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Kendrick Lamar Is a ‘Dangerous Man Right Now,’ TDE’s Top Dawg Says: ‘Everybody Stand Down’

Some fans feel this was in response to Lil Wayne's tweet about being mentioned on GNX.

Kendrick Lamar and Anthony Tiffith attend a basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on March 13, 2016 in Los Angeles.

Kendrick Lamar and Anthony Tiffith attend a basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on March 13, 2016 in Los Angeles.

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TDE founder Top Dawg weighed in on Kendrick Lamar‘s latest album GNX, suggesting rivals might not want to engage with the red-hot rapper.

“Dot is a dangerous man right now,” Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith said on his Instagram Story. “Everything I thought he would be at 16 years old is here right now. Everybody stand down. I promise you.”


This proclamation came shortly after Lil Wayne tweeted about the Compton rapper mentioning him on the intro track “wacced out murals,” on which Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie chain proud/Irony, I think my hard work let Lil Wayne down,” in regards to the New Orleans rapper and his friends being upset that he was “snubbed” from headlining the Super Bowl in his hometown.

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In response, Wayne tweeted, “Man wtf I do?! I just be chillin & dey still kome 4 my head. Let’s not take kindness for weakness. Let this giant sleep. I beg u all. No one really wants destruction, not even me but I shall destroy if disturbed. On me. Love.” Some fans are suggesting Top Dawg’s new message could be related to Weezy’s response.

Top Dawg has been one of Kendrick’s mentors from the very beginning, and even after his protégé decided to head out on his own to form pgLang with former TDE president Dave Free, the two continue to support each other. Top was in the “Not Like Us” video in response to Drake‘s allegations in “Push Ups” that the label executive was extorting his former artist, and Lamar mentioned him on “heart pt. 6” before admitting that he eventually evolved into wanting to become his own boss.

“Top used to record me back when it was poor me,” he began. “And now we at the round table for what assures me/ I guess my motivation was the yearnin’ for independence/ Poured everything I had left in the family business/ Now it’s about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skill set as a Black exec.'”

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Speaking of Kendrick the music executive. His artist and cousin Baby Keem is expected to be releasing a new album. At least that’s according to one of Keem’s frequent collaborators producer Scott Bridgeway who reposted the NFR Podcast highlighting that he produced several tracks on GNX, saying simply, “we otw too.”

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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