Kendrick Lamar managed to bring unity to Los Angeles as he brought members of the Crips and Bloods on stage together at his “Pop Out” concert.
Alongside a host of West Coast luminaries such as Dr. Dre, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Tyler, the Creator, YG and Roddy Ricch, at the end of his show on Wednesday (June 19), K.Dot welcomed members from both sides of L.A.’s gang divide to show a city united.
Kendrick Lamar also addressed the audience as the gig came to a close, saying: “This shit making me emotional. We been fucked up since Nipsey [Hussle] died. We been fucked up since Kobe [Bryant] died. This is unity at its finest.
“We done lost a lot of homies to this music shit, to this street shit. For all of us to be together on stage, that shit is special. Everybody on this stage got fallen soldiers.”
Kendrick Lamar closes out with:
“this sht making me emotional. we been fcked up since nipsey died. we been f*cked up since kobe died.”
“this is unity at it’s finest. we done lost a lot of homies to this music sht. to this street sht. for all of us to be together on stage, that… pic.twitter.com/E9yziDekcg
— Modern Notoriety (@ModernNotoriety) June 20, 2024
Fans celebrated the historic moment on X, with one person commenting: “Kendrick really uniting Compton pirus and Cali crips on one stage. Memorable Juneteenth already.”
Another said: “Kendrick a legend. He got crips and bloods on stage. It’s peaceful. This unity.”
One joked: “Kendrick’s hate for drake really unified the bloods and crips.”
It’s not the first time Kendrick Lamar has sought to provide some peace between the two infamous gangs.
Both the Bloods and Crips were represented on the cover art for his 2014 single “i.”
Kendrick later spoke about his thinking behind the artwork.
“Where I’m from, there’s a lot of gang culture and things like that, so instead of throwing on up gang signs, which we used to, I put a Blood and I put a Crip together and we’re throwing up hearts,” he said.
“Sparking the idea of some type of change through music or through me because I go back to the city now and people give me the honor and respect that, you know, this kid can change a little bit something different that’s been going on in the community.”
Kendrick Lamar’s “Pop Out” concert was also notable for his renewed attack on Drake.
As well as performing diss tracks “Euphoria” and “Like That,” he also played “Not Like Us” five times at the end of the show.
During the concert, Kendrick also called on Drake to return a ring that belonged to 2Pac, which was bought at auction for over $1 million.
He changed the lyrics of “Euphoria” to say: “Give me Tupac’s ring back and I might give you a little respect.”
Drake had previously been threatened with legal action from the late rapper’s estate for using an A.I. recreation of his voice for diss track “Taylor Made Freestyle.”
we’re going to keep the the garbage and trash out of our community. you can have all the losers and felons you want. stay there. no more handouts
Bloods and crips haven’t been at war in ages lmao. Stop the glazing
As if this makes a blind bit of difference.
Pussy bitches should have shown up to toronto if they want to be G’s but they won’t because they know there’s a no fly zone for toronto and don’t want to get shot up. Drake still king
Did you just say that speaking from a country that just came out of neutrality in the last 50 yrs. All of your gangster comes from this side of the border, don’t play yourself.
This is a threat towards Drake. This is Kendrick sending out a message “I got both crips and bloods backing me up, watch what you say”. In reality Kendrick is a backpack rap nerd. I remember reading a quote by dude when he first came out with the debut album him saying something like “i don’t do / haven’t done the shit i rap about, i rap about shit i hear about from other people in the hood” or some shit like that. So he is a fake.
So you think because he doesn’t bang that he’s a square? You must have grow up in the burbs.
So Kendrick is a hypocrite then, saying we lost to many to the street stuff. And telling drake watch your mouth, both bloods and crips backing me. If drake doesn’t watch his mouth, Kendrick coming for him with these gangs?
How many more L’s is Drake gonna take before this is all over? Hahahaha
Every day for you is commenting about Drake 30 times a day, refreshing the page, and up voting your own comment lmao 😂😂😂😂
says the guy commenting on every article…
gay greg taking lots of L’s today I see haha keep up the good work boys
Gay Greg commenting on every Kendrick article complaining about people commenting on every article might be the funniest thing I’ve ever read
When are these clowns gonna get over the gang life. Shit is pathetic grown ass men keep spreading gang disease. Call them what they are losers and bums
please pop back in……..
He also performed 616 in LA but you dont writr nothing bout dat.
fuck a slob ass gang member fuck every california prison punk. worthless parasites every last one of them a homo
Kendrick is so corny.