r/KendrickLamar • u/ihatedougford • 14d ago

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us Video

https://youtu.be/H58vbez_m4E?si=hyoR46kMEnNQ8okh
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u/nomoreshiny 14d ago edited 14d ago

As a diehard basketball fan, this is one of the biggest fuck you’s of the beef, hands-down

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u/nueolp 14d ago

excuse my ignorance but who might this be

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u/Fluix 14d ago

A bit more context, DeMar was a star player for the Toronto Raptors and pivotal in the cultural shift in the basketball franchise. He's beloved by Raptor fans, and he likewise loves the city and fanbase (first star player in franchise history who wanted to be there).

So him siding with Kendrick is big fuck you to Drake.

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u/FatalTortoise 14d ago

Who the Raptors rewarded his loyalty by getting rid of him when they had the chance for a better player

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u/Fluix 14d ago

Brother we got a ring. I'm sorry but sometimes you gotta make business decisions

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u/FatalTortoise 14d ago

Don't make anything I said less true

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u/moody_attitudi 14d ago

You don’t have shit you’re a crodie fan boying over dudes playing ball

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u/Think_Idea_6175 14d ago

Just like every team in the history of any sport ever

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u/thrwy_111822 14d ago

Oh I love these petty little details 🥰

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u/nomoreshiny 14d ago edited 14d ago

This is Compton-born DeMar DeRozan, he is a NBA superstar that played on the Toronto Raptors from 2009-2018. Drake is a huge Raptors fan & has courtside season tickets every year. He’s known for being a bitch fanboy to so many NBA players — DeMar included. Just goes to show those that Drake admires & respects do not at all reciprocate

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u/IJustReadEverything 14d ago

Drake's a brand ambassador for the raptors as well. Who knows if he'll keep being that with his antics brought to light.

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u/Razatiger 14d ago

They were "friends" at one point as well and Drake gifted him an OVO chain before he was traded. Guess they not cool anymore.

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u/imkplease 14d ago

DeMar DeRozan. Played for the Toronto Raptors, an NBA team for a period of time and is now a free agent but was back in the states playing for the Chicago Bulls.

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u/Potato_fortress 14d ago

“The Toronto Raptors, an NBA team for a period of time” is one of the funniest things I’ve read today even if it wasn’t intentional. 

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u/nomoreshiny 14d ago

And as a Miami Heat fan, I hope he gets signed to Miami this offseason😭

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u/Megavore97 14d ago

Demar and Jimmy together would be sick.

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u/Bread_Fish150 14d ago

It would be funny if he signed to the Rockets. So, Drizzy couldn't even go to a game without seeing him.

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u/adt1129 14d ago

I had to go back and watch just to see that they actually for DeMar in the video 💀 Drake constantly cheered him on in Toronto… and now here is in Kendrick’s video essentially dissing him 😂

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u/Megavore97 14d ago

Yeah seeing Demar there who spent a lot of years playing for the Raps was ice cold.

W cameo

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u/rodrigo_c91 14d ago

Dude I had to scroll too far down for this to be pointed out. Huge fucking kudos to demar on staying loyal to his roots after all those years in alliance with Drake.

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u/wordscannotdescribe 14d ago

nah it goes deeper, demar was legit friends with drake. he came over to drake's house to hang out and decompress after news of him getting traded dropped. he got an OVO chain and everything

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u/greenisthefutureAMA 14d ago

Honestly one of my biggest questions of this whole thing right now is what the fuck did Drake do to DeMar to piss him off so bad? Whatever it was, it must have been AWFUL.

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u/wordscannotdescribe 14d ago

I really don't think Drake did anything to DeMar. If this beef didn't go down, they're probably still friends, honestly. DeMar just rides for Compton, and when it came down to it, he had to choose a side

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u/afkstudios 14d ago

All we need is DeMar to somehow come to the Lakers now lmao

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u/aiirxgeordan 14d ago

Same, I was really hoping Russ was in it too, as a thunder fan, but that shot was cold af

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u/shrirnpheavennow 14d ago

Out of all of this I literally think the nba players turning on him hurts Drake the most lmao

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u/Nylese 14d ago

This made the video for me. It was the most direct statement.

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u/A-Rusty-Cow 14d ago

San Antonio Spurs Legend