With a clear sweep in all nominated classes, Kendrick Lamar’s hit music “Not Like Us” gained 5 awards on the 2025 Grammy Awards regardless of the music being shrouded in controversy.
“Not Like Us” Wins A number of Grammy Awards
Okay-Dot got here into the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2), with 17 profession wins. The Compton, Calif. rapper considerably added to that whole as his chart-topping 2024 single “Not Like Us” gained 5 awards out of 5 nominations. The L.A. anthem gained within the classes of Finest Rap Tune, Finest Rap Efficiency, Finest Music Video File of the Yr and Tune of the Yr.
Okay-Dot and his scathing diss monitor aimed toward Drake locked down the primary three wins at a premiere ceremony earlier than the beginning of music’s largest evening. The pre-show discovered the music’s producer, Mustard, accepting golden gramophones for “Not Like Us” within the Finest Rap Tune, Finest Rap Efficiency and Finest Music Video on Kendrick’s behalf.
Because the awards ceremony started to wind down, pop celebrity Miley Cyrus introduced that “Not Like Us” was voted in by the Recording Academy as File of the Yr. With out having been proven on digicam at another level of the night, Kendrick Lamar himself took the stage to just accept the award with Mustard in tow. After acknowledging his aunt Sharon, who had just lately handed, and shouting out West Coast icon Dr. Dre, Kendrick devoted his huge win to his dwelling metropolis of Los Angeles.
“We’ll dedicate this one to town,” Kendrick declares within the video beneath. “Compton, Watts, Lengthy Seashore, Inglewood, Hollywood. Out to the Valley, Pacoima, I.E., San Bernardino, all that. That is my neck of the woods that has held me down since a younger pup. I used to be within the studio, scrapping to put in writing the very best raps and all that with a view to do information like these.”
Kenny then took the time to present his fellow Californians a way of hope amid the latest wildfire aid efforts. “I am unable to give sufficient thanks to those locations that I rolled round since highschool. Most significantly, the folks and the households out within the Palisades and Altadena. It is a true testomony that we’ll proceed to revive this metropolis. We’ll preserve rocking,” he provides.
From there, the legendary Diana Ross opened the envelope and revealed that after being voted upon by 13,000 members of the Academy, Kendrick Lamar had formally gained the coveted Tune of the Yr award for “Not Like Us.” Together with his second acceptance speech inside a matter of minutes, Okay-Dot continued to huge up his West Coast brethren, his loving household and the artwork of rap.
“That is what it is about, man, as a result of on the finish of the day, nothing extra highly effective than rap music,” Kendrick explains. “I do not care what it’s. We’re the tradition that is going to at all times keep right here and stay eternally. To the younger artist, like my man Punch say, I simply hope you respect the artwork type. That is all. Respect the artwork type, it’s going to get you the place you have to go. Alright, salute. I admire you all. I really like you all.”
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The Controversy Surrounding “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss music “Not Like Us” was inarguably one of many largest songs of 2024, no matter style. Launched in Could of 2024, the music was the figurative atomic bomb dropped in Kendrick’s battle with Drake. Nonetheless, in November of 2024, Drake filed two pre-action petitions towards Common Music Group, accusing the music conglomerate of colluding with Spotify and iHearRadio to artificially inflate “Not Like Us” by the use of bots and payola.
He later filed a federal defamation lawsuit towards UMG, claiming they defamed Drizzy by distributing the music, which refers to Drake as a toddler predator. Kendrick Lamar isn’t listed on the lawsuit.
UMG has responded to Drake’s lawsuit in an announcement, writing partially: “We have now not and don’t interact in defamation—towards any particular person. On the identical time, we are going to vigorously defend this litigation to guard our folks and our status, in addition to any artist who may straight or not directly develop into a frivolous litigation goal for having accomplished nothing extra that write a music.”
Subsequent week, Kendrick Lamar is slated to carry out the extremely anticipated halftime present at Tremendous Bowl LIX on Sunday, Feb. 9.
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Check out Mustard accepting three Grammy Awards on Kendrick Lamar’s behalf and see the Compton spitter settle for the awards for File of the Yr and Tune of the Yr within the movies beneath.
Watch Kendrick Lamar’s Acceptance Speech for “Not Like Us” Profitable File of the Yr
See Kendrick Lamar Settle for the Grammy Award for Tune of the Yr With “Not Like Us”
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Wins Three Classes on the 2025 Grammy Awards
Kendrick Lamar poses within the press room with all of his 2025 Grammy awards, in the course of the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Enviornment on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
