Source: Radio One / General
On Friday (Nov. 22), Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album, GNX, took the world by storm and kicked off the weekend in a very major way. Met with early acclaim from fans and music critics, the project arrived a few months ahead of Lamar’s scheduled halftime performance at Super Bowl LIX which takes place February 9th in New Orleans.
Of course, we all remember the big fuss that was made by Lil Wayne, who is not only the biggest rapper out of Nawlins but an avid football fan who has expressed how badly he wanted to hold it down for his city on the biggest night in professional sports.
In fact, earlier this month Weezy doubled down on his sentiment, telling fans at Lil Weezyana Fest how much it hurt that the spot was given to Kendrick and not him.
“That moment I said to myself, I wanna be on stage for the Super Bowl one day in front of my mom and I worked my a** off to get that position,” Wayne said. “It was ripped away from me but this motherf*ckin’ moment right here, they can’t take that from me.”
Kendrick touched on the Super Bowl fiasco on “Wacced Out Murals,” a cut from the new album where he not only name drops Wayne but went on to allege only one rapper applauded him scoring the coveted halftime slot.
“I used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud / Irony, I think my hardwork let Lil Wayne down,” Lamar raps. “Got the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me, all these n***** agitated I’m just glad it’s on they faces.”
Less than 24 hours later, Tunechi tweeted the following:
“Man wtf I do?! I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head. Let’s not take kindness for weakness. Let this giant sleep. I beg u all. No one really wants destruction,not even me but I shall destroy if disturbed. On me. Love.”
Depending on the next move by both artists, this has the potential to get very interesting. Not only because it would be another clash of the titans coming off the heels of Kendrick’s summer-stopping beef with Drake, but it would mean Kendrick would have now gone at Drizzy and the man responsible for much of his early success in rap.
One thing’s for sure: 2025 is already lining up to be a very interesting year in Hip-Hop.
