Kendrick Lamar put on quite the show for his city with his Juneteenth ‘Pop Out,’ but beyond entertainment, he also gave back to Los Angeles in a major way.
According to Billboard, K.dot along with his company pgLang, Tim Hinshaw’s Free Lunch and the special guests he brought out at the show made a $200,000 donation to 20 LA-based charities and city community initiatives.
Said Hinshaw: “We haven’t seen this type of Unity on the West since we lost our brother Nipsey Hussle. As Dot said on stage, this moment was bigger than a back and forth; it was about supporting each other and showing the world that we could come together for a greater cause. All of these organizations play a pivotal role in the development of our community and the hope is that we all continue to support them moving forward.”
The Compton G.irls Club was one of the 20 recipients, and in a statement, they said “We would like to thank pgLang and Free Lunch for recognizing their roots and supporting g.irls from the hood. It’s refreshing to know that Kendrick always comes back to the community to support the next generation.”
Check out the full list of organizations that received money here.
Kendrick Lamar‘s historic Pop Out concert also appeared to feature a very subtle but potentially telling reference to J. Cole that went completely unnoticed in the moment.
During the show at Inglewood’s Kia Forum last week, Kendrick performed his 2015 hit “Alright,” but some close observers have only just realized that the backing track he used was Cole’s remix, as the Dreamville rapper’s ad-lib could be heard during the intro.
It’s possible that this was an olive branch to Cole after the North Carolina native dissed Kendrick on “7 Minute Drill” in response to his scorching verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That.”
Cole U-turned just days later, of course, apologizing to Kendrick during his headlining performance at his Dreamville Festival and later removing “7 Minute Drill” from streaming services.
Before their brief battle, the two had been longtime friends and occasional collaborators, with Cole’s “Alright” remix arriving at the same time that Kendrick jumped on his 2014 Forest Hills Drive track “A Tale of Two Citiez.”
Cole also produced Kendrick’s 2011 song “HiiiPoWeR,” while rumors persisted for years that the pair would team up for a joint album.
Source hiphopdx.com
