Snoop Dogg has formally topped Kendrick Lamar the ‘King of the West’ following Okay.dot’s much-talked about ‘Pop Out’ live performance in Los Angeles.
The ‘Pop Out’ went down on Juneteenth at The Discussion board, and along with bringing out a few of LA’s superstars together with Dr. Dre, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Tyler, the Creator, YG and Roddy Ricch, Kendrick additionally managed to carry unity as he introduced members of the Crips and Bloods collectively on stage – and Uncle Snoop was greater than impressed.
“Sending an enormous shout out to Okay.dot and all of the homies from the West that stood collectively unified, organized in peace, love,” Snoop mentioned in a video posted to his Instagram whereas he was in Toronto. “That was lovely. That was enjoyable to observe. Stunning to see all my peoples come collectively. And Okay.dot – you’re the King of the West.
“That’s the form of shit kings do. We unite. We carry our peoples collectively.”
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— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) June 21, 2024
Regardless of having orchestrated the peaceable second, Kendrick Lamar was not shy about how moved he was to see it come collectively.
Because the gig got here to an in depth, he addressed the viewers, saying: “This shit making me emotional. We been fucked up since Nipsey [Hussle] died. We been fucked up since Kobe [Bryant] died. That is unity at its most interesting.”
He continued: “We finished misplaced a number of homies to this music shit, to this avenue shit. For all of us to be collectively on stage, that shit is particular. All people on this stage acquired fallen troopers.”
Followers celebrated the historic second on X, with one individual commenting: “Kendrick actually uniting Compton pirus and Cali crips on one stage. Memorable Juneteenth already.”
One other mentioned: “Kendrick a legend. He acquired crips and bloods on stage. It’s peaceable. This unity.”
One joked: “Kendrick’s hate for drake actually unified the bloods and crips.”
As for Snoop Dogg, he grew to become considerably concerned within the beef between Drake and Kendrick after Drizzy used AI to recreate the West Coast legend’s voice together with 2Pac’s for his controversial diss track “Taylor Made Freestyle.” The track was later eliminated following authorized threats from Pac‘s property.
On the monitor, a computer-generated model of Snoop rapped: “Dot, that the D-O-G by no means fucking doubted you/ However proper now it look like you posted up and not using a clue of what the fuck you ’bout to do.”
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Quickly after the track went reside, the Lengthy Seashore native took to social media and shared a hilarious response to his “characteristic.”
“They did what? When? How? Are you certain? [Sigh] Y’all have a superb night time,” he mentioned in a short Instagram clip. “Why everyone calling my cellphone, blowing me up? What the fuck— what occurred? What’s occurring? I’m going again to mattress. Good night time.”
Some followers thought Snoop later co-signed “Taylor Made Freestyle” when he reposted it on his Instagram Tales together with the caption: “90s Hip Hop Perpetually.”
Different followers had been extra skeptical given Snoop’s lengthy historical past with Kendrick that has featured a number of collaborations and a efficiency on the Tremendous Bowl collectively.
