Mustard Will Join Kendrick Lamar For "Pop Out" Show With Friends

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 15: DJ Mustard attends a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers at Crypto.com Arena on January 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)
Get ready for an absolutely electric performance of "Not Like Us," because it looks like there's a legend behind the boards.

"Not Like Us" is going to ring off with particular hype at Kendrick Lamar's upcoming "Pop Out" show in Los Angeles on Juneteenth. Moreover, a big part of this is that Mustard recently announced that he will be in attendance at the concert at The Forum, which is an expected but still exciting first announced guest. We don't know whether other folks that will make it to the "Ken & Friends" event will announce their participation beforehand or if it will mostly be a surprise. Either way, fans can't wait to catch this live and feel the built-up energy from this Drake beef that this performance will take to a boiling point.

Furthermore, if you're not in Los Angeles, no worries: there will be a livestream of Kendrick Lamar's "Pop Out" event via Amazon Prime and Twitch. As such, you can still see Mustard spin "Not Like Us," and we'd guess that this is going to be a really fun moment for the song's producer. After all, this is his most high-profile collaboration in a while, and the chance to celebrate the song's achievements on a special holiday in his home city is a very heartening development. We can't help but wonder what other friends will make an appearance...

Mustard Will "Pop Out" For Kendrick Lamar Show

Meanwhile, Mustard has some big moves of his own to look forward to very soon, including his recently announced upcoming new album Faith Of A Mustard Seed. With just a single track, it's already been a massive year for him so far, so to see this full-length return in such a grandiose way is a very exciting move for 2024. Overall, there are a whole lot of reasons to be excited for this "Pop Out" show from Kendrick Lamar. But folks like ScHoolboy Q think that this represents something bigger for the West Coast this year, as it's been one heck of a run for the region in the past few months.

"Heard it. sH*t go dumb. LA bout to do it again… LA up tHis year," ScHoolboy Q tweeted about the new Mustard album, adding onto the hype around his own LP Blue Lips, the new Vince Staples album Dark Times, and so much more. Whether you're K.Dot or another L.A. artist, you've got a lot to be proud of these days, and we'll see how this continues to evolve throughout the year. Maybe this is going to really be the year of the West Coast when we look back at it. As long as we don't start underrating all the other scenes, it'll be a pretty fun time.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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