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Kendrick Lamar Performs ‘Not Like Us’ In Toronto, Crowd Asks for Encore

Kendrick Lamar performed his diss track "Not Like Us" during the first night of his Grand National Tour in Toronto on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
The performance followed a long-running public feud with Drake that intensified in spring 2024 with exchanged bars and legal action over the song's lyrics.
During the concert, fans loudly repeated Lamar's harsh lyrics about Drake, labeling him a "colonizer" and "pedophile," and urged the artist to perform an encore; however, Lamar chose not to return to the stage.
The crowd's standing ovation and encore call lasted around two minutes, while rumors of enhanced security included a 25-police escort outside the venue.
Drake and Kai Cenat postponed a livestream scheduled the same day to select winners of their "Somebody Loves Me" video contest, citing more time needed for submissions.

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Kendrick Lamar Performs ‘Not Like Us’ In Toronto, Crowd Asks for Encore

This beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar may last forever like the beef between 50 Cent and Ja Rule has. On Thursday night (Jun. 12), the Grand National Tour had its first of two back-to-back shows in Drake’s hometown of Toronto and it didn’t disappoint in the drama department. The Compton rapper performed his knockout punch “Not Like Us” as the crowd rapped along and even asked for an encore with footage surfacing of the audience screaming,…

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