Vice President Kamala Harris referenced the Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef with fiery one-liner on the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night time.
Harris appeared in a pre-taped skit on the awards ceremony with the present’s host, actor Taraji P. Henson. Within the bit, the vice chairman talks to Henson on a video name in regards to the upcoming presidential election.
The “Color Purple” actor tells Harris that she’s involved about reproductive well being entry and potential future Supreme Court docket vacancies.
“Our basic freedoms are being tested, Madam VP. I know you’ve been traveling across the country, what are you hearing?” Henson requested.
“Yeah, girl I’m out here in these streets, and let me tell you — you’re right, Taraji, there is so much at stake in this moment,” Harris responded. “The majority of us believe in freedom and equality.
“But these extremists, as they say — they ‘not like us.’”
It was Harris’ interpretation of Lamar’s acclaimed new track, “Not Like Us,” which got here out of his a lot talked-about rap beef with Drake.
Elsewhere within the skit, Harris stated Republicans wish to “turn back the clock on our hard-fought progress,” and referred to as on individuals to get registered to vote.
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Lamar and Drake’s feud has spurred a variety of pleasure and countless debates amongst hip-hop followers over the previous a number of months, with each rappers leveling some critical allegations at one another in a collection of songs.
Final month, Lamar dropped “Not Like Us,” his fourth diss observe in opposition to Drake. Drake responded with “The Heart Pt. 6,” however that response was rapidly drowned out by a star-studded Juneteenth live performance hosted by Lamar earlier this month. In the course of the Los Angeles present, which was livestreamed on Amazon, Lamar performed “Not Like Us” 5 instances in a row.
Henson had additionally paid homage to Lamar’s “Not Like Us” on Sunday by dressing up because the rapper and performing her personal rendition of the track to open the present.
