Kendrick Lamar united Los Angeles with his triumphant Pop Out concert on Juneteenth, but complicated things by bringing out alleged abuser Dr. Dre.
In this op-ed, culture editor Kaitlyn McNab analyzes the painful irony of Dr. Dre ’s appearance at Kendrick Lamar ’s otherwise triumphant The Pop Out concert. Content warning: This story contains mention of alleged domestic violence . The city is back up, and all of Los Angeles is definitely outside. This Wednesday Kendrick Lamar hosted The Pop Out: Ken & Friends, a special one-night-only Juneteenth concert at Inglewood's Kia Forum.
Dre's presence made for a complicated moment during an otherwise extraordinary night — especially given that K.Dot has also been accused of domestic abuse by his opponent Drake. On the diss “Family Matters,” Drake claimed that Lamar “beat on” his fiancée Whitney Alford and alleges he “hired a crisis management team” to keep the incident quiet.
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