{"id":674988,"date":"2025-06-13T20:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kendrick-lamar-performs-not-like-us-in-drakes-hometown-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T20:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:55:15","slug":"kendrick-lamar-performs-not-like-us-in-drakes-hometown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kendrick-lamar-performs-not-like-us-in-drakes-hometown-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar Performs &#039;Not Like Us&#039; In Drake&#039;s Hometown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\"><span class=\"location\">Toronto, Canada<!-- --> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar performed in Drake\u2018s hometown of Toronto for the first time since the beginning of their beef last year and did not pull any punches.<\/p>\n<p>Taking his and SZA\u2018s Grand Central Tour to the Canadian city for the first of two nights, Kendrick did not save any special treatment for Drake nor make any changes to his set.<\/p>\n<p>K. Dot performed now infamous diss track \u201cNot Like Us\u201d to a rapturous reception inside the Rogers Centre with fans vocally chanting for an encore by the end of the lengthy show.<\/p>\n<p>Drake was originally counter programming the concert with a Kai Cenat livestream but the duo pulled out at the last minute and pushed the event back.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"instagram-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DK04saDsJeg\/embed\" width=\"320\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cenat revealed only yesterday that Drake was going to be joining him on his popular Twitch stream to give away hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of their \u201cSomebody Loves Me\u201d music video challenge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-player\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ad-background\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/assets\/img\/DX-City_Silhouette.png\" alt=\"HipHopDX | Rap &amp; Hip Hop News | Ad Placeholder\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-indicator-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-indicator\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"border\">\n<div class=\"ad-border-top\">\n<div class=\"left-border\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-loading-text\">\n<p>AD LOADING&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right-border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-border-bottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"vc-player\" class=\"video-player-ad\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-indicator\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>20 winners of the challenge will receive $15,000 dollars each to help bring their ideas for the video to life.<\/p>\n<p>The livestream was due to take place at exactly the time Lamar would be performing in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Drake and Cenat previously invited fans to submit clips that are between 30 seconds and one minute in length that serve as a treatment for a music video for \u201cSomebody Loves Me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The ultimately released video will be made up of various fan-directed clips and edited together.<\/p>\n<p>Cenat previously criticized Drake\u2019s video for \u201cNokia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his popular Twitch livestream, the internet personality said of the\u00a0<em>$ome $exy $ongs 4 U<\/em>\u00a0standout: \u201cMusic video, not a banger. Y\u2019all gotta start letting me direct this shit! I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a song where you gotta use symbolism. \u2018Nokia\u2019 is fun, I\u2019m not even hating. But I feel it should have gone like this\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cenat then began acting out and directing himself on how he thinks the video should have played out.<\/p>\n<p>After shouting out commands as if he was a director, the energetic streamer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to wish that the video was set in an arcade or a carnival as he described a scene involving roller skates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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