Hidden Meanings Behind Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us Music Video Explained | REACTION

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[@Phony81]

I was born in 1982. Currently 42. I saw Tommy The Clown on The Pop Out and scared my wife as I yelled out: "HE'S STILL AROUND!" Because Tommy The Clown came to my middle school to put on a show with his group. You know you're legendary when being called The Clown is a sign of respect.

[@daniellepaylor2840]

Yessss they pull up and shut the entire block downnnnnn ❤🎉❤🎉

[@LiyahBae3]

I’m from Louisiana when I was young we had internet and computers and laptops because my dad worked in tech and dancing was a big part of my black community in a small town in the south and we use to watch the videos this was before people got paid for KZbin and the KZbin rest lol.

[@LiyahBae3]

I mean the video of Tommy that’s how I knew of him and the kids dancing and I’m pretty sure he was on dance tv shows too. I’m pretty sure when they tried to type wash them and wasn’t letting black teams compete

[@nettricegaskins1871]

I know about Tommy the Clown from the film "Rize" that I saw in Brookline, MA. Kendrick is wearing white for a reason. When he's smiling and waving at the end he's waving to Drake who (on the same day) was at the "White Party" in Long Island with a bunch of celebrities and wealthy people. That was a genius-level move.

[@piotrswat169]

I bet Jacob the jeweler was there also.Gotta keep the party going.LOL

[@inodg]

Kendrick vindicated on all accounts. Showed us the liar

[@Awnawbruh]

The “I hate..” bars came from a DMX interview where DMX said those things about Drake

[@nyyankeesfan9865]

MrB explained that when he covered the Euphoria song. I had no idea until he mentioned it

[@NikRsmn]

The most diabolical analysis I've heard about the owl was the first shot we see the owl is from the owls perspective. staring down kendrick, clearly out matched. Then the 2nd shot is from kendrick's POV and he's caged, but doesnt even realize that he's stuck, unable to move around and fly. All a caged bird can do is sing.

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

when everyone's blowing you up, its not cuz anyone is upset with you, but because they are eager to share their special knowledge. "do you know who big L is" 💀the shade 🤣🤣

[@trip5497]

Like who don’t lol.

[@stevenmishos]

Rize would be a movie suggestion to see more of Tommy the Clown.

[@pla4825]

I’m happy you have a better understanding of who Tommy the Clown 🤡 is and what he means to us here in California 😁

[@Obie_24]

Something nobody’s caught is the part where Kdot & Dave free doin a blood handshake 🤫

[@colette2034]

I've also seen folks saying Whitney was b- walking during her dancing!

[@ValentineToybox]

Its all good, you did not know, but now you do. Kendrick Lamar has made his point.

[@home-818]

Respect to the Tommy apology. Rize is really good. I saw it as a kid and im from the east coast too

[@Trashious12345]

The Kamasi line also may be a shout out to the fact that Kamasi Washington released a fire album the day 6:16 in LA/Family Matters/Meet the grahams came out and killed the hype. I felt bad when I realized on Sunday Kamasi dropped and I hadn't even thought about it. Great album.

[@ojerico6097]

It's not nothing he said makes it mean that lol

[@R6W2]

⁠​⁠@@ojerico6097he ain’t wrong tho, Kamasi dropped that day

[@triplehayes6416]

I live in Cali. I go back and forth from the IE to LA county and you’re correct nobody out here messing with Drake except game.

[@Midnightmistake-kz5rg]

He also wore all white, while drake was in a all white party in canada two hours in . This man is surgical with his execution's, while he smiled and wave at the camera (or at Drake), meaning he had his own party in LA, while drake was in a all white party.

[@jonenih]

Lol. The fact you think Kendrick knows where drake is at every point.😂😂. This is a reach. Not every thing you see is a plan. Something's are called coincidences

[@badescuandrei6766]

The wave scene is just cold man, even without thinking about Drake's party. Kendrick is saying goodbye to the beef all smiling like "yeah that was pretty fun for me man, can't wait to do it again next year". Amazing performance

[@EversonBernardes]

@@jonenih White Party by Michael Rubin - basically rich white guy parading his famous "friends" - happens every 4th of July and Drake always been invited. Wouldn't be hard to guess he'd be there. There's an extra layer to that: the invitation for the Party is an individualized framed painting. Like the one Kdot has facing backwards in the cell shots.

[@jonenih]

@@EversonBernardes that's a Willie C outfit. Kendrick didn't dress himself. And seeing as it's a proper fit. It was probably chosen and prepared a while back. I wish this layered aspect that I love so much was true. But boy you reaching. Is there proof prior to the white party that drake was going to attend? The theory I have of the picture on the floor and not on the wall is to Drake's statement of "Y'all have my pictures on the wall when you cook up..." I could be wrong. But I could be right. Point is they are all theories. And coincidences bring about theories most times.

[@EversonBernardes]

@@jonenih guests to the party had received their invitations by mid May. Kendrick has proven he has OVO snitches, he'd know. Edit: apparently Drake posted his invitation painting as a story in May 17th, so yeah, it was known for a fact he was attending.

[@MohamedAhmed-iw6fz]

Also, inside the owl piñata a rat falls out

[@Kickinthescience]

Y’all should’ve suggested him the 616 in LA breakdown by What’s the Dirt

[@FeenixCookies]

There are so many hidden messages in the video! It’s crazyyyy

[@MrDekasOne]

Nah, if we get a remix with all the guys from Atlanta that kdot mentioned, now that would be truly diabolical

[@chelseyr8767]

Well Lil Baby & 21 standing by Drakes side so that would be a good concept but unfortunately not gonna happen

[@virgowoman73]

Let’s hope Kdot keeps it strictly Cali, we don't need others outside the region of the West Coast to be on the remix.

[@colette2034]

I need a Cali version hopefully with Snoop Dogg since he couldn't make it to the Pop Out. AND a USA version with Future, Rick Ross, ASAP Rocky, and/or even MeganTheeStallion . It's also wild to think that the probability isn't 0 that Tyler The Creator and/or Rihanna could also be involved. 😅 The FIRST Tyler and Kendrick collab and the first Rihanna feature in YEARS, could be on a Drake diss remix?!

[@TheBellajj]

That would be ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheBellajj]

@@colette2034, wow… so many options!!!!!

[@Tyler-Dwane]

Kendrick👑: "We need more access to your mind."🤯That's a 'whole😅bar' and I agree with you "wholeheartedly'😂..!

[@Stackali]

drake can't go to atlanta either

[@oofoof2304]

lol MrLBoyd apology accepted, just don’t do it again😤😂🤣

[@sicshop]

😂😂 Ouch

[@bigblue3216]

Comment section tore him a new one after his last video

[@digital0785]

kendrick is the poster child for SLOW IT DOWN I JUST DISSED YOU with how many times we gotta go back

[@AnalyzeThat93]

I'm from NY, and we loved Tommy the clown here! Every party included clowning/krumping lol.

[@FiveAcross]

Everybody but Knox so far that I've seen, has missed DJ Mustard wearing a Toronto Blue Jays hat in his scenes.

[@Illturnthiscararound]

Knox Hill was on it! 🔥

[@W_L626]

Chant it with me, BREAK IT DOWN 😂

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Over the pond, I've learnt a lot via yourself. Thank you for sharing this ❤👵🇬🇧🙏

[@dondadafosho4500]

I'm from TEXAS and knew him, but APOLOGY HIGHLY APPRECIATED 👍🏽

[@itsRichErich]

Please react to Whats the dirt Kendrick lamar 6:16 in LA breakdown. Best breakdown on KZbin for any Kendrick song and makes alot of Drake allegations seem more believable tbh.

[@trip5497]

Co-sign you’ll love it

[@colette2034]

Thirding this recommendation! Also [Deleted] 's Not like us video gets into history in a way that I was NOT expecting. Highly recommend bur also ooof, heavy. Literally titled, The Dark Creepy Eerie Messages in Not Like Us. They are at times doing that thing where they are talking while video of them playing a random game is shown, but I PROMISE it's worth it. It was through them that I saw the SECOND video of Drake saying the n-word with the hard er. He's done it TWICE!! That Kendrick line wasn't surface level, Drake literally speaks it wrong. In songs and more recently he gets it right, but when speaking it, using it in conversation, on two different occasions -ER.

[@grantstevens8099]

That guy didn't mention the shipping containers ...

[@sicshop]

The kid missed it. It’s very dark and most reactors missed it.

[@colette2034]

I saw someone mention that all shipping containers are labelled and start with CB1, like Cell Block 1! And human trafficking. And the packaging and shipping of black American culture around the world.

[@grantstevens8099]

@@colette2034 Agreed, Colette. Someone on the Joe Budden podcast also pointed out that the containers were all white, but the dancers are African American, which is in line with packaging and shipping black American culture.

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

Whitney was wearing a wife beater ......also there's a FAN spinning above them while they are dancing and he says "he a fan he a fan he a fan" All the shipping containers have CB1 on it (Cell Block 1)... and the 10 when hes doing hopscotch stands for 1-2-3-4-5 + 5 aswel as the obviously childrens game the shot with the owl alone is crazy ; the symbolism in that single shot is mad, Owls are predators who eat other animals for food , He caged a predator , the owl is looking at kendrick being "Free" From its POV , from Kendricks POV the owl is in jail , is he saying drake belongs in jail . also the owl is bowing down while kendrick is walking away . the whole damn shot is so multi layered Also the hand dance hes doign during the pushup scene is a refrence to a viral tiktok dance drake did with a 17 year old Baptism by Fire : The family matters and the truth of the matter it was god's plan to show y'all the liar This song encapsulates the overwhelming anxiety I felt trying to club and rave while battling mental health issues, endless nights of trying to enjoy life only to feel hollowed and rejected, lost, blinded by the lights.

[@Oli3TB76]

That child with Drake was NOT 17

[@colette2034]

​@Oli3TB76 Facts!! I'm bad at telling ages, but I'd guess they were between 9-12 maybe?

[@Tsumvaya_YouTube]

Born in 96, Big L is one of my favorite MCs. Top 5. RIP💐

[@404manda404]

Major respect to you for doing this video and apologizing. Funny you said something about Kendrick directing something bc it’s rumored he’s been quietly working on something with the creators of South Park!! Kenny’s sense of humor is incredible so I know whatever those 3 guys do will be brilliant and hilarious

[@daniellepaylor2840]

I’m 45 ❤ watching Tommy n the Tsquad perform since my brother 5th bday party ( he’s 32 now) Tommy has performed at myyyyy own kids party and soooooo many more ! They shut ish down!!!!!! And the price just went up! Wessyde

[@Bellamamaz]

Being looking forward to your reaction on Kendrick Lamar's new video.

[@tremo2731]

The Euphoria bar was a reference to DMX hating Drake. That's what they say. I don't know. I'm just here with popcorn.

[@spurgeon933]

One other point missed was that the cargo containers were white and the dancers were wearing black. Symbolizing the exportation of culture and/or trafficking.

[@parkermudsen1063]

Also, the door knock at the beginning of the video is tied to the walk off dance at the end of the third verse in the video. Here is the explanation. 1) the knock mimics the line “Shave and a haircut. Two bits” from the 1899 Charles Hale song “At A Darktown Cakewalk”. 2) Darktown was the name of a black neighborhood in Atlanta in the 1800s. 3) Cakewalk is a dance rooted in slavery. During slavery, slave masters would force their slaves to engage in dance contests to entertain them and their white guests. The prize was a cake. One of the dances was one in which the slaves were mocking how their masters walked. This became known as the cakewalk. 3) the dance that Kendrick and the T Squad Dancers were doing at the end of the third verse (about drake taking all those elements from Atlanta rappers) was a version of the cakewalk.

[@FumblingBool]

I'd die if we got a Black Hippie remix of not like us

[@connerbuckley9871]

Kendrick came out and turned every verse of his diss track into a visual and highlighted it all to everyone and to be people to produce his own music video where every clip is a visual diss to drake is crazy because every clip had a hidden meaning towards him and he created a masterpiece to his diss!!! Undefeated! But also in my opinion, on drakes actions after this diss track, and for drake to not retaliate at all just proves the point that everything Kendrick said was true and drakes trying to sweep it under the carpet

[@gmoney0505]

Breakdown of Duckworth pls!!!!!

[@LongwindedShortstory]

I'm a 80s baby, 90s kid from Cali. I never wanted to believe NYers refused to even understand us, but I guess it's true. Of course we studied hip hop's origins, so we at least tried to understand NY... so yes, we know who Big L is. I'm glad you are interested in learning some of our significant figures now... Also, some of the info in this video is just a reach. But it'll give you a start

[@BooneDavey]

I didn't know it was possible to _not_ know about krumping at this point. 😅 I stand corrected

[@colette2034]

Someone who has NEVER done an imaginary Stomp The Yard style krump battle, by themselves? Just flailing in their bedroom but in your head you are HITTING IT. There are folks who never pulled something trying to imitate krumping?! Is it more of a West coast thing? I really assumed the krump wave was national, but now I'm wondering if part of why I know about it is because I'm a West coaster? Or it's as widespread as I thought, and he just never encountered it, which is also intriguing.

[@Brooklyn__King]

J. Cole on not like us remix with Ross, and future 😅

[@Illturnthiscararound]

No shame, as a West Coast fan I was late to East Coast rap history which I now love & appreciate.

[@ssgtblackmamba7991]

I'm was born in the Caribbean and partially grew up in western Europe (still live there). English is my third language and I knew who Tommy the Clown was back in 2005. I'm not saying you should've known, I'm just surprised how much of a isolated world on its own New York apparently is.

[@ErikaStone-zc4mq]

We definitely need the song in the beginning of the not like us music video.

[@TheAlexandrierS]

The Shipping Containers That He Was In Front Of Are Also Supposed To Represent Human Tr**ficing Containers.

[@supimken]

We definitely need access to that genius’s mind.

[@eleanorgaines9717]

We are a nation of opinions not based in facts.

[@Carllide]

If it is a remix of Not Like Us, I think it will include Metro, Future, J Cole and others. Imagine rappers from Memphis, even OG like Rakim. This is a movement

[@Marcus_Da_Martian]

Also Owls are predators, so the owl being locked up could be a reference to that

[@dennis3nde]

imagine a remix with the east coast xdd

[@charlezw]

6:46 it'll be a California love 😉 remix.. so that would be a tupac call back too.

[@AdrianJReynolds]

I just came home from Jhene Aiko's concert in south florida (it was great) and lemmie tell ya...the DJ put this on and it was one of the loudest moments of the night when it got to A MINORRRR. That was Drake's core audience: under 30 girls and women. They were ONE in their singing of Not Like Us. That man is losing his core audience, and fast.

[@antuanbeard6090]

Yes. There’s Easter eggs in EVERY frame.

[@spellegren]

You must have been pretty young in the 90's. I grew up in NYC too and Tommy was pretty well known in East New York and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn where I mostly hung.

[@TheCornhole55]

The video LIVED UP TO THE HYPE! 🔥💯

[@trip5497]

Should definitely watch Rize if you haven’t seen it, well worth it.

[@aroundthewaygirlnextdoor]

I'm born in the 80s, raised in Atlanta in the 90s, I know Tommy & the Krump clowns. Also know of Big L because many New York artists reference him. But I get what you're saying.

[@TheDundeal]

Black hippy & friends remix on the way #confirmed

[@TomLopez17]

Do a video about Big L!

[@ShawronColeman]

There's sooooo much the dude who made the video missed as well... Time of releasing the album. Outfits he chose. What demar wore. You can write an analytical essay breaking this song down... its actually insane.

[@colette2034]

I'm SO excited for college essays and analyses of the songs and the music videos. It has to happen!

[@RolazProductions]

The Big L rebuttal was crazy 😂😂

[@goodfella1401]

Big L is the reason I bought a pair of Reeboks "L keeps rappers hearts pumpin like Reeboks" while listening to his song Ebonics to understand American slang better after I first heard his name be mentioned on Gang Starr's Full Clip. Big L rest in peace

[@Rryiac]

We need More access to your mind 😂 I feel that

[@colette2034]

I'm a bit pissed, that we all HAVE to be missing things. There are probablt things so nuanced and small, that Kendrick and folks involved in the video shoot are the only ones who know it! And unless someone says it, we will never know. NEVER. I'm too nosy, I need the directors notes for the video.

[@lincolnmelligan556]

Respect!

[@nyyankeesfan9865]

*Shipping containers alluding to human trafficking - Bakka got a weird case *The shipping containers were all marked CB1 = cell block 1

[@chrispayne6794]

For you to publicly apologize you earned my sub. That's grown man bi

[@nyyankeesfan9865]

Please react to Kendrick Lamar’s Pop Out concert

[@eight2oneiwin]

Watch professor skyes breakdown as well. He has some really cool thoughts about iconography.

[@doyouhearTim]

This might be too crazy but I'd like to watch a movie with John wick -like MC who's known as the Boogeyman with Not Like Us' instru as a soundtrack. Imagine, the bloody man walking down the street while hearing "I see dead people"😅

[@colette2034]

A Friday/Deebo, 'tuck your chain' reference would be mandatory! Oh wait..... Could it be a soundtrack of Kendrick songs? I wanna watch full on pro fight choreo with incredible cinematography; of somebody getting mollywopped to "If I gotta slap a p---y a-s n---a, imma make it look sexy." 😂

[@GregoryCurtis-if2co]

man where you been!!!

[@haxan_3567]

If it's a remix I need it asap

[@devoniah9675]

I get the sense of and Insane Asylum, straight jacket n all. Must review Georgia 's history about slaves and Asylum.😢

[@theoneandonly676]

Yo! you good I don't expect anybody to know Tommy the clown it's a california thing. Biomass of glad that you give him him his crops. He been doing it for a long time.

[@martingray8350]

As soon as you said you didnt know who the clown was on your last video i switched off 😂

[@jj7126]

There is a whole documentary about Tommy tje Clown 🤡 and his impact on LA and the youth.

[@ShawnTaylor-fp7jz]

You need to go back and check out his whole discography... respectfully

[@99bajakid]

Also look into the shipping containers a bit deeper

[@mistylynn7425]

Also the shipping containers. Have y’all watch sound of freedom??

[@honeysalsared]

You know who Big L is 🫶

[@ragnarokthewarchild5059]

I like how he used a barn owl in the cage the one owl that doest say who but screech's llike a banshee and are awkward looking when compared to the other owl's who are much more majestic looking lol that's gotta have some meaning to because nobody likes the barn owls' in general even farmers dont like them that much especially if they have barn cats who are there for the rats then the farmer has starving cats and a full barn owl that screech's at random times lol

[@rubyrubi1165]

MRLBOYD when will you react to Shoe Gang - Psychopath Killer?

[@2590jh]

I stilled watching the other video because you was off so much 😂

[@wolfdaman]

lol bro said I don’t know nothing about Cali cause I grew up when we had to pick a side 😭😭😭

[@lakerdynasty834]

On the hopscotch part he steps over the six, because Drake is the 6th god

[@sicshop]

Naw, they don’t know who Big L is, but he is a top ten rapper who is deceased. Still top ten.

[@Brooklyn__King]

Don't tell no lies abme, and I won't tell no truths about you. 😊

[@chanteurfantome1937]

Tommy the clown 🙌🙌🙌🙏🔥 thank you

[@Vas8307]

If you not paying attention you missed it… it’s in the 🧬

[@mexicaneas10]

WOP WOP WOP With Out Papers Drake is an immigrant from Canada without papers

[@tyreclarke2248]

I know you don't do movie reviews but Rize would be a dope first.

[@Awokei2879]

I didn’t know Tommy the clown either until the pop out. More surprised you didn’t see that. Apology accepted the internet can be harsh

[@mark_white.]

And kendricks I Hate the way you ... .......That from a interview where Dmx Was asked about his feelings on Drake and , that's dmx's Resomnce He hated the way he talked the way he walked ..etc . as a nod to Dmx and showing how the industry saw drake. they knew

[@cervantesthenilbog7513]

As a white boy who grew up in Detroit, with absolutely no offense at all, I'm genuinely way more blacker than you are; and I don't even act black. So is my sister and she's only half black, and I'm even more blacker than she is lmao. Which is made even more funny cause she's the whitest mixed black girl I know as well.

[@malu2684]

They didn't Krump Clown break it on down in NY? 🤣

[@justjewellent]

Do y'all know who Big L is?😂😂😂😂savage but I totally feel you😂😂😂

[@RubyConn]

He loves Friday the 13th too? ❤

[@marcusmachevilli3948]

Bro I ain’t mad at you. I wouldn’t have known either except I lived in South Central from 1980 to 1995. You good with me I still enjoy all your content. It’s a west coast thing, I got it. Bottom line is Drake made a huge mistake, because he IS a colonizer, just straight facts.

[@juliaalexander5788]

Also aren't the dancers famous as well for their particular style?