Janet Jackson Interpolates Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Into Her Live Show

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Celebrity Sightings In New York City - February 14, 2024
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Singer/actress Janet Jackson is seen arriving to the Thom Browne fashion show during New York Fashion Week at The Shed on February 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
The song has been popping up all over the place.

Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" is the song that just keeps spreading and spreading. Since debuting at number one on the Hot 100 last month it's only been surpassed by one song. That was Post Malone and Morgan Wallen's "I Had Some Help". The song has spread to all kinds of surprising places. It's one of the big favorites to be the defining song of the summer. It's popped up in the live set of multiple artists in recent weeks including numerous members of Kendrick's former label Top Dawg Entertainment like Doechii and Isaiah Rashad.

Now another, even more surprising artist is slipping the mega-hit into their live set and doing it in a pretty subtle way. Videos are making the rounds online of a recent Janet Jackson show where attentive fans noticed a familiar song. Of course, it's nestled into another familiar song, Jackson's own smash hit "Nasty." During the breakdown of the song, you can hear her slip the chorus of "Not Like Us" into the backing track which some fans were able to catch on video. Check out the clip of Jackson's newest show where the song appears below.

"Not Like Us" Slipped Into Janet Jackson's Set

Fans may get the opportunity to see Kendrick Lamar perform the song himself later this month. He just announced a new "Ken & Friends" show taking place in Los Angeles later this month on June 19. The song has broken multiple records on Spotify including some previously held by Drake. The song surpassed Drake and Lil Baby's "Girls Want Girls" for the most streams in a 24-hour span by any rap song. In total the song has generated more than 275 million streams on Spotify already.

What do you think of Janet Jackson interpolating "Not Like Us" into her live performance of "Nasty?" Are you surprised that Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track is one of the biggest hits in all of music right now? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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