Watch Kendrick Lamar’s New “N95” Video

To accompany the discharge of his new album Mr. Morale & The Huge Steppers, Kendrick Lamar has shared the music video for the album’s music “N95.” Within the clip, which the rapper co-directed with Dave Free, Lamar could be seen hovering above water whereas mirroring the crucifixion of Jesus pose, operating away from a gaggle of males in a chase scene, and doing donuts in a automotive with Child Keem, who co-produced the monitor. Have a look beneath.

“N95” is Lamar’s second new video of the month, following “The Coronary heart Half 5.” Lamar directed his current music video together with his pgLang accomplice Dave Free. Within the visible, the rapper’s morphed into deepfakes of OJ Simpson, Kanye West, Kobe Bryant, Nipsey Hussle, Jussie Smollett, and Will Smith. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, with whom Lamar is co-producing a comedy movie, oversaw the making of the video via their studio Deep Voodoo.

Lamar introduced the album final August with a brand new web site dubbed Oklama, including that it could be his last launch for High Dawg Leisure. “I really feel pleasure to have been part of such a cultural imprint after 17 years,” he wrote. His letterhead assertion echoed Michael Jordan’s legendary comeback fax.

Mr. Morale is the rapper’s first album since 2017’s Rattling., for which he gained a Pulitzer Prize and an armload of Grammys. He’s stuffed his years between solo LPs with a number of different tasks and collaborations, showing on tracks by Busta Rhymes, Terrace Martin, Sir, and Anderson .Paak. Lamar additionally collaborated a number of occasions with Child Keem, notably making “Household Ties” together with his cousin. The monitor earned the artists the 2022 Grammy Award for Finest Rap Efficiency.

After taking the stage throughout the Tremendous Bowl halftime present in February, Lamar is about to headline each Glastonbury and Rolling Loud Miami later this yr.

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