Kendrick Lamar was spotted in California, this week, filming scenes for South Park co-creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s next project.
In a video circulating on social media, the Not Like Us rapper gets to work on the highly anticipated live-action comedy.
He and his collaborator, Dave Free, are serving as producers behind the scenes, and it is slated to hit theaters on July 4, 2025.
In a statement provided to Variety, earlier this year, Paramount CEO Brian Robbins said: “This script is one of the funniest and most original scripts we’ve ever read and it’s certain to create some fireworks.”
According to Entertainment Tonight, it will “depict the past and present coming to a head when a young Black man who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his.”
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Lamar previously collaborated with Stone and Parker on his The Heart Part 5 music video in 2022. They helped him work on the deep fake technology used to switch his face between Kobe Bryant, Will Smith, Jussie Smollett, and OJ Simpson. It’s unclear whether Lamar will be making an appearance in the film, but if he does, it won’t be his first time stepping in front of the camera. He acted in 50 Cent’s hit series, Power, as well.
The film with Matt Stone and Trey Parker continues a busy year for Lamar who has already dropped one of the most popular songs in the last several months in “Not Like Us.” Additionally, the NFL announced that he’ll be headlining the upcoming Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.
In other news, Shannon Sharpe brought up the viral feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake during a recent interview with John Cena on Club Shay Shay.
In doing so, he explained why he feels Lamar won the beef, which prompted the WWE legend to reveal he hasn’t listened to hip-hop in many years.
“I know nothing about this,” Cena admitted. “All I know is the headlines. I’m the one person, the one breathing human being who did not hear bar one of this beef. I haven’t heard any music, any tracks, nothing, so this is all new to me.”
