UPDATE: On additional inspection, Kendrick Lamar’s jacket really reads S/S/2024, as in it’s a part of the spring/summer season assortment. You’ll be able to see a greater high quality image of the Martine Rose jacket beneath.
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Compton legend and arguably one of many biggest hip hop lyricists of all time, Kendrick Lamar, has occupied the thoughts house of followers of rap throughout the globe for a scorching minute now.
Doubling down on the momentum from his feud with Drake, the rapper lately launched the official video for ‘Not Like Us,’ and secure to say, followers are dissecting each body for clues to a possible full size undertaking.
Certain sufficient, one peculiar factor that stood out has been the date on Kendrick’s jacket from the music video, which reads the date “8/8/2024,” which is being extensively interpreted as the discharge date for the upcoming undertaking. Now, one would assume it’s only a coincidence, if it weren’t for the overwhelming proof in help of the idea — particularly contemplating Kendrick’s love for Easter Eggs with numbers and dates. For starters, his newest live performance ‘The Pop Out: Ken & Buddies’ happened on Juneteenth, whereas the music video has come out on the 4th of July (the American Independence Day).
Now, everyone knows how a lot Kendrick was impressed by Kobe Bryant (and vice versa), and we additionally know Kobe’s jersey numbers to have been 8 and 24 respectively. As an LA legend that handed away earlier than his time, the date has particular relevance and is a kind of uncommon alternatives for Kendrick to double down on the love he has for LA.
Now on the danger of over-speculation (which hilariously, and even legitimate causes, is a mark of the Kendrick fanbase), a private remark is how the date August 8 when added divided by the 12 months 24, provides us 0.666 [(8+8)/24= 0.666]. This solely turns into related if certainly meant, and would allude to Drake’s affiliation with the Six, in addition to Kendrick’s opening of ‘Not Like Us,’ the place he references the phrase, “I see useless folks” from the film, The Sixth Sense.
Now look, we all know it appears excessive, however for those who’ve heard Kendrick’s psychological arithmetic on the Pusha T collab, ‘Nosetalgia,’ you simply realize it isn’t too far fetched for a person like Dot. To not point out the truth that 666 would tie in properly with Kendrick’s portrayal of Drake because the satan who performs manipulative tips.
All this hypothesis is, in fact, in comply with as much as a collection of diss tracks by Kendrick, one among which was the monitor ‘6.16 in LA.’ This monitor itself follows the identical type of patterns Kendrick is known for: layer on layer of which means and significance. For example, 6.16 is purported to be a play on Tupac’s birthday, the date Kendrick met Drake for the primary time, the reference to Drake’s timestamp primarily based releases, and a lot extra. The video beneath completely captures the hidden (or speculated) meanings behind the monitor.
With Kendrick teasing a brand new snippet at the start of the ‘Not Like Us’ video, this can be very seemingly {that a} undertaking is coming quickly. Even Kendrick’s shut associates, the likes of DJ Hed, insinuated that one thing massive is underway. All we now have to do now’s sit again and wait to see if the predictions are true in any means, form, or kind. Keep tuned!
— DJHed (@DJHed) July 5, 2024
