Kendrick Lamar‘s new album GNX is here — and it finds him candidly addressing two of his Hip Hop heroes in Lil Wayne and Snoop Dogg.
On the opening song “wacced out murals,” the Compton rap star finally responds to the backlash surrounding his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show, specifically the notion that he denied Lil Wayne the opportunity to headline the big game in his hometown of New Orleans.
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“Used to bump Tha Carter 3, I held my Rollie chain proud / Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down / Whatever, though, call me crazy, everybody questionable / Turn me to an Eskimo, I drew the line and decimals,” he raps.
K.Dot later spits: “Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me / All these n-ggas agitated, I’m just glad they showed they faces / Quite frankly, plenty artists but they outdated / Old-ass flows, tryna convince me that you they favorite / This is not for lyricists, I swear it’s not the sentiments / Fuck a double entendre, I want y’all to feel this shit.”
The lyrics reference a video that the Young Money legend posted on Instagram in September expressing his disappointment at not being selected to perform at next year’s Super Bowl, a gig he had openly coveted.
In the clip, a somber-sounding Wayne admitted that he was “hurt” and left “broken” over the perceived snub, adding: “I thought there was nothing better than that spot and that stage and that platform in my city.”
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Many of Weezy’s peers also openly criticized the NFL’s decision to not book the “A Milli” hitmaker, including Nicki Minaj, Birdman, Cam’ron, Juvenile and Master P.
Elsewhere on “wacced out murals,” whose title nods to a Compton mural of Kendrick being defaced by a Drake fan earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize winner shares his thoughts on Snoop Dogg’s support of the 6 God.
“Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles / I couldn’t believe it, it was only right for me to let it go,” he raps, indicating that he has since gotten over the perceived slight.
“Taylor Made” is, of course, a reference to Drake’s controversial diss song “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which featured AI-generated vocals from Snoop Dogg and 2Pac, two of Kendrick’s favorite artists.
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After the song’s release, Tha Doggfather posted a video of his somewhat bemused reaction in which he said: “They did what? When? How? Are you sure? [Sigh] Y’all have a good night. [Laughs] Why everybody calling my phone, blowing me up?”
He later appeared to co-sign the track, which has since been taken down to a legal threat from 2Pac’s estate, by posting it on his Instagram Stories and writing: “90s Hip Hop Forever.”
