The rap world is buzzing from what they witnessed on the historic Pop Out – Ken & Buddies Live performance in Inglewood Calif. final night time, and DJ Hed is the one who set the tone. DJ Hed speaks with XXL in an unique interview about Kendrick Lamar’s historic live performance, the recommendation he gave Ok-Dot backstage and extra.
The Carson, Calif.-bred radio DJ kicked off the Juneteenth celebration on the Kia Discussion board in Los Angeles final night time with an enlivened 45-minute set that included appearances from a few of the West Coast’s up-and-coming abilities. Remble, Ray Vaughn, Jay Worthy & Meet The Whoops, Westside Boogie, BlueBucksClan and extra took the stage to shake the relaxed crowd right into a lit frenzy.
DJ Hed capped off his set with an look from native legend Tommy The Clown, which was so thrilling Vince Staples joked he would have canceled the entire tour he is on proper now simply to hit The Pop Out stage alongside Tommy.
Whereas DJ Hed will not be a nationally identified identify like a Mustard or a Kendrick, Hed defined to XXL that he is personally identified Dot for years, having met him at a particular efficiency in Houston again in 2008. No matter that homegrown TDE connection, Hed nonetheless stated he was simply honored to be thought of.
“Getting that decision it was like, ‘This feels good it is smart, and I am grateful,'” DJ Hed instructed XXL. “I am not a type of individuals who really feel like I am presupposed to be there.”
The most important second of the night time got here after all when Kendrick carried out “Not Like Us” 5 occasions in a row, which Hed stated he didn’t see coming. Regardless of the anti-Drake power within the viewers, Hed famous there was no bad-mouthing occurring about Drake previous to the occasion.
“This was a professional us,” Hed stated. “It wasn’t anti-anybody.”
Because the night time unfolded, Hed stated he merely tried to bask within the second and luxuriate in what he was blessed to be part of. Nevertheless, he nonetheless cannot comprehend what really simply occurred. His half within the expertise is already paying off in huge methods although. On Thursday (June 20), Hed introduced his new weekly radio present on SiriusXM titled “Efficient Instantly” with Gina Views.
“I am gonna be sincere with you, I could not sleep,” Hed stated of the expertise. “I have been up all night time. I nonetheless in all probability will not perceive what I used to be part of for years to come back.”
He additionally spent a while with Ok-Dot backstage, and provided him some phrases of knowledge.
“Bro whenever you go you on the market, that is it, that is the second,” Hed stated he instructed Kendrick. “Personal the second this ain’t about no person else, this ain’t about no person, it’s not about me… That is your second, I need you to go on the market and I actually need you to only personal that s**t.”
“Say much less,” Kendrick replied.
Watch the total interview beneath the place DJ Hed talks about his relationship to TDE, how that legendary picture happened, the earlier animosity inside Black Hippy and what he instructed Kendrick Lamar in his dressing room.
