Wednesday night’s The Pop Out: Ken and Friends concert may well go down as one of the most consequential nights in rap history.
Serving as both Kendrick Lamar’s first major appearance since his blistering rap battle with Drake and an overwhelming celebration of Los Angeles’ storied hip-hop scene, the night provided catharsis and exhilaration for the thousands of fan in attendance at Kia Forum and watching at home.
Toward the end of the show, Lamar invited a host of people to the stage as he performed the instantly iconic diss track “Not Like Us” five times.
One of them was Los Angeles Clippers star Russell Westbrook, who looked like he had the time of his life dancing and singing along to Lamar’s smash record among the big crowd of people on stage.
Kendrick Lamar bringing out Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan and the whole west coast on stage while performing Not Like Us at The Pop Out Concert
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Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan on stage with Kendrick Lamar. That really is the big three 🎥: @amazonmusic pic.twitter.com/QsJL5C42ih
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Russell Westbrook during They Not Like Us. pic.twitter.com/i2Y7tk1ETR
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Russell Westbrook was LIT at the Kendrick Lamar show in LA tonight 🔥
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Westbrooks looks like he’s on cloud nine as he vibed out to Lamar’s outstanding track, as the whole event looked, well, positively euphoric.
