Last week marked four years since Kendrick Lamar dropped his last solo album, DAMN. Since then, fans haven’t been entirely deprived of new music from him as the rapper has delivered several guest verses on top of his big role on 2018’s Black Panther soundtrack. Despite this, supporters of the TDE rapper are heavily anticipating a new body of work from him, something they think is coming soon thanks to a tweet from LeBron James.
Man I miss @kendricklamar! In dying need of his gifts/presence right now 🎶 🖊 📄.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 24, 2021
On Saturday morning, LeBron posted, “Man I miss @kendricklamar ! In dying need of his gift/presence right now.” From the looks of it, the tweet may appear as just an innocent shoutout to the rapper, but some fans think otherwise.
“Lebron the A&R just told us Kendrick is coming with some summer heat I fear,” one person wrote in a tweet. Another user noted what happened the last time LeBron shared a similar tweet. “The last time he did this Kendrick dropped Untitled Unmastered (laughing emoji),” they wrote. “I appreciate what LeBron is doing for the people.”
I’m praying that LeBron heard the album and this is subtle promo for Kendrick Lamar’s return. https://t.co/qaSHDtZS3L
— Dedee 🤎 (@thoughtfulbae) April 24, 2021
Last time LeBron James asked for more Kendrick Lamar music, we got Untitled Unmastered… https://t.co/lbN1RxCex1
— alec reyna (@alecreyna98) April 24, 2021
LeBron’s tweet comes after TDE in-house engineer MixedByAli shared some insight on the rapper’s upcoming album. “I would say, every album that he has dropped since Good Kid has come with a different feeling so just look forward to Kendrick obviously expressing himself in the most creative way -– the most highest of the creative way,” he said. As for whether or not it would drop this year, this is what MixedByAli had to say: “It might, it might, you never know.”
You can read more reactions to LeBron’s tweet below.
i can tell new kendrick lamar music is coming soon cuz he’s using lebron for the rollout already
— eladio 🇩🇴 (@eladiotalks) April 24, 2021
The last time you made a post like this we got Untitled Unmastered. Maaaaaan thank you Bron.
— Damion (@damionsound) April 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/__tyriqq/status/1386026211302940676?s=21
Kendrick Lamar doesn’t fail to play the album for Lebron James before its release lol. Album otw😂
— 𝒩𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑜 (@Nonsonotnice) April 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/tribespasmodic/status/1385980570073632771?s=21
LeBron, I’ll always be thankful for your tweet that gave us Untitled Unmastered. You a real one for that. Hope this does the same!!
— Devin Fields (@devRhcp) April 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/rxxlistic/status/1385978444509499392?s=21
https://twitter.com/skuhdlifeprodi/status/1386032100621570050?s=21
Yes do it again lebron make TDE release new Kendrick
— Michael (@MichaelC00013) April 24, 2021