How Kendrick Lamar Just Saved West Coast Hip Hop… 

Kendrick is with the culture, Drake is with the industry

I think we are witnessing the start of the renaissance of West Coast hip hop

You forgot to mentioned Snoop declaring Kendrick the King of the West

Kendrick didn’t save west coast rap he just reminded everyone how many great artists are from Cali. Hell he could have even more great artists there like Larry June, Vince Staples, and Madlib just to name a few.

Lets clear something up. It isn’t that Kendrick used the battle to unite the West Coast. It’s that the song Not Like Us invigorated the West and THEY championed it. Kendrick just used this moment as an opportunity to shine a light on the spirit of his people. And that is beautiful. Kendrick is a people’s champ.

All eyez are on Kenny hoping the album is coming very soon

Dont Rap Against Kendrick Ever.

Tbh west coast wasn't in a bad place the east is the one suffering

I was born and raised in California, but I haven't lived there in many years. Here I am a middle aged dad streaming every artist that performed on the Pop Out. Jason Martin's Chupacabra is great btw. If a fraction of the audience that night is doing what I've been doing by checking out these artists that might not have been on their radar before, it's a win win for everyone. I'm actually listening to these guys and loving it. I'm sure these folks are seeing a boost in interest from all over the world.

Not just the west coast he did it for all his brothers . This just not a west coast thing. Every big rap scene needed this

Drake had 3 different flows on Famliy Matters and none of them were Toronto 😂😂😂

Kendrick untied crips and bloods and nearly the whole united states im from nyc and all the drake fans OVER here is BIG MAD

Being from California myself and now living in ATL it really warmed heart to see Roddy, YG, Jay Worthy, G-Perico, Boogie and more on stage wit Kendrick. These guys all got to shine on a national stage and share their music. I’m looking forward to more music from all of em. No way Drake could pull off something like this with the same effect.

How Kendrick Lamar saving West Coast hip hop will change hip hop forever

The pendulum is swinging back. A lot of music nowadays has been pumped out like crazy and none of the music that's out has any meaning or substance. Drake has overstayed his welcome and we gave him a lot of chances/graces but our patience has been running thin.

Kendrick won the beef had a best performance now im just waiting for him to drop a album now

Drake is full proof of why you should be careful of what you asked for. He did all that trolling & begging Dot to reply ... he got that plus more, he got humbled again. He probably still hasn't learned his lesson yet

Bigger picture, he saved more than Hip Hop. He saved hope for the culture overall.

WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP DOT FUQ EM UP!

Kendrick just delivered a funeral service and the eulogy at the same time at the Ken and Friends concert. He's also reviving West Coast and standing with culture. Mad respect for Kendrick 🐐🔥❤️🤝

He’s a true leader, and I respect that he’s essentially completely hidden from public eye except touring and music drops.

We Are All Witnessing Kendrick Lamar Take Over The Hip-Hop Game.👏🏿😱🤯🙌🏿🔥🫡

How kendrick saving west coast hip hop changed hip hop forever

Kendrick Lamar is the new Prime minister of 🇨🇦

I'm glad you spoke on this, most youtube videos that went viral about the show were referencing drake when kendrick made it clear that he was uniting the coast as a nation on its own. . . Not about songs or back and forth in beefs rather to uplift a community, and that was dope. . .

I hope they all take this massive momentum to put out some great music

I would really want to see roddy rich comeback the guy’s mad talented 💯

Not being in the spotlight isn't falling off. From the early 70s, Cali always had its own form of HipHop and never cared about what's popping nationally...

It's about more than the West coast; it's about "the culture," and reminding the world who the perpetual source of that culture is.

He is just responsible.

I love the video. I’ve been looking for a lot of answerers on how to better my life and Kendrick’s beef had kinda been the spark to that here recently. Glad to see kendrick finding the love and respect he deserves even though I somehow slept on him up until the beef took off. Never opposed, just never new how insightful one person could be and how much it can influence another❤

Love your videos

I lived through the 90s, 2000s, 10s and now the 20s. Only one time ever have I saw such a connection in those times were the West Coast felt ONE. And this FEELS like this could be that again.

That has to be the album cover

outro is dope!

Yo final challenge Stop using “how this rapper changed hip hop forever”

I’m not sure where this narrative of not dropping songs as much came from…. Yes DAMN came out in 2017 and Mr.Morale was released in 2022…. BUT in 2015 he drops TPAB and was heavily featured on Compton by Dr. Dre, 2016 he releases the untitled unmastered, 2017 DAMN and the Heart part 4, 2018 it was the Black Panther soundtrack, then In 2021 he is featured with Baby Keem, 2022 he drops the heart part 5 and Mr.Morale…. So maybe a 3 hiatus…. But it wasn’t like he wasn’t around… he had tours…

Kendrick Lamar has been crowned by Snoop and Dr Dre that he is the king of the West coast and Unit the Culture , who love Kendrick Lamar ❤👑

He needs to drop an album sometime this year to cap off it and leave a imprint on hip hop like no one ever has

Wait is Dr Dre dropping a solo album too or nah? Because I only knew about Dre and Snoops sequel to Doggystyle

So much progress about to be made

"We've been f****d up since Nipsey died, We've been f****d up since Kobe died" -Dot.

I think the sun was a deadly lazer around 3 billion years ago

I'm from the East and I'm giving Kendrick all my respect

If Kendrick, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul all drop albums this year that would be legendary.

Forever

Need Tyler Kendrick collab album

that night was so epic

First man, love ya

How Kendrick Lamar just confirmed that he is Fantastic Hip Hops favorite rapper to glaze…

it's wild that Tupac is from New York but had such a huge influence that he's considered a West Coast legend

LLTHERULER WE KNOW THE TRUTH 🥶🥶🥶

You do know Alchemist is from NY right? Edit: I'm wrong as someone pointed out

just changed hip-hop forever

West coast up by 1 million points rn

On CUH 💙❤

The 2010s were almost a revival of the 80s, Synth Pop/Rap was huge. 90s will be the era of lyrical rap being back on top IMO.

Dre a Dot should've perform The Recipe

Kendrick needs to come out with a album though

FINE! I'll subscribe...jeez.

D-on't R-ap A-gainst K-endrick E-ver Now the West Coast is going to rise up behind Kendrick Lamar. Sit down and be humble.

…forever

West side!!!! 🖖

IM AGREE WITH WEST COAST BLAH BLAH BUT TYLER THE CREATOR IS A GOAT IN HIS OWN LANE WITHOUT ANY OF THIS ❤️‍🔥

All eyes on Meet the Whoopz lol

The West Coast is definitely making a comeback this year and Kendrick is leading the way.

Ain't the title suppose to be how Kendrick Lamar just saved West Coast Hiphop forever,asking on behalf of a friend.

Don't get me wrong I'm happy to see the West Coast going through a renaissance, but us East Coast gang have been a little neglected :( ever since Pop Smoke passed away I want more and more for some good East Coast rap. Hopefully we'll see a similar thing

West coast baby 😛

So happy for the West Coast & hip-hop in general!

Way beyond that Kdot became the hip hop savior he claimed to be

West Coast impressed everyone.

Something is going to happen, something wonderful! - 2010 The Year We Make Contact

The fact that the Game wasn’t there is a beautiful thing. Even if he was there they didn’t show him lol

Game wanna pop out too

If this leads to more unity and less violence between both gangs then it would definitely be worth it

Blxst is NOT a rapper, that’s a singing my boy lol he just needed a cough drop that night

6:25 he froze the crown by starting the show with the "english or spanish" song

Bro forgot to put “forever” on the title

👑 🌞

i wish the East would be just as active, they need to be on the radar again.

Can't wait for Kendrick to release another Mr Morale and the big steppers 2 so his real fans can enjoy

Dre…… where is Detox 😭

To keep people more distracted

K dot is a genius. Thank you Holy Spirit ...we need a Driver...and he was born to be our #1

Kdot saved Hip Hop In general.. don't shorten his impact❤

Pac smiling rn fr

They dont want no Canadian Ninja make Pac turn in his grave

RJMrLA was there 🕺🏽🕺🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥

notice how snoop wasnt there

Watch kendrick get a grammy for not like us😂😂😂

Drake = Vulture

fuk it - im going to watch it again

Man, Kendrick lifted up so many people. Drake knows nothing ‘bout that. He stands on top of people.

Some Times You Really Gotta Pop Out & Show saggin (backwords) *souljia boy voice

Certified Boogeyman of rap

Love Kendrick. Been my goat for years. But the rest of Cali I just don't find all that talented lyrically. Maybe I just haven't heard the right guy yet

I dont know dude, the new Mozart album might overshadow Kenny's

For New West Coast HIP-HOP Bishop Snow Doggy Styleee DW Flame And Roddy Ricch

toronto fr can't stop catching L's lately. sad to see.