While one fan praised her collaboration with Casper Nyovest, she used it as an opportunity to express regret.
American rapper Kendrick Lamar has put an end to his huge dispute with Drake. Not like us video.
The video has been viewed over 10 million times on YouTube in the same amount of time, the same as South African Toyah de Lazey's unprovoked attack on Cassper Nyovest.
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of Not like us The video was filmed just days after the Grammy Award-winning rapper hosted his historic concert, “The Pop Out: Ken & Friends,” in California.
Social media was flooded with images of the rapper shooting a music video in the neighborhood, but the end result was a more subtle reference to Drake via art direction.
The video shows Kendrick holding a stick and trying to tackle an owl piñata, and Drake's clothing brand, October's Very Own (OVO), has an owl as its logo.
The final shot shows Kendrick holding the barn owl, gazing into its eyes, and then locking it in a cage.
One of the video's final shots shows Kendrick dancing to the song in his living room with his partner Whitney Alford and their two children.
upon Family issueswas one of several songs released during Drake's diss-song season, in which he claimed there were issues between Kendrick and his partner, and even accused Kendrick of physically abusing Whitney.
The Canadian rapper said one of Kendrick's children is his childhood friend and business partner. Not like us Video, Dave Free.
At the moment, Not like us The song is widely considered to be the biggest diss song in rap history, and as of this writing, it has been streamed just under 500 million times on Spotify.
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On May 11, 2024, it broke the record for the most daily plays of a hip-hop song in Spotify history, surpassing Drake's record with approximately 12.8 million plays. Girls want girls Featuring Lil Baby.
Big Brass Band plays “Not Like Us” 🎺
(TT: via docxnyc) pic.twitter.com/jieKIz77fj
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) July 4, 2024
Fans have created numerous versions of the song on social media, with the funniest being a parody video in which a mother talks about her day-to-day experiences looking after her children.
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Toyah targets Casper
A fan randomly and innocently tagged South African musician Toya Delazy in the X, effectively praising her for her 2014 collaboration with Mzansi artist Cassper Nyovest. My Town.
LOL, I'm not lying, I wish I hadn't collaborated with that girl. I can't listen to it https://t.co/HbL3YIjw7O
— AFRO-RAVE ☥ (@ToyaDelazy) July 4, 2024
But instead of acknowledging the goodwill gesture, Toya DeLazy used it as an opportunity to express regret for ever making the song with Casper.
When I saw your performance at Asoka Theatre 🎭 UKZN in 2009, I was convinced that you were destined to take flight in the world. Betrayal and betrayal are part of everyday life, but the reason you are an artist is because you are able to harness that pain and paint amazing pictures with just your music. … pic.twitter.com/Bcz3J0KAct
— Juno (@JunoSnez) July 5, 2024
Toya Dhelaji, whose real name is Ratoya Buthelezi and is the granddaughter of the late Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader and Zulu prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, responded to the many who criticised her comments about Casper on social media.
Forgiveness is a superpower.
— AFRO-RAVE ☥ (@ToyaDelazy) July 5, 2024
On Friday morning, she appeared to adopt a more compassionate attitude, tweeting that “forgiveness is a superpower.”
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