Kendrick Lamar is about to movie a brand new music video this weekend … and we’re instructed the rapper is beefing up his safety to maintain himself, his crew, and the neighborhood protected.
Regulation enforcement sources inform TMZ … the Grammy winner might be filming his new music video in Compton — an ideal homecoming for Ok. Dot on the heels of his triumphant Juneteenth present Wednesday night time on the KIA Discussion board in close by Inglewood.
We’re instructed Kendrick’s crew bought all the correct permits wanted to drag off the mission … and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. will ship deputies for additional safety throughout the music vid shoot.
For safety causes, our sources will not say what number of deputies have been tapped for the gig — which is about to happen throughout Compton. Nevertheless, we now have been instructed that Kendrick’s manufacturing firm is paying round $120 an hour to have them readily available.
Whereas regulation enforcement sources inform us the police are conscious of Kendrick’s current beef with nemesis Drake, we’re instructed no identified threats have surfaced presently.
Although the feud, at the very least publicly, ended again in early Could — when Kendrick dropped “Not Like Us” — we’re instructed the authorities are nonetheless taking it significantly and maintaining a tally of social media for any drama.
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Bear in mind, Kendrick and Drake dropped a sequence of diss tracks about one another, till Kendrick was declared the clear winner with “Not Like Us” not solely verbally taking down Drake … but additionally topping the Billboard charts.
Within the aftermath, the ‘Degrassi’ alum’s Toronto mansion was plagued with 3 police-involved incidents — together with the taking pictures of certainly one of his safety guards. Kendrick was not linked to the taking pictures, and no suspect has been arrested.
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Sources inform us the LASD and others concerned hope for a peaceable manufacturing that exhibits off the fantastic thing about Compton, as an alternative of the unfavorable picture of gangs and crime it turned well-known for many years in the past.
If anybody can flip it round, it will be Kendrick who’s having a second … having already introduced a number of L.A. gangs collectively throughout his live performance.
