A decade from now, people will be bragging about being in the room for Kendrick Lamar’s “The Pop Out: Ken and Friends” concert as much as they currently do with Live Aid. We really can’t say it better than Twitter/X user, , who was one of the folks reveling in the unprecedented celebration of unity, art, and good old fashion haterism that Lamar curated during his Juneteenth show last night: “This is like ‘We Are the World’ but for .” Lamar performed his No.
1 hit “Not Like Us” not once, not twice, but in a row during the L.A. show, which was simultaneously live-streamed on Twitch and Prime Video.
For this first, which was prompted by Dr. Dre delivering his “I see dead people” opening in the flesh, Lamar let the 17,000-person crowd—which included The Weeknd, LeBron James, Ayo Edebiri, Rick Ross, and more (via )—revel in screaming his instantly iconic “probably A minor” line. Then he started over and did it again.
And again. With each new round, the crowd got louder and the stage got more crowded. Lamar brought a truly illustrious group of artists onstage to celebrate his win with him, many of whom had performed their own tracks earlier in the evening.
Those names included Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q (the non-Kendrick members of Black Hippy), YG, Steve Lacy, Big Boy, G Perico, DJ Mustard (of the beat), krumper Tommy the Clown, L.A. Clippers player Russell Westbrook, and Chicago Bull DeMar DeRozan.
But that wasn’t all. Lamar also invited .