Shop owners demand compensation from Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar has had a turbulent 2024: the beef with Drake, various chart successes and now the recent announcement that the rapper from Compton will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. At the heart of it all has always been his Drake diss track “Not Like Us”, which is probably one of the most successful diss songs of the decade with astronomical numbers. The accompanying music video has also caused waves – and could now be Kendrick's downfall.

Thousands of dollars lost: Shop owners blame Kendrick Lamar

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, numerous shop owners contacted the newspaper and reported that they had suffered large losses on the day of the video shoot. The majority of the shops affected are located in a so-called shopping center, A shopping center-like combination of several shops. These are connected by a parking lot – where the video for “Not Like Us” was filmed.

Numerous business owners claim that they were not informed in advance about the video shoot, which had been properly registered beforehand. They had opened their shops regularly and hardly saw any customers. During the course of the day they were forced to close their stores and are now demanding compensation from Kendrick Lamar, his production company pgLang or the city administration.

Corina Pleasant, one of the allegedly injured shop owners, says she lost between $1,800 and $2,200 that day. A spokesperson for the city of Compton has already commented on this and said that in future they would be careful to avoid video shoots.more efficient” Neither Kendrick nor his production company pgLang have commented yet.

Kendrick Lamar video shoot: Shop owners reportedly suffered losses

Looking at the content of “Not Like Us”, the situation seems quite ironic. On the diss track, K.Dot accuses Drake of exploiting Atlanta’s culture and music scene for financial gain and Credibility on the street If the situation surrounding the allegedly injured shop owner is not resolved quickly, this could in turn cast a bad light on Kendrick.

Here you can watch the video that the 37-year-old filmed in his home country: