Kendrick Lamar Surprise Drops New Album 'GNX' with 1-Minute Teaser — Watch!

Mar. 15, 2025

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Kendrick Lamarjust dropped new music without any warning!

On Friday, Nov. 22, the rapper, 37, surprise-released his new albumGNX, which features 12 tracks and comes months after he was embroiled in a rap beef withDrake.

Earlier on Friday morning, Lamar appeared to tease his new LP with ashort video for “GNX,“which features drone-like sounds and hymnal vocals from the “Money Trees” musician.

The teaser opens to Lamar stepping out of a car in a sprawling garage where another car with lights on is situated before the video pans to Lamar leaning on his car rapping. Later he can be seen in what appears to be a hallway crouching on a piano.

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In September, just days after he was announced as a performer at the2025 Super Bowl Halftime show, the “DNA.” artist dropped his track “Watch the Party Die” on social media, perRolling Stone.

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“I think it’s time to watch the party die,” he declares on the track, before kicking off the first verse: “If they can’t see the future first, why argue with these clowns?/If the circus is well at work, just walk that man down/That’ll do. Everyone is solid/It’s love, but tough love sometimes gotta result in violence.

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Later, he declares: “Influencers talk down, because I’m not with the basic s—/But they don’t hate me. They hate the man that I represent.”“Watch the Party Die” was the first song Lamar released since he dropped “Not Like Us"in May, continuing to diss Drake, 38, after he shared “Meet the Grahams” the day prior. The DJ Mustard-produced anthem ended up reaching No. 1 on theBillboardHot 100 and has been nominated for five Grammys.Lamar released his last album in 2022 withMr. Morale and the High Steppers.

source: people.com