Hidden Meanings Behind Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Music Video Explained

Breaking down all the references in Kendrick Lamar's long awaited music video for "Not Like Us", a video that seems like the last chapter of the beef between him and Drake. Lamar released the video on Independence Day, and previously held a concert called "The Pop Out" on Juneteenth, where he performed "Not Like Us" six times. The video had received over 13 million views as of Friday morning.

[pearlfountain]

let me know if you caught anything else down below, love making these and finding new shit with y'all in the comments. feel like we'll be going back to this video and finding things we missed for years to come. hope y'all had a good 4th of July, and thanks for watching

[suthernbella]

The piñata looked like it had receipts in it.

[oecnrrw]

The facts you made this vid only 4 min and not 15 is much appreciated. Thank you! Better than most channels, keep it up

[Terminus-yv]

Kendrick dropping the video on the fourth and the Pop Out concert on Juneteenth is nasty work.

[LtSerg]

This isnt even a diss track anymore it's a victory lap

[ped]

Shipping yard:
weird cases.
How many stocks he has in stock. Ready to be shipped out.
The open container- the rabbit hole.
Trafficking.

There's layers

[zagathodorime]

Not like us is literally the most calculated, well addressed, most thoughtful and planned out song in music history and will never EVER be replicated. Kendrick Lamar will go down in history as literally THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. Kendrick Lamar thoroughly secured his spot as the king of rap.

[sanketower]

K Dot with the quintuple entendres both in audio and video

[Gaza-bz]

Kendrick Lamar had the Pop Out concert on Juneteenth where they danced on his grave.

He drops the “Not Like Us” video on Independence Day.

Drake will never know freedom.

[MakaveliXroy]

that owl is also a multi layered bar, he Caged a Predator (owl) the owl is bowing down to kendrick as hes walking away ; from kendricks view the owl is caged, but from the owls view Kendrick is free, also Owls are predators who depend on others for food symbolism in that one shot alone is fucking MAD

All the shipping containers have CB1 on it : Cell Block 1

When hes playing hopscotch hes going over the 1-2-3-4-5 Plus 5 = 10

[bigheadfred]

Missed the Human Trafficking with the ppl dancing in the trailers. But solid video 👍🏾

[prinzexisalowqualityytber]

drake was ready for the fight, but Kendrick has already strategized the war

[Cpiol]

He dropped the video at 7pm eastern time/ 4pm pacific time. 7/4 = July 4th

[alyssavance]

The hate the way you walk bars Are actually a callback to an old DMX interview where he was talking about drake.

[hendismutandwa]

Everyone is missing the best hidden gem of this song, Dot starts by saying “Reincarnated….”, that’s after he said he’d “died” on Mr Morale. So Mr Morale is dead, and there’s a new reincarnated version of him🫵😮‍💨
I can’t wait 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️

[delrioscott]

Kendrick Lamar is a genuis of black art, phenomenal

[StranglerSix]

The "Not Like Us" shirts on the dancers have both red and blue, likely representing the bloods and crips uniting in its disdain for Drake. Posting on the 4th of July also suggests independence from a colonizer, thus, the colors could also represent USA as a whole and could be a reference to Childish Gambino's "This is America" originally being a Drake diss.

Even the colors have meaning. DAMN.

[littleangel]

He’s too good, he’s going to win a Grammy for this song and video.

[rxrgamez]

The pictures off the wall as a reference to Michael Jackson album of the same name.

[KerryannePatricia]

Your quick recaps are unmatched. Well done. Enjoyed every second of this.