One of 2024’s biggest lessons is that one should be very careful when opposing Kendrick Lamar and his rabid fanbase, especially concerning matters of the West Coast. Lord Jamar recently discredited the Compton rapper’s representation of Los Angeles, and the fans let him hear their disdain in droves.
“Game is that guy compared to f**king Kendrick [Lamar],” he said on a recent episode of The God Pod. “Kendrick was supposed to be just like a nerd or some regular guy. Now all of a sudden he’s like a gang banger or some sh*t.” His co-host, Artie Stacks, echoed his sentiment and both agreed that Kung Fu Kenny is a “good MC” whereas The Game represents their city to the fullest as a “good LA rapper.”
It is K. Dot’s year, between defeating Drake in their historic rap beef, having one of the biggest songs in “Not Like Us,” being announced as the Super Bowl LIX halftime performer, receiving several Grammy nominations, and securing another No. 1 album in his November surprise drop GNX. With all of that success and fanfare, it is no shock that people quickly sent shots at Lord Jamar on Lamar’s behalf.
“Lord Jamar is a flat Earther who thinks he’s a Native American and that slavery happened in reverse. Do with that what you will,” one user wrote. Another user denounced his opinion on a Los Angeles opinion since he hails from elsewhere. “Ay bruh we not taking a New Yorkers opinion on LA seriously they represent 2 different generations spanning 20 years both carried LA for years.”
Another user added to that regional bashing. “Another old hating a** NY ni**a, talking sh*t. These some bitter muthaf**kas bruh.” One responder believes that the Pulitzer prize winner will continue showing fans how much he pays attention to what happens on socials and respond to Lord Jamar on wax. “Kdot making last adjustments to turn Jamar into a bar wen he drops the Deluxe,” they wrote with an accompanying gif of SpongeBob writing on paper.
The 56-year-old rapper was especially bold going at the “Squabble Up” rapper in a year where his Los Angeles pride powered him to his victory over Drake and multiple No. 1 records. Drizzy suggested that he got more love than K. Dot on his diss track “Push Ups” and then used voice modulators to sound like 2Pac and Snoop Dogg on “Taylor Made Freestyle.” Dot responded by accepting people didn’t like the West Coast on “Euphoria” and then rallied his region together with “Not Like Us,” the accompanying music video, and his Pop Out concert on Juneteenth.