LOS ANGELES, CA – Dr. Dre came through Kendrick Lamar’s “Pop Out” concert and delivered the instantly iconic “dead people” intro to K.Dot’s Drake diss “Not Like Us.”
Kendrick brought Dre onstage during his Wednesday (June 19) show, and then asked: “You ain’t gonna say nothing else before we continue to party?”
The N.W.A legend responded with: “Yeah, okay. I’m just gonna need a moment of silence for this one.”
He then introduced Kendrick Lamar’s diss song with its intro: “Pssst. I see dead people.”
Before helping the “Money Trees” rapper launch into his latest hit, Dr. Dre ran through other hits “Still D.R.E.” and 2Pac‘s “California Love.”
Check out the clips below.
.@drdre says @kendricklamar is “one of greatest that’s ever did it” 🙌 #ThePopOut pic.twitter.com/6Avi2P5qst
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.@drdre & @kendricklamar performing “Still D.R.E.” 🎤🔥 #ThePopOut pic.twitter.com/g2rfe35PqJ
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.@kendricklamar performed “Not Like Us” 5 times in a row 🤯 @drdre #ThePopOut pic.twitter.com/YE1Gdrkhez
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Kendrick Lamar references the 1999 film The Sixth Sense with the intro for “Not Like Us,” whispering the same words that the movie’s young protagonist, played by Haley Joel Osment, shares with his therapist during the movie’s climactic moment.
The allusion is a notable Kendrick bit, in the sense that K.Dot also referenced the film and its star actor on his first Drake diss, “Euphoria.”
Digging a bit deeper, fellow West Coast rapper The Game kicked off his 2006 diss track towards 50 Cent, “It’s Okay (One Blood),” by whispering: “Dre, I see dead people.”
Lastly, Kendrick Lamar’s use of “psst” carries on from his closing lines of “Euphoria”: “If you take it there, I’m takin’ it further/ Psst, that’s something you don’t wanna do.”
The “Pop Up” concert put the stamp on a remarkable battle between Kendrick and Drizzy — a beef that was recently declared “great” for Hip Hop by LL COOL J, who also said that K.Dot definitely won.
Appearing on The Bootleg Kev Podcast in an episode published earlier this week, Cool James – who knows a thing or two about rap beefs – shared his thoughts on the infamous feud.
“I thought it was great for Hip Hop,” he told Bootleg Kev. “I thought it was the right thing. I thought they both did well, they held their own. I thought that Kendrick won, but I thought that Drake by no means did he embarrass himself or have anything to hold his head down about.
“He did his thing, he showed up and I think his fans can feel comfortable wit that. […] The key to that stuff is as a long as it doesn’t distract you from your ultimate goal, it’s a wonderful thing to participate in. I love it.”
Source Hiphopdx.com
