{"id":88774,"date":"2024-06-21T15:05:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/21\/the-game-addresses-not-attending-kendrick-lamars-pop-out-concert\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:05:40","slug":"the-game-addresses-not-attending-kendrick-lamars-pop-out-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/06\/21\/the-game-addresses-not-attending-kendrick-lamars-pop-out-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game Addresses Not Attending Kendrick Lamar\u2019s Pop Out\u00a0Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-game\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-game\/\">The Game<\/a> went on Instagram Live to address his absence from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/chart-history\/hsi\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\/chart-history\/hsi\/\">Kendrick Lamar\u2019s<\/a> star-studded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kendrick-lamar-pop-out-review-1235714697\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kendrick-lamar-pop-out-review-1235714697\/\">Pop Out concert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Compton rapper said in the video also posted to his IG grid Thursday (June 20) that he felt the need to clear the air after seeing the chatter online about him not being invited. Many believe he went against Compton and sided with Drake after he dissed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rick-ross\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/rick-ross\/\">Rick Ross<\/a>. He started things off in the 17-minute clip by addressing the DMs he\u2019s received and the noise in the blogosphere saying that he\u2019s choosing sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWhen the f\u2014k you heard me say a motherf\u2014n\u2019 thing about who I\u2019m sidin\u2019 with and this and that?\u201d he asked before alluding to industry playing a part as to why he wasn\u2019t there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of f\u2013kery that goes on in this industry,\u201d he added. However, he did big up the affair saying, \u201cI ain\u2019t have to be there to think that the s\u2014t was motherf\u2014ing cool and major.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn his relationship with Drake, he referred to the Toronto rapper as his \u201cbrother,\u201d saying, \u201cAs far as my relationship with Drake? 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lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMost of the speculation that the Compton rapper was siding with Drake stems from two recent instances. First, he posted an Instagram Reel of the Toronto rapper\u2019s 2015 song \u201cEnergy\u201d playing on a screen with the caption, \u201cI got rap n\u2014s that I gotta act like I like.\u201d Many questioned the timing of the since-deleted post because Drake\u2019s \u201cLike That\u201d response \u201cPush Ups\u201d had been released a few days earlier. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Game Sides With Drake, Posts Him Listening To \u201cEnergy\u201d By Drake <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TheGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Drake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Drake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVe8Ih5FCx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/pVe8Ih5FCx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real1Of1TV (@Real1of1TV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real1of1TV\/status\/1780618456267665656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThen a few weeks later, The Game took to his Instagram Stories to take shots at Rick Ross for trolling Drake after he released \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/drake-kendrick-lamar-the-heart-part-6-1235674227\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/drake-kendrick-lamar-the-heart-part-6-1235674227\/\">The Heart Part 6<\/a>\u201d in response to Kendrick\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kendrick-lamar-drake-diss-track-meet-the-grahams-1235673928\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kendrick-lamar-drake-diss-track-meet-the-grahams-1235673928\/\">Meet the Grahams<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kendrick-lamar-drake-diss-track-not-like-us-1235674033\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kendrick-lamar-drake-diss-track-not-like-us-1235674033\/\">Not Like Us<\/a>.\u201d The West Coast rapper said, \u201cIt\u2019s quiet today Wingstop must be closed on Monday\u2019s [sic]\u201d and then added, \u201cIt be the fat n\u2014s with the skinny legs always running they mouth.\u201d He then decided to join the 20 v 1 Rap Royal Rumble and dissed Rick Ross with the song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/the-game-rick-ross-diss-track-freeways-revenge-1235680024\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/the-game-rick-ross-diss-track-freeways-revenge-1235680024\/\">Freeway\u2019s Revenge<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe gave his reasoning on the Joe Budden Podcast afterward. \u201cA n\u2014a sitting around just trolling, n\u2014a, keep that same energy, n\u2014a,\u201d The Game said. \u201cYou wann rap, you wanna troll? N\u2014a, let\u2019s do it. Bump heads with a n\u2014a that really do this s\u2014t.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Game calls into The Joe Budden Podcast and discusses his beef with Rick Ross. <\/p>\n<p>He also says that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficiallyIce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@OfficiallyIce<\/a>\u2019s tweets were the reason he dissed Ross. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mnwHy5VDRD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mnwHy5VDRD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keeping Culture Alive (@Q4quise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Q4quise\/status\/1789339573216223608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 11, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Game is from the same city as Lamar and has collaborated with both him and Drake over the years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/the-game-not-going-kendrick-lamar-pop-out-concert-1235715195\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Game went on Instagram Live to address his absence from Kendrick Lamar\u2019s star-studded Pop Out concert. The Compton rapper said in the video also posted to his IG grid Thursday (June 20) that he felt the need to clear the air after seeing the chatter online about him not being invited. Many believe he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}