’” Drake said in September. “I almost wish he had come in there on that shit because I kind of lost a little bit of respect for the sentiment of the verse. If it’s really ‘fuck everybody’ then it needs to be ‘fuck everybody’. It can’t just be halfway.”

    Drake also alluded to the verse not being entirely memorable.

    “He’s the new guy to love and rightfully so,” Drake said. “He’s super talented…That verse was a moment to talk about. Are you listening to it now, at this point in time? But it was real cool for a couple weeks. But if I ask you, for example, how does that verse start? Mind you, it’ll go on and Complex or Rap Radar will give it ‘Verse of the Millennium’ and all that shit or whatever…I remember somebody asked if Kendrick Lamar is my biggest competition in this generation. I think Kendrick has the utmost potential. I see Kendrick tomorrow, I’ma dap him. I didn’t feel a way about the verse. I get it. I get the moment. And I know that verse had no malice behind it because I saw him five days later at the VMAs and it was all love.” 

    Following this, Kendrick Lamar was believed to have been dissing Drake during his BET Hip Hop Awards cypher verse

    Kendrick Lamar’s cover can be viewed via Sebastian Kim for GQ.

    (November 11)

    UPDATE: GQ has released a video of Kendrick Lamar from his photo shoot with the publication. The video features Kendrick Lamar posing and rapping. The clip can be viewed below. 

    RELATED: Kendrick Lamar Reportedly Disses Drake In BET Cypher

    223 thoughts on “Kendrick Lamar Covers GQ, Promotional Video Released

    1. and nothing’s been the same since they dropped Control
      And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes

    2. Drake is extremely sensitive. His comments regarding Control show that Kendrick is in his head and making him insecure about his skillset. I would love to see Kendrick end Drake’s career once and for all. Drake was too bitch to battle Common. He can’t be a bitch forever. This is Hip Hop and battling is essential to the culture. If Drake thinks he can absolve himself from every beef he is sorely mistaken and is in for a rude awakening.

      1. from the sound of you you wouldn’t have anything to do with a woman so im assuming your handle is a joke right?

      2. great comment. but as for kendrick ending his career that is unlikely. if anyone is gonna end drakes career it will be drake, but as long as he can still sell singles to teenage girls and the next generation of fanboys he’ll stay “on top”.

    3. K.Dot seems to be riding Drake nuts quite a bit. I like both of these dudes for what they bring to the table but K.Dot it popping right now and he don’t even need to answer question about any other non-legendary type rapper.

      1. Did you read the initial post? He said he should not even answer the questions because it become redundant…Reading is fundamental idiots.

    4. I can imagine Drake and his team riding along in their car and a Kendrick song coming on the radio and Drake saying turn that off now. People like Drake don’t belong in hip hop for a number of reasons, thats why his looked at as a pop singer who raps and not a hip hop artist because there’s nothing hip hop about him.

      1. thank you. drake is ruining the artform. he is no different than vanilla ice, flo rida, will i am and nelly.

      1. Well, seeing as how he actually fucking said that in the BET cypher, I’d say it’s more gay on his part than mine.

    5. my neighbor’s mother makes $80 hourly on the computer. She has been laid off for eight months but last month her check was $15893 just working on the computer for a few hours. imp source http://WWW.Fb39.COM

      I have Lupe’s first 2 albums to go back to if this is a disappointment. Lets wait and see before making any assumptions off what Lupe is saying.

      1. Ahahaha, I don’t even know what that means. Also I am white so please address me as any white derogatory comment you see fitting. I was merely stating that I hope Drake does attempt to get into this fued because he is mad pussy & I would like for him to be humiliated…….because he is gay & fagy.

    6. Damn niggas, we haven’t heard another album from Kendrick in years and already he’s the next king of rap?, WHERES THE MUSIC NIGGA? These clown ass fans and fake ass publications will ride ANY WAVE.

      1. Ok fair enough its been one year, but with no other music out, you cant even be called a peasant of rap at this point, your discography determines that status,

      2. No other music out? Kendrick has been making music since he was like 16, and has put out numerous mixtapes and two albums, Section80 and GKMC. He might not be the best rapper in the game right now with the underground standing quite strong, but he is without doubt a very, very talented artist, and I’ll go as long as say that he’s the best rapper in the hiphop mainstream rigth now. And he’s most definitely a lot more talented than some soft as fuck wannabe-rapper jewgro who calls himself champagne papi and can’t put together words without having to mention some girl he used to date.

    7. cuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscuntscunts

    8. I’m losing respect for Lamar. He sounds like an arrogant jackass. Kendrick doesn’t want it with the original champagne papi. Fuck Kendrick!

    9. It’s not just one album dumb fucks. It’s overly dedicated. Section 80. GKMC. Each album he got better. Yes overly dedicated was a “MIX TAPE” and he says section 80 was not his debut album. But that’s 3 records right there. Still the next King of rap? A lil too premature. His next album will catapult him into full blown stardom, or he’ll end up at other artists level. Just average. Like big sean j cole etc… And we’ll have to wait around for another “king” of rap to come about. For now, it’s Jigga, and eminem. Drake is on a different genre. No one can take him serious. Unfortunately because of his singing, hiphop will never accept him. He’s not “real” we can compare him to the black eyed peas. Good dance pop r&b music. In hiphop, THE JIG IS UP

      1. might not 100% agree with your opinion but respect intelligent comments. i do agree kendrick needs at least one more album to get to that level. drake is tough to like as a hip-hop fan, but he is talented and deserves respect. throw kanye in there with em and jigga and i agree.

      2. Def. Kanye, Em, and Jay at the top all other artist are on the next ring. Lil Wayne has already appeared to be losing steam along with the T.I’s of the game.

      3. You’re forgetting C4, Kendrick Lamar EP, and Compton state of mind. Those mixtapes were better than 90% of the albums I hear to this date.

    10. “Nope. It’s one good album and we’ll be listening to it in 5 years.”

      I’ve been bumping to crank that from soulja boy for 6 years. makes it a classic.

      1. Soulja Boy had plenty of hits like kiss me thru the phone, Pretty Boy Swag, Turn my swag on, soulja girl, and that lil wayne collaboration track from IANAHB2.

    11. Why does Drake have the gayest fans? There is always some gross fags on here talking about his weiner or how they dance to drake, who the fuck respects this dude, even his fans a gay mother fuckers.

      1. He has a lot of gay fans doesn’t he? He supports gay rights. Doesn’t make him gay himself. One of your faves, macklemore, has many gay fans too.

      2. Who said anything about Macklemore’s gay ass? You are right, Drake sure does have a lot of gay fans, don’t really see that with other artists. Hmmmmm

    12. So Kendrick Lamar is indifferent towards beefing with Drake…. someone explain to me how this is news?

    13. and this people is why ive taken a break from hip hop dx because its all turning bullshit come on son nobody wan’ts to see this beef this aint jay z and nas fuck this feud these rappers aint prepared to go at each other like that they just wan’t the publicity.

      1. BTW, the first anaymous is gerald in disguise. Soulja boy appeared on a lil wayne album and was on the bacherlotte this year. His career isn’t dead until he retires or dies.

    14. Gotta love these magazines and their little agendas. They know nothing about hip hop, but since they were interviewing big ears, they thought they might as well call him the next king of rap as opposed to Drake’s less successful rival.

      1. Really Big, the fuck his album selling plat got to do with the man’s salary. He got more money than you, me & everybody on this site.
        REALLY? YOU GOT TO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS???

    15. Or course he was dissing Drake in his cypher. There is a reason he said nothing been the same instead of nothing was the same. If he said nothing was the same it wouldn’t have any real meaning to it. Been is the present tense and was is the past tense. This is Kendrick saying that you were the best but right now in current time i’m the best.

    16. When Birdman was 4 years old, he started to talk over Jackson 5 tunes. Later, he created a flow and called it rap. He showed his skill one day out in the streets and Grandaster Flash and his gang stole his idea and claim they invented rap. Birdman had to start from the bottom again but now has the best hiphop label in the world.

      1. Birdman invented hiphop but it took 20 years for him to gain any credit. Birdman didn’t just invent hiphop, he’s leading hiphop. He signed lil wayne, who is a terrific hiphop artist, nicki Minaj, who brings back female hiphop, and Drake who is bringing new jack swing back.

      1. i don’t even feel comfortable calling Drake a nigga. Anyhow, Drake the type of nigga that carries a toiletry bag for that “time of the month”.

      2. naw he probably has baby wipes everywhere he goes

        most rap niggas got weed carriers. drake got a baby wipe carriers!

    17. Drake is the type of nigga who wishes he could be a woman for a day JUST so he can understand their “struggle”

    18. Drake is the type of nigga who holds his homeboy’s hand while they’re crossing the street and says “bro, i care about you too much to let you cross alone”.

    19. Drake is the type of niggs who would say somethin like, “Im not gay, but then again i never had sex with a man before so I cant knock it til i try it”.

    20. You YMCMB haters are fucking idiots. Because I’m an accountant for Cash Money Records, I spend a lot of time with Birdman. What some of you may not know is Michael Jackson was planning on signing to YMCMB at the time of his death. He had even changed his stage name to Mic Jackin.

      He was planning on releasing 2 Major albums of hard hitting Trap shit, one a collaborative album with Lil Wayne titled Trap Kids. Since Michael’s demise Cash Money records have actually teamed up with NASA and are creating a Global headquarters in Space and on the Moon.

      The reason for this is to create a new genre of hiphop called “Zero Gravity Rap”. Lil Wayne was hospitalized because during his first zero gravity rap training session he rapped so hard he created a Blackhole that nearly engulfed him.

      The universe was not ready for his talent so it tried to take him, luckily all it got was his chain and a couple of Big Mac vouchers. All you haters are gonna be sorry soon YMCMB will be so big it will have its own gravitational pull meaning you will be drawn into it no matter what you do!!!!!!!!

      1. MJ signing to YM [my evil laugh] please. Mic Jackin Please. I love hip-hop not pop labels like yours are killing culture.

    21. List of rappers Lil Wayne has killed:

      RIP Ja Rule
      RIP Game
      RIP Jay Z
      RIP Nas
      RIP Soulja Boy
      RIP Talib Kweli
      RIP Joe Budden
      RIP Fat Joe
      RIP 50 Cent
      RIP Gillie Da Kid
      RIP Pusha T
      RIP Kanye West
      RIP KRS-One
      RIP Busta Rhymes
      RIP Tupac Shakur

      Haters are gunna think Im trollin but FUCK THEM! This is the truth! Weezy is KIGN of HIP HOP!

      YMCMB!

      1. Fuck you, not saying Wayne is crap but they’re aint nobody on this planet that can body the teacher KRS-ONE nor Tupac, you dumn fuck, nuff said.

      2. EVERYONE ON THIS LABEL IS WEAK AS FUCK,ALL THEIR SONGS SOUND THE SAME,THIS AINT HIP-HOP,TAKE IT BACK TO THE 90’S RAKIM WILL ALWAYS BE GOD,THIS IS COMING FROM A HUGE 2PAC FAN,#’S AINT SHIT,ITS ABOUT RESPECT IN THE STREETS,ALL THE “MUSIC” THATS COMING OUT NOW IS GARBAGE,ALL THESE SWAG FAGS R KILLING RAP

      3. fuck you forreal. you know you made a fucked up, stupid ass statement when you say that people are going to think you’re trolling. I’m not saying Wayne is trash, but you’re the meanest dick rider I’ve ever seen. real talk.

        only person who belongs on the list of rappers that Wayne ‘has killed’ would be Gillie the Kid

    22. faggots actually come on these threads use there time and energy to hate on drake….

      derp: hey derpster what did you do today
      derpster: today was productive AF i got up, listened to some pusha T, worked my hard day at mcdonalds, then came home and dissed made a comment on a hiphop forum dissing drake like the rest of the faggot sheep, f*k yea.

      zombie nation.

      1. I am a gay man & simply love drake, we are going to his all male show later this year, can’t wait to get my dance on.

    23. Dudes like Drake are scary A## rappers. His a singer not a rapper what do you expect. He’s a pop artist not a hip-hop artist.

    24. This guy is a midget, he is in no place to diss anyone, he probably can’t even fight a women. Know ur place before calling yourself king, you been relevant for what 2,3 years? Calling yourself the best is disrespectful for all the talented rappers who been doing this shit for years who have the right to call themselves the best.

      And drake is a faggot, just incase someone thinks i’m defending him.

      1. “he probably can’t even fight a women. ”

        is this what makes someone cool now? being able to fight and people up? Kendrick Lamar is trying to bring people together not tear them apart and make em fight!!!

    25. I will admit, being an accountant at YMCMB as long as I have there have been countless occasions where Birdman and/or Lil Wayne have taken advantage of me. December of 2011 Birdman skull fucked me so bad I have actually been diagnosed with brain damage. You’d think I would be mad right? No. Cash Money records is top of the food chain and are running the game. Speaking of Game, we even got Game on our staff now too. I better keep my math skills brushed up cause we bringing in doe like a mother fucker. Drake, Wayne, Game are all killing it, legends of the rap game and there’s nothing you pussies can do about it.

    26. kendrick is a nobody im sick of all these internet nerd virigins dickriding this rat. Drake is the king of rap he got the numbers he got the hits he got the tours he has everything on lock. Kendrick needs to put up numbers before he can get on drakes level. Kendrick will allways be a wanna be that drake made famous. If drake wanted to he can end kendricks carreer when ever he feels like it but drake isnt a bad guy looking for attention like kendrick.

      1. He is also on several fag mags, I own them all, his weiner is a little on the small side but I like a small weenie. #Gay&Proud

      2. EMINEM RUNS RAP MORON !!!!

        ” THE GAME ” – ” YO IF EM CAME AT ME ON SOME DISS SHIT ID FUCKIN TURN AND RUN THE OTHER WAY STRAIGHT UP, NOBODY WANTS TO FUCK WITH DUDE, HE WILL DESTROY ANYBODY I AM NOT FUCKIN WIT THAT DUDE HOMIE “

      3. actually drake gave kendrick his first major publicity oppertunity when he let kendrick have 1 track on the Take Care album. After that, Drake took him on tour which was one of the most succesful and most visited rap tours ever. so kendrick really is being a bit ungrateful.

    27. Kendrick lamar>Drake GKMC>NWTS Section 80>Take Care
      Overly Dedicated>Thank me later the kendrick lamar ep>so far gone

      1. Finally! Someone realizes drake hasn’t made one project better than a kendrick project!
        I would even say
        Overly dedicated> NWTS and take care

    28. FUCK PUSSY ASS NO SUBSTANCE DRAKE!!!!!!!! fuckin lil girl bro all emotional and nothing was the same was his worst musical project to date by a landslide lol theres 2 or 3 cool tracks n thats cuz of the production n the features jhene alko, jay z, and sampha i think is dudes name but on another note you can bump ” good kid maad city ” from number 1 to 12 n every song is lyrical n real n hes telling a story im still mad he had drake on poetic justice drake hasnt ever had bars close to kendricks he needs to go back to acting wit his canadian bitch made ass

    29. actually drake gave kendrick his first major publicity oppertunity when he let kendrick have 1 track on the Take Care album. After that, Drake took him on tour which was one of the most succesful and most visited rap tours ever. so kendrick really is being ungrateful.

      1. Drake jumped on the bandwagon after Kendrick put in the work himself. you talking like Drake is some talent scout with his ear to the underground. When Drake took him on your everyone already knew about him.

    30. Get your head out of your ass If you believe the fallacy that there’s a direct correlation between the size of your talent and your pockets. I don’t give a fuck if Drake has sold more records than Kendrick when

      1. He launched his career earlier.
      2. He’s more marketable than Drake since he appeals a larger base to sissies and thirsty bitches who regret being thirsty bitches.

      Kendrick would murder Drake, and He isn’t being ungrateful for what Drake did which is exactly why he hasn’t yet. If drizzy jizzy wants to prove himself as a true, hip-hop artist, right now would be the time to take his shot at Kendrick.

      1. The only way he could murder Drake is by outselling him, and the world knows that’s just not happening. Don’t cry cause Canada is kicking Compton’s ass.

    31. Keep it funky, 2013 has been a disappointing year for me as a K.Dot Fan, he hasnt really released any music and I kinda played out GKMC. Drake is right the verse was hot for a second, but the song is pretty irrelevant now. As much as it pains me to say Drake is dominating Hip-Hop right now

    32. well deserved, drake is nothing, kdot is already sitting on 1 classic and 1 potential classic, drake is decent at best

    33. this kid is the truth, The fact that we have Drake and this dude at the same time is f*cking great for the rap game period. those of you worried about who would murder whom is missing the bigger picture. which ever you like better is legit because it’s your choice, but come on playa’s we are getting back to multi genre rap again, something that made the 90’s the hiphop golden age. I want to chill and still get my hiphop on it’s drake, hands down. if I want some ninja philosophical shit it’s KDot all day long.

    34. Meh, I dont think Good Kid maad City was a classic, I only liked a few songs on it but that’s my opinion., just not my style i guess, but Ive liked all o his features. I do respect Kendricks passion and talent, he definitely has skill, and his accolades are well deserved. His work ethic is evident, and it honestly seems like he is the hardest working rapper at the moment, not to discredit other artist either, but he has really been putting in work building his brand.

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