“We done lost a lot of homies to this music shit,” Lamar said as he partied with dozens of Los Angeles entertainers on stage
at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum was a star-studded ode to West Coast rap that culminated with dozen of artists and entertainers joining Lamar for an unprecedented moment of unity on stage. The concert had been announced less than two weeks before, on the back of Lamar’swas curated into three sections, the first collection of West Coast artists under DJ Hed, the second under storied “” producer Mustard, and the third headlined by Lamar.
Mustard played a string of his own hits from over the years, including Tyga’s “Rack City,” and 2 Chainz’s “I’m Different,” before Dom Kennedy, Ty Dolla $ign, Steve Lacy, Tyler the Creator, Roddy Ricch and YG joined him on stage to separately perform some of their biggest hits. Tyler’s “Earthquake,” Lacy’s “Bad Habit,” and YG’s “Toot It and Boot It,” and Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” especially made waves.
After Kendrick hit the stage to perform “Euphoria,” “DNA,” and “Alright,” he was joined by his former TDE label mates and Black Hippie comrades Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q. Jay Rock and Kendrick performed theircollaboration “Money Trees,” as well as Jay Rock’s “Win” and “King’s Dead.” Ab-Soul and Kendrick performed his verse on Kendrick’s Drake diss “6:16 in LA,” and all four remained on stage for ScHoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens” and “THat Part.
Promising to put on for the legacy of Los Angeles, Dr. Dre emerged to perform “Still D.R.E.” with Kendrick filling in at Snoop Dogg’s parts and introduced At the show’s end, Lamar made sure emphasize the concert’s purpose was not just a victory lap, but unification effort. “We done lost a lot of homies to this music shit, a lot of homies to this street shit,” he said, noting that the show featured artists from several different gang factions. He promised this was the first of more cross-city collaborations.
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