Kings’ DeRozan details Kendrick relationship, cameo in ‘Not Like Us’

Kings’ DeRozan details Kendrick relationship, cameo in ‘Not Like Us’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

DeMar DeRozan is in the middle of Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s rap feud, but the new Kings star has favored one side.

While DeRozan, 34, spent his first nine NBA seasons with Drake’s home team, the Toronto Raptors, and since has grown close with the Canadian rapper, the six-time NBA All-Star notoriously was raised in Compton with Lamar, 37, and the pair always proudly has worn their Los Angeles heritage on their sleeves — never more than lately.

DeRozan remains tight with Drake. However, DeRozan overwhelmingly was a part of Lamar’s posse during the feud’s prime. After DeRozan appeared on stage and in a music video for Lamar, it is clear which side Sacramento’s wing favored; Still, DeRozan clarified his relationship with Lamar and stance on the feud in an exclusive interview with The Sacramento Bee’s Jason Anderson.

“It was fun to be a part of [‘Not Like Us’],” DeRozan told Anderson. “For that moment, it was so much bigger than what people look at it as a beef between [Lamar] and Drake. It brought our whole city together in a different type of light where there wasn’t no issues, no violence. Everybody was coming together in a peaceful manner and that was the beauty out of those moments.”

Lamar name-dropped Sacramento’s star in the second verse of “Not Like Us,” saying, “I’m glad DeRoz came home, y’all didn’t deserve him neither,” in regards to Drake “having” DeRozan in Canada with the Raptors.

Afterward, DeRozan appeared on stage during Lamar’s first performance of the song at his unifying Juneteenth concert, “The Pop Out: Ken and Friends” in Inglewood, which saw rival gang members, NBA stars such as LeBron James and Russell Westbrook and average joes rejoice at the Kia Forum.

Then, the Kings’ newest star made a cameo in the song’s official music video released on the Fourth of July.

The ramifications of “Not Like Us” encapsulated Lamar’s efforts to unite California — from Los Angeles to the Bay to Sacramento — in his attack against Drake and his…

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Publish date : 2024-07-29 19:48:53

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