Hit-Boy Recalls Surprising Text From Kendrick Lamar The Day “Not Like Us” Dropped

All of us in all probability keep in mind the place we had been when Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” got here out, as even Hit-Boy recollects the second as bigger than life. He lately appeared on The Breakfast Membership and answered a query – amongst many others – that led to this reflection. It was about whether or not or not there’s extra materials with Kendrick “tucked away.”

Whereas they solely have one official collaboration as a duo in “Backseat Freestyle,” Hit additionally offered manufacturing on A$AP Rocky’s “1Train” posse minimize, Jay Rock‘s “Wow Freestyle,” and some different Ok.Dot visitor verses. He mentioned that he is at all times “chopping it with bro” and instructed a narrative about one interplay they’d, which was centered across the King’s Illness beatsmith’s son.

“My son, he 5 years previous now. However for his fourth birthday, he made a music,” Hit-Boy recalled. “He made his first music. He was in many of the classes with me and Nas, simply sitting within the again, did not notice he was taking this all in. I requested him [if he wanted] to make a music for his birthday. Put him on the mic, he actually freestyled with context. I used to be laughing, it was loopy.

“However I put the music out with a video. And I feel it was the day ‘Not Like Us’ dropped,” he continued. “And that is how I knew Kendrick, like, this was gentle work for him, like, this complete s**t. He texted me about my son’s video. Like, ‘Go forward, nephew!’ You already know what I imply? In the course of all that. He loopy, he actually loopy. He cool, although.”

In fact, as of late, Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is not as gentle. That is as a result of the defamation lawsuit in opposition to UMG from Drake has prolonged the fallout from the battle in a approach that may yield extra necessary developments and modifications for hip-hop and media regulation if no matter it leads to prompts institutional reform and conversations… However that is a huge “if.”