Top performer Snoop Dogg says he did not take sides when Kendrick Lamar and Drake were bombarding each other with diss songs early this year.
However, he thinks the battle between the two musicians fostered some unity among other players in the music industry.
The lyrical exchanges between Lamar and Drake early this year were still fresh in the minds of many fans. The outcome for Kendrick Lamar was the hit song Not Like Us, which became his fourth No. 1 song, which also went ahead to break the Spotify record as the most streamed hip-hop song in one day.
Snoop Dogg appeared on the Drink Champs podcast and shared his thoughts, indicating that he did not throw his weight behind any of the two musicians during the back and forth.
“So, it may have been disrespectful, but it’s hip hop, so it’s part of hip hop,” he said. “I chose no sides because I have no individual cause. That’s a grown man going against a grown man. But what it did do was unite the West and make everybody out here start looking at each other like how much love we got for each other,” he stated.
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“…You had certain Crip gangs that came together and became, you know, real friends as opposed to being enemies. So that record did a lot for us on the West as far as uniting, so we should speak on that,” he added.
In October this year, Kendrick Lamar spoke for the first time in an interview with SZA, explaining what ‘Not Like Us’ meant.
“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 stated.
Following lots of endorsements this year, Kendrick is getting ready to rock fans as headline artiste for the 2025 Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February next year.
