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 music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.