Kendrick Drops ‘Not Like Us’ Music Video: More Drake References

Kendrick Lamar isn't done with Drake. In his new music video for "Not Like Us" he shows that he's got some more shots to fire. Of course, nothing is done without Kendrick's subtleties, and his Fourth of July music video release date of the Drake diss track didn't go over his fans' heads. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch) Kendrick initially released the diss track back in May. Fans have loved the song since its release, and it has been even more loved since Kendrick's [inlink id="epic-ken-friends-livestream-concert" text="Ken & Friends Pop Out on Juneteenth"], where the Compton native performed it a whopping five times in a row. Lamar and his longtime friend and collaborator Dave Free directed the video, which features several cameos. DJ Mustard, who produced the track, is seen in the video wearing a Toronto Blue Jays cap in one of the more obvious jabs at Drake. Also featured are Tommy the Clown, Compton-born NBA star and former Toronto Raptors player DeMar DeRozan, and Top Dog Entertainment (TDE) CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. Watch the music video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58vbez_m4E All The Drake References In "Not Like Us" Once the song starts, the rapper is doing push-ups on cinder blocks in a room. The scene is a reference to Drake’s diss “Push Ups." In another shot back at one of Drizzy's disses, "Family Matters" alleged that Free fathered one of Lamar’s children with his fiancée Whitney Alford. In a very clear shot back at Drake, Kendrick, Alford, and their two children are seen dancing together in the video. The video features several visual references to owls, the bird associated with Drake’s OVO label. The first shot is an owl piñata, which Kendrick wacks at while wearing disco ball pants. He hilariously wrote in a disclaimer that read: "No OVHoes were harmed during the making of this video." Fans had fun picking out all the Drake references in the nearly 6-minute-long video. One person on X (formerly Twitter) pointed out in the music video's final scene: "Kendrick stands face to face with an owl. Soon, as the music fades out, Kendrick walks away calmly while the owl stands alone inside of a cage." https://twitter.com/AndresWrites/status/1809024843435909336 Of the scene where Kendrick dances with his family, one fan declared, "This is intentionally the hardest part of the 'Not Like Us' video. Didn't even acknowledge any of Drakes claims just showed you he was a liar." https://twitter.com/ThePettiestLA/status/1809021627570720857 Not Like Us Making fun of Kendrick's calculated music video drop and all the additional Drake references, fans trolled Drake. One person added a clip of Homelander from The Boys and wrote, "Drake watching Kendrick do the Pop Out on Juneteenth and drop the Not Like Us video on Independence Day." Another added, "Kendrick dropping the “Not Like Us” video on 4th of july is poetic as heII LMAOOO." A third fan had a wild theory and wrote: "Someone in my chat pointed out the possibility of these shipping containers alluding to "human s*x trafficking" by the 69Gawd. INSANE details.."