A brass band switched up Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ right into a Donald Trump diss exterior his look on the NABJ convention this week.
The previous president was talking on the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists conference in Chicago on Wednesday (July 31), and a brass band took the possibility to mount a mini-protest.
The group performed the Drake diss, however co-opted its message to direct it on the 2024 Republican nominee for president as a substitute. The place Kendrick sang “They not like us”, this band sang, “Trump’s not like us”.
Watch the clip beneath:
Not the White males exterior the conference having extra sense than the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists.
They modified the lyrics to ‘They Not Like Us’ to ‘Trump’s Not Like Us.’#NABJ #NABJ24 #NABJ2024 pic.twitter.com/2hNZ43cS0O
— Dana Abercrombie (@sagesurge) July 31, 2024
“Not the White males exterior the conference having extra sense than the Nationwide Affiliation of Black Journalists,” wrote the X consumer who posted the unique clip.
Drake himself not too long ago quoted the music, which grew to become a US BIllboard Sizzling 100 chart-topper and grew to become probably the most streamed hip-hop music in at some point, in response to an impersonator dancing alongside to ‘Hotline Bling’. “Typically you gotta come out,” the Canadian rapper wrote whereas referencing the video.
The music has additionally now been was an 8-bit online game for desktops and good telephones (play it right here), and its long-awaited music video lastly arrived final month too.
At his Juneteenth live performance particular held in Los Angeles, Lamar carried out the diss observe 5 consecutive occasions, bringing out Dr. Dre as a particular visitor to ship the observe’s opening line: “Pssst, I see lifeless folks”.
Throughout the present, the rapper additionally included a brand new verse that referred to as for Drake to return the ring Tupac wore on the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards, which the Canadian artist seemingly bought at an public sale.
The CEO of the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr., has stated ‘Not Like Us’ could be eligible for the Grammy Awards, explaining that whereas diss tracks weren’t generally nominated, Kendrick Lamar’s enormous success with the awards previously makes the inclusion possible. The rapper has gained 17 Grammys thus far.
