Kendrick Lamar Performs Drake Diss Track for First Time, Hits Stage with Dr. Dre: 'A Cultural Moment'

The Grammy-winning rapper also brought dozens of musicians from historically feuding sections of South Los Angeles together onstage during the Juneteenth concert

Kendrick Lamar performed his Drake diss track not once, not twice, but five times at his star-studded L.A. concert.

With less than two weeks' notice, thousands of fans turned out at the Compton-born rapper's Juneteenth celebration and The Pop Out: Ken & Friends concert at the Kia Forum to watch him perform "Not Like Us" for the very first time.

The fiery track, which kept the crowd enthralled throughout as they rapped along to the scathing lyrics, was the last in a series of musical missiles fired between the dueling hit rappers, and proved the battle’s most successful offering, rising to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 last month.

Surprise guest Dr. Dre introduced the track by whispering the intro line, “I see dead people," per The Hollywood Reporter, after performing his own singles “Still D.R.E.” and "California Love."

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“Y’all ain’t gonna let anyone disrespect the West Coast huh? Oh y’all ain’t gonna let nobody mock or imitate our legends huh?” Lamar said during the performance, according to the outlet.

The rapper, who also performed his Drake diss track "Euphoria," then highlighted the lyric, “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor,” which makes allegations about Drake and underage girls.

The crowd were also incited to chant “OV-h--,” which is a lyric from “Not Like Us” that references the Canadian rapper's 2014 album, October's Very Own.

Along with Dre, 59, Lamar, 37, also brought out West Coast stars including Tyler, the Creator, Roddy Ricch and Ty Dolla $ign, while DJ Mustard kicked off the concert and paid tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle and played their collaboration "Perfect 10" as everyone lifted their phone lights into the air.

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The one night only performance — which was held on June 19, a day commemorating the freedom of slaves in America — also saw Lamar bring dozens of musicians from historically feuding sections of South Los Angeles together onstage for a group photo. 

“But you ain’t never seen this many sections on one stage. Let the world see this. We need to show everything” Lamar said of the moment. “This is unity. Unity from all of sides of LA, East LA to West, Crips, Bloods, this makes me emotional.”

“It was amazing, just a cultural moment,” Tamara Gulley, a concertgoer tells PEOPLE.

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Recent months have seen the tension between Lamar and Drake bubble over.

In six diss tracks, the pair have been going back and forth, rapping about everything from family insults to domestic assault and pedophilia claims.

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The rap beef initially began when Lamar responded to Drake and J. Cole’s 2023 song “First Person Shooter" that claimed Drake, J. Cole and Lamar were the “big three” in rap.

Releasing “Like That” in March with Future, Metro Boomin, Lamar rapped, “Motherf --- the big three," adding, "It's just big me."

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