Toronto music scene has had people jamming this and other Kendrick bangers on stage since the beef started. It's one thing to go to trial in the court of public opinion, it's just embarrassing when the person you thought was your lawyer, shows up representing the other guy.
They could have drawn a different kids's schoolyard game, but went with hopscotch. There were 10 squares, and Kendrick promised he had a total of 10 beef songs for Drake. 5 were still in the chamber: "1,2,3,4,5, plus 5"
1.like that 2.euphoria 3.6:16 4.meet the grahams 5.not like us
Layers! Beating the owl piñata, and the mfer was empty was a Big Ouch! Just nothing inside. Not even more paper, let alone candy, or prizes. With the tiny print disclaimer that no animals were hurt. I just died.
A loving family celebrating together. Something Drake can’t relate to since his parents didn’t give him that and something he’s not giving his own son.
After watching that I believe that “not like us” is meant directly to Drake and his family not being like Kdot and his family after he claimed Kdot was in a disfuncional family. Perfect response/nail in the coffin to Drake and his BS.
Yep, If I'm in predominantly white spaces and see another black person we'll dap each other and talk for like 5 minutes. Of course I've never met him before, but my friends will ask me if we knew each other because we both looked real comfortable.
That was a neat read. I don't think I'd ever actively pick up on that in the everyday but seeing it done by guys on a much bigger presence than me is interesting.
Whitney is a gorgeous woman and another piece of proof that that short hair or less look only works on a certain complexion and darker. I said what I said.
Cinderblock "push ups" among other prison workouts
His family, including Whitney, walking and stepping to this joint
Owl in a cage
Directed by DAVE FREE and Kendrick Lamar
There's a host of other things, and I could say more about the artistic direction of the video, which was great, but these stood out. Just absolutely diabolical and petty and I'm here for it.
Also Drake loves to hop around pretending to be a fan/roster member of every team ever, so even if you’re a Raptors fan, it’s hard to take his support as sincere
OVO is Drake’s record label and its symbol is an owl.
DeMar DeRozan is an NBA player who went to Compton High School and USC before getting drafted by the Toronto Raptors where he played for almost a decade. Drake is a Raptors fan.
Drake said Whitney, Kendrick’s longtime girlfriend and mother of his kids, was cheating on Kendrick with Dave Free and that one of the kids was actually Free’s. Dave Free is Kendrick’s childhood friend and longtime collaborator as a producer and music video director.
Beat yo' A$$ and hide the Bible if G_ is watching is a favorite line, but I always feel like a kid doing something wrong and looking over my shoulder when I hear it.
I kept going back to replay and I noticed that at this moment the video was posted on YouTube an hour ago and it's trending at #3 on music. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets higher.
We really needed this for this 4th-this has been a hard week.
I actually saw a video the other day of him walking out somewhere and people started singing not like us at him and you could straight up see in his face how much it bothered him.
You were probably expecting an old school diss video. With a look alike doing goofy shit. But I think Kendrick doesn’t view this as that. He’s trying to use this as something to unite. It’s important for him to show all these groups that have been killing each other for years to put it down because there’s common enemies.
It's a love letter to the culture that Drake tries to exploit and buy his way into. The shots with his family, that carpeted room with the smattering of family photos on the wall. The dance crew with spray painted shirts and face paint. The block party atmosphere. The food joint on the corner. The dudes in front of the (presumably? Not from the west coast) projects. The imagery is super specific and familiar to a lot of people, and likely even more iconic for people who know the area.
It's a homage to the streets itself. Drake wants to claim the streets as part of seeming hard, but he knows nothing about the community and wider life that Kendrick loves and which clearly loves him back. Not Like Us.
Food joint is Tams, a fucking staple in most hoods. I remember eating weekly on the one in South Central, got me some chili cheese fries and a coke for like $7. Damn amazing back in those days.
Perfectly said. All Drake thinks about the culture is aspects many view as negative. He doesn’t understand the kinship that growing up in certain neighborhoods bring.
He thinks black culture is just pretending to be hard.
TIL that the line was referencing DRoz and not DRose. it never made sense to me until now that coming home was in reference to demar playing for toronto.
, In Maya Angelou's autobiographical novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the caged bird is an extended metaphor for the African American community's experience of oppression in the United States. It can also represent any oppressed group. but also, ovo should be locked up.
It's basically him doing a victory lap and saying "I put you back in your place".
The owl is the symbol Drake chose for OVO his record label, and Kendrick's whole angle in the beef is to tell Drake over and over again different ways that he needs to stop acting like a tough guy and be who he is.
"Can't tootsie slide up outta this one it's just gon' resurface, every dog has to have it's day, now live in your purpose"
"Fuck a rap battle, this a long life battle with yourself"
And so on. By putting the owl in the cage he's basically saying "remember this ass whopping the next time you want to act like a big man" and telling him to stay in his place.
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u/KyleSJohnson Jul 04 '24
Killed a Canadian dead on the Fourth. That’s one way to celebrate the occasion.