Kendrick Lamar celebrates the 4th of July with the premier of his long-awaited music video for “Not Like Us”.
Directed by Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free, the six-minute clip centers Kendrick in his Compton stomping grounds as hundreds of locals dance to the track. K.Dot rides through the city with Mustard, visits a couple of local spots and prances around the crib with his family before walking away from a caged owl.
“Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles / Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, Dot, fuck ’em up / Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, I’ma do my stuff,” he raps while beating an OVO owl pinata. As he hopscotches, Kenny continues, “Why you trolling like a bitch? / Ain’t you tired? / Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.”
Produced by Mustard, “Not Like Us” is just one of the diss tracks Kendrick Lamar released during recent back-and-forth with Drake. The record earned the Compton rapper his first No. 1 debut on the Billboard 100 and his fourth overall. The video arrives following his The Pop Out Out- Ken & Friends concert on Juneteenth.