Kendrick Lamar has given GNX collaborator Lefty Gunplay his flowers over his latest album.
Last week, (May 9), the rising West Coast star dropped Can’t Get Right, a collaborative project with JasonMartin and his first release since his eye-catching appearance on Lamar’s hugely successful “TV Off” while the rapper formerly known as Problem appeared on the album’s title track.
In a screenshot of a text message exchange, JasonMartin can be seen texting Lamar “Mission accomplished,” along with a link to the album.
Soon after, Lamar responded: “Wow. N-gga yall did that!!! I appreciate this too much dawg. The first album of a new artist from gnx. And it’s going up. I’m bout to thump it out here. I’m proud of lefty. And always love for u playing big roles behind them boards.”
Lefty Gunplay previously revealed that Kendrick was working on a deluxe version of GNX.
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Speaking to Bootleg Kev, Gunplay said: “He has some stuff. We did two, three songs. He has some stuff in the chamber. He told me that we’re going to work again, for sure.”
He later added: “I know he’s got a deluxe version coming out. He’s very secretive.”
Gunplay also revealed that he was asked to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) before working with Kendrick: “Everybody thought that I was playing — I wasn’t, though, as much as I wanted to tell everybody. I almost blew it. ‘Cause we signed NDAs and I couldn’t wait to tell everybody.
“We had to sign NDAs and they were like, ‘You’re going [in the studio] with Kendrick’ and it didn’t hit me ’til he walked in there and gave me a hug. He’s been locked in with me since April and he said that I’m the missing piece that the West Coast needed.”
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“TV Off” has been one of the biggest hits off of Kendrick’s GNX though has narrowly failed to take the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching a peak of number two on the chart.
Lamar also concluded his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance with the hit though Lefty Gunplay did not make a guest appearance.
