The Heart Part 5

Kendrick Lamar Wins Best Rap Song For “The Heart Part 5”

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Kendrick Lamar won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance as well as Best Rap Song with his track, “The Heart Part 5.” Lamar shared the single ahead of his fifth studio album, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. The song was not included on the tracklist for the album.

For Best Rap Song, Lamar beat out Jack Harlow’s “Churchill Downs” featuring Drake, DJ Khaled’s “God Did” featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, John Legend and Fridayy, Gunna and Future’s “Pushin P” featuring Young Thug and Future, as well as Future’s “Wait For U” featuring Drake and Tems. With Best Rap Performance, he finished ahead of DJ Khaled’s “God Did,” Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” Gunna & Future’s “pushin P,” as well as Hitkidd & GloRilla’s “F.N.F. (Let’s Go).”

AUSTIN, TX – OCTOBER 01: Kendrick Lamar performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 1, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Erika Goldring/FilmMagic)

Lamar has now won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance two years in a row. He also ranks as the most-awarded artist in the category with six victories over the course of his career. Last year, his collaboration with Baby Keem, “Family Ties,” won the award. As for Best Rap Song, Lamar has won the award four times. His previous songs, “I,” “Alright,” and “Humble,” all notched him wins.

Overall, Lamar received the second-most nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards. He’s up for a total of eight awards. Going into Sunday, Lamar had won 14 Grammys during his career. Later, Lamar will compete for Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and more.

It’s already been a busy night for the Grammy Awards, as Viola Davis recently became an EGOT winner. She notched a Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording with her performance of the audiobook for her memoir Finding Me. As for all else that goes down at tonight’s ceremony, HNHH will have you covered. Revisit the music video for Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5” below. The piece features Lamar using deep fake technology to appear as Jussie Smollett, Nipsey Hussle, Kanye West, and more.

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Kendrick Lamar Almost Deep-Faked Eminem On “The Heart Part V”

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Kendrick Lamar reportedly almost ended up deep-faking Eminem into his music video for “The Heart Part V.” The detail was revealed during a new profile on Lamar by The New York Times.

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker made the note. Their deep fake technology company was used to make the video.

HOUSTON, TEXAS – APRIL 02: Recording artist Kendrick Lamar performs on stage during the Coca-Cola Music Mix at the NCAA March Madness Music Festival Day 2 at Discovery Green on April 2, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Turner)

“You see Kendrick turned into Tupac, Kendrick turned into Kanye, and I think we had Eminem,” Stone told the outlet over Zoom. The outlet further added that when he told Kendrick and Dave they could be among the first to use the technology for one of their videos, the pair reportedly responded, “What if we did the Jussie Smollett!”

While Lamar didn’t go through with Eminem, he did deep fake himself as Kanye West, Nipsey Hussle, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, OJ Simpson, and Jussie Smollett.

Lamar dropped “The Heart Part 5” video before the release of his latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The song didn’t land on the tracklist for the project.

Later in the interview, Lamar discussed his latest album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. He says that the project is his most personal yet.

“I’ve never expressed myself the way I expressed myself on this album,” Kendrick said. “From the moment I started picking up a pen and started freestyling. This was the moment that I was trying to get to without even knowing at the time.”

Lamar also discussed his limited presence on social media, saying that he prefers to stay “completely off.”

Revisit Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart Part 5” below.

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Lauren London Approves Of Kendrick Lamar’s Tribute To Nipsey Hussle On ‘The Heart Part 5’

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Kendrick Lamar shook the rap world on Sunday night with the release of “The Heart Part 5.” The track stood as the rapper’s first release as a lead artist in four years and it’s one that arrives as he prepares to release his long-awaited fifth album, Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers. He released a music video with the track, and in it, Kendrick uses deep fake technology to morph into several faces that included OJ Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollet, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, and Nipsey Hussle. Kendrick also raps from Nipsey Hussle’s perspective on the song’s final verse.

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In the song’s final bars, Kendrick addresses Blacc Sam, Nipsey’s older brother, directly in a string of bars. “And Sam, I be watchin’ over you / Make sure my kids watch all my interviews / Make sure you live out our dreams we produced,” Kendrick raps. “Keep that genius in your brain on the move / And to my neighborhood, let the good prevail / Make sure them babies and the leaders outta jail / Look for salvation when troubles get real / ‘Cause you can’t help the world until you help yourself.” The verse has been approved and supported by many, including Lauren London who was Nipsey’s longtime partner prior to his death.

London posted a clip of Kendrick’s “The Heart Part 5” video with the message, “Powerful art,” attached to it.

You can view London’s message in the screenshot above.

Nipsey Hussle is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Kendrick Lamar Is Accused Of Plagiarizing New Jersey Rapper AK’s Video Concept In ‘The Heart Part 5’

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While Kendrick Lamar‘s surprise release of “The Heart Part 5” caused excitement for many fans all over the internet this past weekend, one person, in particular, feels slighted by the video: New Jersey rapper AK is accusing the Damn artist of stealing the deepfake concept from his 2020 video “Family Tree.”

Much like “The Heart Part 5,” “Family Tree” features AK morphing his face into Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and coincidentally, Lamar himself. In Lamar’s video, he morphs into Will Smith, Jussie Smollett, Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle. AK stated in a Monday morning Instagram video, “Maybe I’m fooling myself for thinking that Kendrick saw my video and was like, ‘Damn, that’s so good that I want to do it myself.’”

He continued, “I was under Universal; he is under Universal. I did that video in 2020 with Universal. Obviously, the song didn’t do as good as if Kendrick was to do it, but the concept was so sick and I f*cking don’t know, but it’s the same exact thing — it’s a backdrop, it’s him in front of it, it’s one take.”

AK closed the video by speaking on the challenges independent artists face, as many have come out over the years saying bigger acts have stolen their ideas as well. Kendrick Lamar likely won’t respond to the allegations, but his final TDE album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers does release this Friday, May 13.

Kendrick Lamar Morphs Into Kobe Bryant, Kanye West, Nipsey Hussle and More In “The Heart Part 5” Video

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A new Kendrick Lamar album is on the verge and within days before the release he dropped a new video. For Lamar’s first single from his forthcoming Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers album, he dropped “The Heart Part 5.” This is K.Dot’s first single since 2018.

The video directed by Dave Free has Kendrick Lamar morphing into different notable celebrities with the lyrics aligning with each deepfake face.  The faces he used included OJ Simpson, Will Smith, Jussie Smollett, Kobe Bryant, Kanye West, and Nipsey Hussle. Kendrick Lamar himself also assisted in directing the visual, opens with the quote “I am. All of us,” which is attributed to oklama.

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is Kendrick’s fifth studio album and is set to drop on May 13. Watch “The Heart Part 5” below.

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Kendrick Lamar Remembers Nipsey Hussle And Raps From His Perspective On ‘The Heart Part 5’

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Four days before his fifth album Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers is set to arrive, Kendrick Lamar made a grand return on Happy Mother’s Day with “The Heart Part 5.” The song is the fifth installment in Kendrick’s “Heart” series which began in 2010 and was last updated with 2017’s “The Heart Part 5.” The song is a lengthy one as it clocks in at a little over five and a half minutes, but through it, Kendrick speaks on Black culture and how he views it nowadays. In a video attached with the song, Kendrick uses deep fake technology to morph into several faces that included OJ Simpson, Kanye West, Jussie Smollet, Will Smith, Kobe Bryant, and Nipsey Hussle.

One of the biggest moments on “The Heart Part 5” comes during the song’s third verse. Here, Kendrick honors the late Nipsey Hussle and raps from his perspective to close the song. From Nipsey’s perspective, he indirectly reflects on his contributions to his community, rapping:

“Reflecting on my life and what I’ve done
Paid dues made rules change out of love
Them same views make schools change curriculums
But then change be starin’ down the barrel with a gun
Should I feel resentful I didn’t see my full potential?
Should I feel regret about the good I was into?
Everything is everything, this ain’t coincidental”

Just a few bars later, it becomes a bit clearer that Kendrick is rapping from Nipsey’s perspective:

“To my brother, to my kids, I’m in Heaven
To my mother, to my sis’, I’m in Heaven
To my father, to my wife, I am serious, this is Heaven
To my friends, make sure you countin’ them blessings
To my fans, make sure you make them investments
And to the killer that sped up my demise
I forgive you, just know your soul’s in question
I seen that pain in your pupil when that trigger had squeezed
And though you did me gruesome, I was surely relieved
I completed my mission, wasn’t ready to leave
But fulfilled my days, my creator was pleased”

Finally, Kendrick mentions Blacc Sam, Nipsey’s older brother, and it’s now undeniable that this verse is told from Nipsey’s point of view.

And Sam, I be watchin’ over you
Make sure my kids watch all my interviews
Make sure you live out our dreams we produced
Keep that genius in your brain on the move
And to my neighborhood, let the good prevail
Make sure them babies and the leaders outta jail
Look for salvation when troubles get real
‘Cause you can’t help the world until you help yourself

You can listen to “The Heart Part 5” in the video above and you can read some fan reactions to the verse below.

Mr. Morale And The Big Steppers is out 5/13 PgLang/TDE/Aftermath/Interscope.