Kendrick Lamar is undoubtedly one of the biggest artists in hip-hop right now, and there is no doubt that he had a sensational 2024.
Overall, this has been the year where he has once and for all taken the crown as the best in the world, and he did this mainly due to his feud with Drake.
Although Drake had some solid shots in, Kendrick went for annihilation with songs like Meet The Grahams and Not Like Us.
As a matter of fact, Not Like Us became the biggest hip-hop record of the year.
There has been a lot of debate about what the song means.
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While some believe it has cultural and racial connotations, others have said it simply means Kendrick is signaling that he has greater morals than Drake and his friends.
In a new conversation with SZA for Harper’s BAZAAR, Kendrick was asked what the phrase means. It was here that Kendrick gave a thought-provoking and unique answer.
“Not Like Us is the energy of who I am, the type of man I represent. Now, if you identify with the man that I represent. This man has morals, he has values, he believes in something, he stands on something. He’s not pandering.
He’s a man who can recognize his mistakes and not be afraid to share the mistakes and can dig deep down into fear-based ideologies or experiences to be able to express them without feeling like he’s less of a man.
If I’m thinking of Not Like Us, I’m thinking of me and whoever identifies with that,” he explained.
