Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre pulled up at Complex to offer their thoughts on the significance of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” The two West Coast legends beamed with pride as they talked about one of their hometown heroes. The pair also addressed Vince Staples’ remarks about the song. While Dre isn’t sure if what Vince is saying is accurate, he did enjoy the moment: “I think Kendrick was able to bring that together for that moment. Hopefully, that moment can continue.”
He continues: “I’m not sure if that’s going to be possible or not, because it’s going to take more than just one event to get that accomplished. Once it’s done everybody goes home to their home teams and they’re back.” Snoop chimed in, admitting while he agrees with Vince on some things, he feels Lamar united the entire city on a world stage.
“Kendrick united the whole city,” Snoop Dogg Says
“I’ll say this. What Vince is saying is that a lot of neighborhoods have been uniting for a long time behind closed doors, but what Kendrick did was, he united the whole city, based off him being a king…taking this violent situation, which is a rap beef and creating peace and giving the homies an opportunity to come on stage, to engage in his video, to be apart of his movement and to also moves like he moves.”
Snoop continues: “Because if you’re going to move with Kendrick, you gotta move like Kendrick. He’s about peace. He’s about love. He ain’t from no gang. He’s from a city full of gangs and he unites cities. So that’s what this was about. So it’s a good move for the, you know, West Coast culture as far as rap is concerned. Because violence has always been a lead thing for us on our side. So if you can take a violent rap or a violent song and create peace out of it, he should be commended for that.”
Check out the complete interview below.