What do you think Drake was doing last night? Was he watching? I bet Drake was watching, and I bet he got his feelings hurt all over again.
Last night was Kendrick Lamar's massive one-off Juneteenth concert at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. The show was billed as The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, and Kendrick only announced it a couple of weeks ahead of time. The show was obviously Kendrick's grand victory lap after he rinsed Drake in their historic feud and went straight to #1 with the anthemic "Not Like Us." Kendrick performed many of his Drake disses, opening with "Euphoria" and ending by doing "Not Like Us" no less than five times in a row. But last night's event was bigger than Drake. It was also a truly exhilarating display of West Coast pride and unity.
Kendrick was the main event, so let's talk about him first. The LA-area crowd was absolutely electric all night, and Kendrick began his set with the live debut of "Euphoria." The audience included tons of prominent rappers and basketball players, and the camera kept showing LeBron James, mutual friend of Kendrick and Drake, out there. That crowd rapped along word-for-word with this intricate six-minute diss track. It was a goosebump moment when they all bellowed out, "What is it, the braids?"
In all honesty, if I knew Tommy The Clown was gonna be there I would’ve cancelled the tour. I been waiting for my moment since ‘02.
— vince (@vincestaples) June 20, 2024
SETLIST:
01 "Euphoria"
02 "DNA"
03 "Element"
04 "Alright"
05 "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
06 "Money Trees" (with Jay Rock)
07 "Win" (with Jay Rock)
08 "King's Dead" (with Jay Rock)
09 "6:26 In LA" (with Ab-Soul)
10 "Collard Greens" (with ScHoolboy Q)
11 "THat Part" (with ScHoolboy Q)
12 "King Kunta" (with Black Hippy dancing)
13 "m.A.A.d city"
14 "Humble"
15 "Like That"
16 "Still D.R.E." (with Dr. Dre)
17 "California Love" (with Dr. Dre)
18 "Not Like Us"
19 "Not Like Us"
20 "Not Like Us"
21 "Not Like Us"
22 "Not Like Us"
