Kendrick Lamar dropped surprise album GNX on Friday, where he addresses being chosen for the Super Bowl Halftime show in New Orleans over hometown rapper Lil Wayne. And it appears Lil Wayne has responded.
On the song “Wacced Out Murals,” Lamar’s lyrics include: “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud/Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down.” Early in the morning on Saturday, Lil Wayne took to X, formerly Twitter, and appeared to respond, writing in part: “Man wtf I do?!”
In September, shortly after Lamar was chosen to headline the Super Bowl LIX Halftime show, Lil Wayne expressed his disappointment, saying it “hurt a whole lot” that he wasn’t the pick for February’s big game (although he did not specifically mention the show by name, he had previously said he hoped to be asked) and that “it broke me.” Several others in his camp, including Nicki Minaj and Birdman, also felt Wayne should’ve been chosen.
As with the last time he addressed the Super Bowl, Wayne did not refer to it or Lamar in his post early Saturday morning and Lamar’s lyrics don’t appear to diss Wayne so much as reflect on the situation. Moreover, Wayne seems to be putting the blame on himself on the missed opportunity, writing it’s “on me,” while warning folks to leave this alone rather than escalate it.
“I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head. Let’s not take kindness for weakness. Let this giant sleep. I beg u all,” he continued in his post. “No one really wants destruction, not even me but I shall destroy if disturbed. On me. Love.”
Lamar also mentions the Super Bowl directly in another line in the same verse from “Wacced Out Murals.” “Won the Super Bowl and Nas the only one congratulate me,” Lamar raps. Nas threw support his way again, taking to Instagram to write, “Always inspired by my brother KL. Keeping the essence of this shit alive and at the forefront. Salute King!”
As for Snoop Dogg, Lamar mentions him during the same verse, in the context of Drake’s Lamar diss track, “Taylor Made Freestyle.” That song features AI vocals from Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur (Drake later pulled the song from his social media after the threat of legal action from Shakur’s estate).
“Snoop posted ‘Taylor Made,’ I prayed it was the edibles/I couldn’t believe it, it was only right for me to let it go,” Lamar raps. Snoop’s response to GNX included several fire emojis and an admission: “It was the edibles,” he posted on X. “west west king.”