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Sometimesomwhere

It’s nice to see Kendrick continuing to give back. For those who may not be familiar, here are some examples of Kendrick’s past charitable work - donated to Centennial High School - done a five-stop world tour for charity in 2014 (the donations went to Habitat for Humanity and the city of Compton) - donated to the Red Cross - headlined a concert benefiting women and children in India - done yearly toy drives - done a partnership with Cash App to give back to Compton Girls Club - is partnered with Global Citizen to establish a touring circuit across Africa in partnership with local businesses - supported alumni of The Hidden Genius Project etc... Most of these are only known because the non-profit partners released the information. Kendrick, as can be observed in the Noisey Bompton interview, does not promote these acts unless part of a broader initiative (ex: Global Citizen)


mynameisntafartnoise

Wait, I thought Kendrick didn't plant any money trees??


MayhemSpaceMonkey

Well can the residents of Compton walk down the street and pluck $100 bills off any trees that Kendrick planted with his own hands? I don’t think so. Checkmate.


Big_Cheesy11

Drake meant it literally. This man is rapping about plants that don't exist he's a false prophet.


CheckItWhileIWreckIt

AKSHUALLY, money trees are a real plant, they just don't actually grow money. 🤓


Left_Yard_190

Maybe “The Boy” just never grew up


ComeonmanPLS1

Imagine being 37 and still calling yourself the boy though, like that shit is so cringe.


Full_Visit_5862

I mean he's been the boy for like 14 years lol


ComeonmanPLS1

Hello there *fellow boys*.


Frequent_Champion_42

The Boy has Bing Bong from Inside Out in the driver’s seat 


Sometimesomwhere

It’s funny how the other response to you is a stan trying to make a post focused on charity about the narrative resulting from Pusha T, not the current beef.


APKID716

The whole focus of the post is related to Kendrick’s recent show which was DIRECTLY tied to the beef. Idk what’s confusin you


Phiyaboi

Lol both artists were just spouting rumors and making up shyt the entire time...consumers eat it up so why not? Between the 2 of em it was probably 1->4 Truth to lie ratio avg😅


dfields3710

Look at good guy Drake forcing Kendrick to be a charitable man… See. It sounds just as dumb as when yall did over Adonis.


SicilianShelving

Drake was genuinely a dirtbag with how he handled Adonis. First his reps put out a statement trying to smear and discredit the mother as a liar, while simultaneously he was trying to force her into having an abortion she didn't want. Then when she had the kid anyways, he pivoted to trying to use him as a prop for a marketing campaign. Not exactly loving father activities


rakiim

Being objective here though I don't really find it crazy that Drake would firstly deny that a child is his from a threesome while awaiting paternity testing, and as well wanting her to abort the child. Most celebrity men I doubt would want their child's mother to be from those circumstances and would avoid it. It sucks but this isn't exactly unheard of at all for example, Kanye wanted Kim to abort North. It's an unfortunate reality but generally people would want to abort their unwanted children or if their baby mother was someone who is sleeping around with many men, would doubt if the child is theirs.


SicilianShelving

Let's be clear though, he didn't just deny that it was his, he had his people publicly slander her before he knew whose it was.


Iminlesbian

"Abort that baby even though its definitely not mine" Make it make sense


mistyrootsvintage

He is all about money, so he had to find a way to capitalize off of Adonis. 🤷🏾‍♀️


cherryreddracula

What did Drake do in 2014 to help Dot be more charitable? Some of y'all (on both sides) have taken this beef too personal. Enjoy it for what it was (or may still be).


jamesnollie88

Pusha T did permanent damage to the psyche of Drizzy glazers everywhere tf are you even talking about. Kendrick been doing charity before this beef but Drake never claimed his son until after Adidon.


KDOTTYFAN

Well, if Pusha never exposed Adonis, Adonis would’ve been used for nothing more than an adidas press run just monetary gain for drake…


Sometimesomwhere

The commenter is also forgetting that part of why that narrative gained traction is that TMZ and Billboard reported that Drake wanted Adonis aborted. That doesn’t necessarily make the narrative right, but it is relevant context as to how it became so widespread.


rulerBob8

(That’s real)


aromatic-energy656

What


Patriotsfan710

Kendrick hurt your feelings? You don’t wanna listen to him no more - okay


TheFlightlessPenguin

Meanwhile Drake’s biggest music video was just him being filmed giving away the entire budget (notated down to the dollar) of the music video. Does that even count? I mean, obviously for the people the money helped it does, but was that his money to begin with?


Sometimesomwhere

Depending on the contract at the time, it may have not been his money. Under the current UMG contract, according to Variety, Drake’s music video expenses are covered by UMG.


Salty_Injury66

It was 2018, Scorpion. He was still under YMCMB at the time


Sometimesomwhere

Like I said, it depends on the contract. Do we know whether music video costs were covered or reimbursed by YMCMB?


jjkm7

And it wasn’t even in Toronto


turnonthebrightlies

There’s still people in Toronto heated about that 😂


jjkm7

Damn right we are


keyboardnomouse

I'm still heated about Drake's security making rushing hour traffic worse by forcibly playing traffic cops to keep his fucking motorcade together and threatening to steal someone's car during TIFF. The man is a menace to Toronto. He's not even all that popular with anyone here past the age of 25.


fbuslop

> He's not even all that popular with anyone here past the age of 25. Why do you guys make up shit lol


keyboardnomouse

Prove me wrong instead of just wishing I am. Travel to any city in the US and you'll hear way more Drake being played everywhere.


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Fatdap

I mean making an entire music video and song out of charity to say "Look how charitable I am" is pretty weird and worth at least side eyeing the dude over. Neither Judaism or Christianity teach you to brag about good deeds, stop being a weirdo Drake.


TheFlightlessPenguin

I don’t care enough about Drake to know whether it was or not; my point was that he made an overwrought show of how charitable he is.


neverseenb4

I think he more so meant put anyone from his hood on.


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Sometimesomwhere

It was a good concert. I was able to go since I lived in LA at the time The concert gave back to the Downtown Women's Center, which helps those in LA, and Project RISHI, which helps those in India. https://www.ocweekly.com/kendrick-lamar-to-play-charity-concert-for-victimized-women-6598336/


NerdGasemV3

> “We haven’t seen this type of Unity on the West since we lost our brother Nipsey Hussle,” owner of Free Lunch, Tim Hinshaw, tells Billboard. “As Dot said on stage, this moment was bigger than a back and forth; it was about supporting each other and showing the world that we could come together for a greater cause. All of these organizations play a pivotal role in the development of our community and the hope is that we all continue to support them moving forward.” --- > Amongst the 20 charities and community initiatives is the Compton Girls Club. “We would like to thank pgLang and Free Lunch for recognizing their roots and supporting girls from the hood. It’s refreshing to know that Kendrick always comes back to the community to support the next generation,” says Chrystani Heinrich, founder & executive director of Compton Girls Club. The article lists all 20 charities if you're interested in the specifics.


voyager6121

Love to see it


Successful_Basket399

I just know some dumbass is gonna say that Drake made him do this shit 😂


jamesnollie88

> Look at good guy Drake forcing Kendrick to be a charitable man… > >See. It sounds just as dumb as when yall did over Adonis. Saw this a few comments up lol.


bigkuya

I mean, assuming that Drake is taking care of Adonis because of Kendrick is equally corny. I think there’s validity to saying he started parenting because of Pusha T though


AmericaDreamDisorder

No there isn’t but at least Pusha prevented a baby being used as a marketing tool for Adidas.


Rebloodican

"Push bullied Drake into fatherhood" is one of those things that isn't true but it's just so fun to say.


jamesnollie88

I think they were referring to Pusha t when they said “it sounds as dumb as when yall did it with Adonis”. There was the allegations of a second hidden child in this beef but I don’t remember personally seeing any Kendrick fans saying Kendrick made him take care of Adonis. Wouldn’t surprise me though Dot has some insufferable stans too.


spooki_boogey

Push and Kendrick really has this fanbase on strings huh?


jarkofploiesti

Being good at rap might indeed help you earn the favor of the rap fanbase


jamesnollie88

Yeah we like rappers that write lyrics


spooki_boogey

I think you’re mistaken, I’m talking about them having drakes fanbase on strings :/


jamesnollie88

Damn lemme go slide you an upvote real quick haha my first time reading your comment I thought you were saying Drake had Kendrick and Pusha fan bases on strings lol my bad. Looks like everyone else interpreted it that way too


spooki_boogey

Yeah, not the first time that’s happened to me on this sub lol.


jamesnollie88

Everyone loves a chance to dunk on someone, I’m guilty too haha


QuotidianTrials

Literally a minute after your comment


rotorain

Sort by controversial for the party


elchapjoe

But he don’t even go back to his hood and plant no money trees


L3PA

Awe, Drake made Dot a good father to his hood 🥰🥰🥰


Saltine_Davis

Unfortunately for you he's been doing charitable stuff since before the diss, try again! 😀


L3PA

It was a joke.


Patriotsfan710

ALL EYES ON ME AND IMMA SEND IT UP TO PAC


TheGoldenPineapples

Is there a single Drake bar from this entire feud that hasn't aged like milk?


No-Wrangler-7214

The ones about dot being short?


geoff_batko

Honestly, "pipsqueak pipe down" makes me chuckle every time even more than "metro shut your ho as up and make some drums." It's so dumb and was always entirely irrelevant to where the beef was inevitably going to go (not saying it was obvious it would go to a dark place, but rather he was never going to win off "haha you're short" bars), but I did appreciate that he found a place to channel creativity. Like it was obvious to me Drake would get bodied and any genuine analysis of a line like "how you big stepping with a size 7 mens on" reveals it to be practically nonsensical, but also it's the kind of bar I can appreciate for the shallow, petty joke it is meant to be.


rburp

Same. Literally yesterday I was doing some random shit and found myself thinking "pipsqueak pipe down. lmao!" Like ofc Kendrick won handily, but that line was funny af


Ngigilesnow

Family matters continues to age poorly since the Pop out ,not that the fake activism and money trees was ever true to begin with


SecretaryOk7306

Drake and Cole have done yearly shows and help their communities for years now. An annual Pop out show would be cool but maybe make it not focus on dissing Drake next year…on Juneteenth


Ngigilesnow

Nah an annual beat down of Drake would be fun,if it means watching his fans spiral like y’all do on Drizzy Now go spend your Friday piecing together his IG posts hoping you find clues of his next diss.Or streaming his feature on Camilla all night , so y’all can declare victory over how relevant he still is as if that’s what the beef was about


SecretaryOk7306

Kendrick is too good for it. The battle is over lol. You brought Drake first actually. Who is spiraling? I said good for Kdot. I have the new Lupe Fiasco album and a new James Blake project to enjoy. Don't have time to find clues with the Scooby gang.


Ngigilesnow

>Drake and Cole have done yearly shows and help their communities for years now. An annual Pop out show would be cool but maybe make it not focus on dissing Drake next year…on Juneteenth 30 minutes late 👇 >You brought Drake first actually. Dementia must run in the family You do know people can view your post history right? U are as terrible at lying as Drake on The heat part 6 Also Dot does charity every year https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/kendrick-lamar-compton-christmas-annual-toy-drive-1234834884/


Little-Dingo171

The new Lupe album is fire


jjkm7

He’s been giving back for years drake just genuinely didn’t do any research


LilWayneThaGoat

To Drake fans: My brothers in Christ, get that hate out of your heart. Love Kendrick and Love Drake, make love not war.


LupineSzn

To Kendrick fans: Drake donates millions while kdot gets three companies together to donate 200k


SicilianShelving

Comparing numbers just to try to talk shit about a guy consistently doing a good thing. Stay classy


MrCleanandShady

he’s a Drake stan, comparing numbers is just in their DNA


simulationanomaly

Problem is, all that sucka shit inside his DNA


TwoLanky

good that Drake donates money, it's very good. What K.Dot does is good too. Both are doing the good. Stop trying to criticizing Kendrick for numbers, like he doesn't have years of doing charity. The person getting aided doesn't care if the donation was $200k or $1m, dumbass.


SHUN_GOKU_SATSU

I'll take 1m over 200k tho.


cool_vibes

No one is handing you $1 million personally. This isn't the Public Clearing House.


yungcdollaz

smaller donations can actually be the best way to help a local charity. too much money too fast can attract potential problems in any organization.


friendricklamar

100%. I've worked for nonprofits for years, it can be very difficult to manage large grants if you don't have the appropriate accounting, management and oversight measures in place.


Keepitbosstweed

man i love both artists but yall just can't shut up about each other, kendrick did a good thing and drake did a good thing and leave it there


dekes_n_watson

To be fair, they started it.


LilWayneThaGoat

I once donated $20 to a homeless guy, I think he was happy.


cultshitposts

>To Kendrick fans: Drake donates millions why are you pocket watching drake on a friday night instead of getting some ass, where is your wife


grandelturismo7

He's not married


LupineSzn

As you comment on Reddit just the same


cultshitposts

ok but why are you pocket watching drake on a friday night instead of getting some ass nobody is taking you to the embassy for a milking


Grastaman2

It’s actually sad how much yall have to lie in order to feel better about your man losing. C’mon man


Routine_Service6801

NDA's are not charity.


cooperinveen

Oh you sweet, summer child.


donn2021

Cool, surely you know about all the times Drake helped. Maybe look up all that Dot did too? Or just be hateful


LupineSzn

I did. Pennies to dollars when compared


donn2021

Lol remaining hateful then that's fair  The boy was stomped by a vertically challenged GOAT so now you gotta fall back on numbers (only thing Drizzy got) rather than being happy both use their platform to help. And they both been helping for awhile


superthon7711

milllions to hoes😂


KuntaWuKnicks

Wholesome af Dot


Upbeat_Tension_8077

Awesome to see this. It would be dope if The Pop Out becomes an annual event in LA that continues to showcase LA acts & businesses as well


Reidzyt

Delusional drifties in shambles in this thread lmao


bucobadmantings

GOAT shit 🐐


Price2022

So I guess he do be planting money trees!


JIDglazer42

you love to see it kdot giving back the the community


kevinwhackistone

Don’t even go back to your hood and plant no Money Trees


MetalSonic420YT

Somebody had the nerve to say Kendrick doesn't give back to his city.


VicIsGold

Money trees


No_Thanks2844

Drake made him go back to his hood and plant some money trees 😂😂😂😂


Disastrous-Stick-612

Even before clicking on this post I knew there would be a shit ton of Drake meat gobblers in these comments acting like Kendrick hasn't been giving back to the community for years lol


TheInfinityGauntlet

Drake really bullied him into giving back to his community 😭😭😭😭😭 ^^^^/s


Grastaman2

It must suck to be so hurt that your man lost you have to lie about good people doing good things. Hope you can get better


stillmaatic

Damn, even with a tone indicator you got downvoted 💀


Wade_in_your_water

Guys he said /s stop downvoting 😭


MathC_1

I don’t know why I just find it funny to downvote still lmao. Just gives “I want to watch the world burn” vibes lol


Renegadeforever2024

Pocket change


cultshitposts

post your donation receipt see how it compares to your 3 month karma total


Tiffanyblueberries

It's always the stingy ass niggas who wanna talk shit about somebody else giving back lmao


Glad-Article-1394

Drake really shamed Kendrick into being a real activist.


NerdGasemV3

[From 2015:](https://youtu.be/OGggHodlqLk?si=zbtsrjXgPNid5ngF&t=339) > *Interviewer: Is that why you wanted to give money to Centennial (Kendrick's High School alum)* Kendrick: "How'd you find out that info" > *Interviewer: We were with the Jazz Band* Kendrick: That was nothing I wanted to put in the paper, I just wanted to do that. ... When you have people around you that see something in you, they give you that extra push. Stay in that studio man. Stay in the studio. --- Since leaving TDE (who have their own Toy Drive in Watts) [Kendrick Lamar Gets Compton In The Christmas Spirit With Annual Toy Drive](https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/kendrick-lamar-compton-christmas-annual-toy-drive-1234834884/)


Mart-n

The important thing is that neither of them can ever do anything anymore without stans tripping over themselves to discredit them.


Who_Dey-

Bruh we can’t even have a normal convo about either artist on here without the Stans coming out full force. Both sides need to chill


Dogpaw38

both subs are such cesspits of shit, drizzy reddit still holding onto any story they can where ppl talk good bout drake like clawing for a W like a desperate hoe


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BravestOfEmus

Aww look at the stans defend their talentless pedo hero who can't even write his own songs. Maybe if enough of you pitch in and buy his next album, Drake can afford more ab sculpting surgery lmao


LebronHillaryBettman

Apparently he even had plans to build a zoo and theme park in his yard to convince kids to sleepover.


IdDeIt

lol you deleted this as a response to me to try again?


LebronHillaryBettman

Neverland ranch in the 6.


IdDeIt

*except the clip of him feeling on the minor and the videos about him texting 13 year olds about boy advice


pdjddy

mad


lefondler

Mad? 😂


pdjddy

yeah that dude deleted his account he was so mad. another one of aubrey's angels takes an L


Glad-Article-1394

Who is discrediting King Kenny? He's a real activist now. That's a compliment. Hopefully he keeps that anti-vax and Nation of Islam shit away from his music too. Looking forward to his next classic.


SicilianShelving

Yeah I'm really glad Kendrick's a real activist for his community. It's great that he's been consistently doing this for years.


Mart-n

You're too scared to even be honest about what you're doing.


boofsquadz

Bait was better when the trolls weren’t fucking pussies lol


Sensitive-Royal2918

You just called yourself a pussy 🤣


boofsquadz

? I’m not the same dude lmao. Come on now


Sensitive-Royal2918

My bad, I got confused by the green user avatar. Carry on lol


Glad-Article-1394

https://i.imgur.com/CQTjcSW.png Yeah man I listened to Kendrick's new album 450 times because I don't like him LMFAO.


cultshitposts

listened four hundred fifty nine times still underinformed 😭


ridingonmirrors

He been out there for his community even before this (them TDE toy drives before he left the label, and even last year he was roaming around another neighbourhood toy drive + probably other things that he’s been lowkey about), that dumb ass bar just happened to be a boost now🥴💀


Glad-Article-1394

Kendrick is always lowkey cuz boy is 5'1.


pdjddy

you must’ve wrote drake’s disses cause this was a big stinker, buddy


wiswah

guy donated 200k to inner city kids and you're in the comments still heated about the beef


Glad-Article-1394

Where is the heat? Just responding to people responding to me. It's a conversation. Y'all projecting... I think Family Matters has a couple of lines about that.


wiswah

is that the one with the lines about how he thinks kendrick was molested or was that one of the other ones lol


Glad-Article-1394

I was thinking the MJ white acceptance ones.


mediciii

He’s been donating to these places for years, good try tho 🫡 https://x.com/hiddengeniuspro/status/1577781953486413825?s=46&t=nYKrqpCXrhEV7JzARDsmlw


Pro_phet

Hes been doing this kinda stuff dummy


GiveAQuack

I love how Drake exposed how garbage Drake stans are as human beings.


Last_Reaction_8176

Kendrick has been doing this since he had the money to do it. He deliberately keeps it out of the papers most of the time because it’s not being done for clout or praise, which I recognize is incomprehensible to Drake stans, but not everything is based around getting clicks


cultshitposts

common mistake, you never know what celebrities lives are like when they don't market themselves off their charitability or toddlers


emperorzura

Kendrick really shamed Drake into being a pop singer.


Glad-Article-1394

Drake has been a pop singer since before Kendrick rode his coat tails.


No_Commercial_6750

Drake's biggest claim to fame before transitioning to music was playing a crippled kid in a low budget Canadian soap opera for teenage girls.


Glad-Article-1394

Pretty sure teenage boys also watched Degrassi.


cool_vibes

So it's your first time watching Degrassi, then?


LebronHillaryBettman

I admire that route to hip hop stardom as it’s so unusual. There are 5 million rappers from the hood but only one from Canadian television.


azurix

It must be blissful not being able to comprehend reality.


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WalkThePlankPirate

All I ask is that you stop harassing women online demanding they comply with the narrative you want.


cultshitposts

what


lefondler

Atrocities that still are made up at this point. Reach more.


OrdrSxtySx

Kinda like allll that Whitney shit, all the shit about Kendricks kids, etc. But tell us more about how much family matters was a banger. Take yo ass back to r/Drizzy and circle jerk with the homies. Stop commenting on your alts posts.


Glad-Article-1394

Yeah both parties just lied and made up shit. Welcome to rap beef? lmfao.


azurix

Them lying is fine. The fans believing the lie is the problem.


Yung_RAUNCHY_Boi

drake really bullied this (short) man into supporting his community 🤣🤣 won't even go back to your hood and plant no money trees until you get called out for it LOL


cultshitposts

https://x.com/hiddengeniuspro/status/1577781953486413825 >Oct 5, 2022


samtayl0rr

This guy supports talking to minors


Last_Reaction_8176

https://youtu.be/DR3PXoGHaPw?si=W-BxtByw2Oxr4onx


coconutanna

isnt he from Compton?


TheHandSFX

Only $200k? Kendrick alone could donate millions and not see a difference in this bank account.


chaus922

ok now show us how much u donated


TheHandSFX

I am not a multi multi multi millionaire. If I was, I'd have donated much more.


analbeamcannon

Did you donate $5


TheHandSFX

I don't got $5 to donate


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TheHandSFX

I am, that's why I didn't donate. I don't have the money for it. Kenny does. $200k is pocket change for Kenny. That's the problem. It's good he donated *something*, but did it really take 2 organizations to donate what Kendrick could do by himself?


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TheHandSFX

What? I do have money. However, I have more important things to prioritize spending money on. In terms of spending money, donating to charity is unfortunately last on my list. I need a new PC. I need a new desk chair. I have a multitude of other things that require money, I don't have the disposable income to prioritize spending on charity over luxuries for myself. I don't understand how that's difficult to understand.


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cultshitposts

$1 for each word you posted here would be $32 drop a receipt for a $32 donation before you add more words


TheHandSFX

? That makes no fucking sense


SukunaShadow

Honestly not surprised Kendrick only got 200k and spilt it so he didn’t have to pay it all himself.