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Kendrick Lamar's Secret Performance 🤫
Kendrick pulled up to Brooklyn for a secret performance this past weekend, and HOV came through to watch. Plus, Kaytranada is back at it and has some more unreleased heat in the vault. Let's discuss 🎙 (3 min read)

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Kaytranada Is Back
Louis Kevin Celestin, know the name? My guess is no. Celestin goes by the stage name Kaytranada and popped onto the scene back in 2010 when he dropped a series of mixtapes and remixes 💿
Fast forward a decade and the Canadian DJ is selling out venues, collabing with & producing for top artists and performing everywhere 🍁
.@KAYTRANADA ft. @HERMusicx close out the show with a performance of “Intimidated” 🎹 #FallonTonight
— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight)
5:30 AM • Jan 19, 2022
Last week, Kaytranada dropped off a new single with Anderson .Paak and it’s one of them ones. The beat, production, vocals – everything is A1 🎹
But, it appears as if Kaytranada has some more unreleased heat in the vault...a collab with Childish Gambino. The internet is buggin over it, and rightfully so. Really gonna need this one yesterday Kaytra 👀
KAYTRANADA & CHILDISH GAMBINO HAVE A SONG TOGETHER!?!!!!!!!
— sam zer. (@Zerfirelli)
10:59 PM • Aug 5, 2022
Can’t wait for that Childish Gambino x Kaytranada joint🤝
— Morpheus (@fuckhilm)
7:32 AM • Aug 6, 2022
The track was previewed at a small show in NYC a few weeks ago, peep this video for a sneak-peek and let me know what you think 👇


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Secret Kendrick Performance
This past weekend, Kendrick Lamar wrapped up the New York City leg of his world tour. After the Brooklyn show at Barclays on Saturday night, he popped over to Dumbo House for a very special and secret performance 🤫
.@kendricklamar thanks JAY-Z who was in attendance (white bucket hat) during an impromptu performance at Dumbo House in New York, for letting him sample his line, “I do this for my culture...” from his 2001 song “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” — free of charge
— JAY-Z Daily (@JAY_Z_Daily)
11:44 AM • Aug 7, 2022
Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Snoh Aalegra and more were in attendance watching Kendrick do what he does best...rap. The best part? You'll notice in that video that Kendrick gave Jay a shoutout for letting him borrow a line from Izzo (H.O.V.A.) for The Heart Part 5. I'll drop both songs here, see if you can find it 🗣
"I do this for my culture". That's the line Jay-Z let Kendrick use...for free. I broke down the entire story, and all I can say is I wish I was at Dumbo House last weekend 😓


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Weekly Rotation
Last week I started a playlist for you guys that will feature all the songs we discuss in these newsletters. On top of that, I've got five tracks for you that you need in your rotation ASAP 👇
That's all for this week fam. Enjoy the week and see you soon 🎧

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