Music
Kendrick Lamar’s Juneteenth show at the Kia Forum will be his first live set in Southern California since his rap beef with Drake. Here’s how to watch online.
June 19, 2024
Kendrick Lamar brings his summer hit (and Drake diss track) ‘Not Like Us’ to the streets of Compton to make a music video, days after it rocked his Forum show.
June 24, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Thousands of Kendrick Lamar fans congregated at The Forum in Inglewood for “The Pop Out — Ken & Friends” show on Juneteenth, with many telling The Times that the concert was the best way to celebrate the holiday.
June 20, 2024
DJ Mustard, like most Kendrick Lamar fans, was in disbelief when he first heard the rapper’s ‘Not Like Us’ — even though he provided the song’s extremely catchy beat.
Before Lamar’s Juneteenth show ‘The Pop Out’ in Inglewood, we spoke to fans in the parking lot about why they wanted to attend the show.
Sports
NBA star DeMar DeRozan was one of many dancing onstage to Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track ‘Not Like Us’ at Juneteenth concert.
This was Lamar’s first live set in Southern California since he and Drake scorched the earth with reams of diss tracks that topped charts and changed their legacies forever.
Before an MLB game honoring the Negro Leagues, Reggie Jackson gave a history lesson on what it was like to be a Black player in Birmingham, Ala., in 1967.
June 21, 2024
Lamar made an unexpected appearance at Compton College’s 2024 commencement ceremony, where he delivered a brief, encouraging speech.
June 12, 2024
Jodie Turner Smith gives ex-husband Joshua Jackson’s romance with Lupita Nyong’o her stamp of approval. She filed to divorce ‘The Affair’ actor in October.
June 17, 2024