Kendrick Lamar‘s chart-topping Drake diss music “Not Like Us” has been given the parody therapy by Taraji P. Henson.
Whereas internet hosting the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday (June 30), Henson opened the present by flipping the Mustard-produced hit right into a fiery diss geared toward Hollywood studios over equal pay.
Rocking a crimson cap and hoodie just like those Kendrick wore throughout his latest Pop Out live performance, the Oscar-nominated actress rapped about receiving subpar scripts, the distinction in pay between her male co-stars and having to show her price to studio executives.
She additionally modified the music’s chorus from “not like us” to “this about us.”
Henson additionally made clear that her efficiency of the diss observe didn’t imply she was taking a facet within the feud between Drake and Kendrick.
“I’m rooting for all of us … That’s proper, no beef in right here. Can we simply keep plant-based?” she advised the group whereas encouraging unity.
Following her efficiency of the parody, Taraji P. Henson took a jab at presidential nominee Donald Trump over his latest controversial feedback about “Black jobs”.
Trump stated throughout final week’s debate with Joe Biden: “They’re taking Black jobs now and it may very well be 18, it may very well be 19 and even 20 million folks. They’re taking Black jobs and so they’re taking Hispanic jobs, and also you haven’t seen it but however you’re going to see one thing that’s going to be the worst in our historical past.”
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Henson hit again throughout her monologue by saying: “[This is] a present packed filled with all-stars with Black jobs. No matter meaning. However clearly we all know there’s a distinction. Thanks for the information, however we already knew it.”
One other spotlight from the BET Awards noticed Killer Mike triumphantly win Album of the 12 months for Michael inside the identical constructing the place he was arrested on the Grammys earlier this 12 months.
“Technically, I used to be not presupposed to be right here,” he stated throughout his impassioned acceptance speech. “I used to be put in handcuffs and I used to be marched out of this constructing. However I wanna let you know, have a look at God as a result of I’m again, child. I’m again.
“I wanna inform Black folks that it’s due to BET I’m again, not ’explanation for no white particular person. A Black man runs this enterprise, a Black firm places this present on, and so they obtained my Black ass again in right here. Thanks.”
